Sinking in the Black Sea: the mystery of the battleship Julius Caesar
The battleship Giulio Cesare was from 1914 to 1948 one of the most important of the Royal Navy and had an important role during the Second World War, being one of the few ships that took part in a direct confrontation with the same rank of the British Navy. At the end of the war, together with the cruiser Emanuele Filiberto and the training ship Cristoforo Colombo, together with some minor ships, it was sold to the Soviet Union, despite a commitment from its commander in 1943 so that the ship was never sold.
Entered into service in the Soviet Navy, it sank after a violent explosion on October 28, 1955 while at anchor in the port of Sevastopol. Officially it hit an abandoned German mine. A docked ship sinks in port due to a mine that has been abandoned for over 10 years? The rumor is that it was sunk, as revenge, by the Decima Mas, the last courageous action of the Italian saboteurs.
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