all the other pre-dreadnoughts were transferred to the 2nd Battleship Brigade, after the dreadnought entered service. On 1 October the new dreadnought provided cover while Ioann Zlatoust and Pantelimon bombarded Zonguldak and Evstafi shelled the nearby town of Kozlu. Both Evstafi-class ships participated in the second bombardment of Varna in May 1916. Evstafi and Ioann Zlatoust were reduced to reserve in March 1918 in Sevastopol. Immobile, they were captured there by the Germans in May 1918 and handed over to the Allies the following December. The British wrecked both ships' engines 22–24 April 1919 when they left the Crimea to prevent the advancing Bolsheviks from using them against the White Russians. They were captured by both sides during the Russian Civil War, but were abandoned by the White Russians when they evacuated the Crimea in November 1920. The ships was scrapped in 1922–23, although they were not struck from the Navy List until 21 November 1925. Notes Footnotes Bibliography External links ship history on Black Sea Fleet КОРАБЛІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ФЛOТИ (1917 – 1918 рр.) – Ukrainian Navy (1917–1918) Ukrainian Navy: serial excursions into the past and present Evstafi-class battleships Battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy World War I battleships of Russia 1906 ships Ships built at Sevastopol Shipyard