Archaeologists were working off the coast of the Crimean city of Yevpatoria when they uncovered a “graveyard” of ships on the ocean floor.
At least three of the vessels have now been identified as ships that were involved in the Crimean War in the mid-1800s.
And experts believed the latest wreck to be found may have sunk to the bottom with 30 barrels of gold on board.
Using the emblem on the side of the boat, the team identified the priceless find as one of a British armada sent to fight Russian forces between 1853 and 1856.
Incredible footage of the dive shows the wooden battleship – thought to be called the Black Sea Prince – covered in coral and debris after years in its watery resting place.
It is close to the wrecks of four other vessels – two of them thought to be French.
Victor Vakhoneev, deputy director of the Black Sea Underwater Research Centre, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper: “We’ve been aware of the two ships from the five already during 2013 expedition.”
“We assume they’ve sunken in a storm on 14 November 1854.”
“We’ve discovered fragments of brass plating and uncovered a wooden smoking pipe dating back to the middle of the 19th century.”
Historians believe a joint French-British fleet lost 10 ships during the storm in the 1800s.
In 2009, an incredibly old boat filled with concrete slabs was found off the coast of Crimea.
Just days ago, a British diver came forward to say he has found Adolf Hilter’s Nazi gold at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
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Source: Daily Star
