Wreck of Soviet cruiser Komintern
Georgia /
Samagrelo and Zemo Svaneti /
Poti /
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/ Georgia
/ Samagrelo and Zemo Svaneti
/ Poti
ship, ship wreck, cruiser
Komintern was a Soviet light cruiser originally named Pamiat' Merkuria (Memory of Mercury), a Bogatyr-class protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She saw service during World War I in the Black Sea and survived the Russian Civil War, although heavily damaged. She was repaired by the Soviet Navy and put into service as a training cruiser. In 1941 she was reclassified as a minelayer and provided gunfire support and transported troops during the Siege of Odessa, Siege of Sevastopol, and the Kerch-Feodosiya Operation in the winter of 1941—42. She was damaged beyond repair at Poti by a German air attack on 16 July 1942. Afterwards she was disarmed and hulked. At some point she was towed to the mouth of the Khobi river and sunk there as a breakwater on 10 October 1942.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_cruiser_Komintern
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Coordinates: 42°16'42"N 41°37'49"E
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