Expeditions URC RGS

The Underwater Research Center of the Russian Geographical Society’s expedition to the English ship that sank in 1857.

The Underwater Research Center of the Russian Geographical Society’s expedition to the patrol ship of the Imperial German Navy.

The Underwater Research Center of the Russian Geographical Society’s sub-ice expedition to the steam screw clipper that sunk in 1869.

The team of the Underwater Research Center, RGS continues to explore the battleship Empress Catherine the Great (in 1918 the name was changed to Free Russia) which was sunk in the Novorossiysk bay after World War I. The next stage of works is to start examining internal areas of the battleship and recovery of the artifacts to be exhibited in museums.