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It was reported, by the Whig-Standard of Kingston Ontario on June 19,1897, that the cause of the loss of the Russian battleship Gangut on June 16, 1897 was due to poor workmanship and not a grounding on an uncharted rock. Divers discovered an open hull seam, between the keel and the chine, of 30cm running about 12m amidships. The plates were neither twisted nor torn and the edges were clean.