to the Black Sea. When Rostislav sank in the shallows her superstructure remained above water. In 1930, the EPRON (a Soviet salvage unit) retrieved the ship's guns and partially dismantled the hull. According to diver Alexander Yolkin, the remains of the hull are still lying in the strait, around from the Ukrainian coast, and gradually sinking into the silt. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Further reading Shirokorad, A. B. (1997, in Russian). Korabelnaya artilleriya Rossiyskogo flota 1867–1922. (Корабельная артиллерия Российского флота. 1867–1922). Morskaya Kollekciya, No. 2 (14), 1997, pp. 1–42. 1896 ships Battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy World War I battleships of Russia Shipwrecks in the Black Sea Shipwrecks of Russia Scuttled vessels Maritime incidents in 1920 Potemkin mutiny