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Ammunition box washes ashore on Turkey's Black Sea coast

An ammunition box, believed to have come from a previously sunken Russian intelligence boat, was found washed ashore on May 7 on a beach in Karasu, a town in the northwestern Turkish province of Sakarya on the Black Sea coast. 

The discovery was reportedly made by a local fisherman, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.  

Russian special teams arrive to salvage ship that sank off Istanbul

Russia has dispatched special teams and two salvage ships to Istanbul to raise the wreckage of a Russian vessel that sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on April 27 after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock.

The Russian intelligence ship Liman sank 29 kilometers off of Kilyos in Istanbul on April 27, although all 78 personnel were rescued and returned to Russia.

Russian naval ship, cargo vessel collide off Constantinople coast, all soldiers rescued

A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on April 27 after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock, Turkey’s Coast Guard said, noting that all 78 personnel on board were evacuated.

The ship, identified as the Liman, collided with the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H., the authority said on its website.

Russian naval ship, cargo vessel collide off Istanbul coast, all soldiers rescued

A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on April 27 after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock, Turkey's Coast Guard said, noting that all 78 personnel on board were evacuated.

The ship, identified as the Liman, collided with the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H., the authority said on its website.