Dmitrii Donskoi An armoured cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. Badly damaged by Japanese warships the day after the Battle of Tsushima, she was scuttled about 2.8 km off Ulleungdo on 29 May 1905, once her crew had gone ashore. The photo shows her in New York Harbor in 1893.
2 Sources 4 Connections Battle of Tsushima The battle in which the Japanese fleet met the Russian squadron sent out from the Baltic. The Donskoi guarded the transports, then tried to break away alone for Vladivostok.
1 Sources 1 Connections Off Jeodong, Ulleungdo The water where the ship went down. The discoveries announced in 2003 and in 2018 both pointed to the sea off Jeodong-ri, Ulleung-eup.
1 Sources 1 Connections Dong Ah Construction It hired the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute in 1999 to find the ship. Reports in 2000 of 14,000 tonnes of gold aboard lifted its shares 41% in a week, but nothing was ever raised and the company went bankrupt. In May 2003 it announced an object thought to be the hull, without conclusive proof that it was the Donskoi.
2 Sources 2 Connections Shinil Group A company founded in June 2018. On 17 July it announced it had found the hull 434 m down, 1.3 km off Jeodong-ri. It never applied to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries for salvage rights, and on 26 July it renamed itself Shinil Marine Technology and withdrew its claims about the gold.
2 Sources 6 Connections 200 tonnes of gold, 150 trillion won The gold coins and bullion the Shinil Group advertised as lying in the wreck. The company offered no evidence, and investigators concluded the claim had no basis and that the company had neither the intention nor the means to raise the ship.
2 Sources 3 Connections Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg The museum of Russian naval history. A representative said there was no evidence to support the claim of gold in the wreck.
1 Sources 1 Connections Shinil Gold Coin A cryptocurrency issued by the group's side. Holders were promised a share of the proceeds once the ship was raised. Prosecutors found that some 2,600 people had paid in about 8.9 billion won.
2 Sources 3 Connections The treasure-ship stock When the Shinil Group's chief executive signed a deal to buy a stake in the KOSDAQ-listed Jeil Steel, its shares soared as a treasure-ship stock. Only the deposit was paid, and the price soon fell back.
1 Sources 2 Connections Unanswered Questions, 4 August 2018 SBS's Unanswered Questions followed the salvage venture and the money it raised, a tip about the chairman who had never shown himself, and whether there was really gold aboard.
1 Sources 1 Connections First trial: prison for all Seoul Southern District Court sentenced the former vice chairman to five years, the former head of the coin exchange to four, the chief executive to two and the man who supplied the survey coordinates to eighteen months. The former chairman, named as the ringleader, had fled abroad. The appeal court kept the prison terms.
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Work Dmitrii Donskoi An armoured cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. Badly damaged by Japanese warships the day after the Battle of Tsushima, she was scuttled about 2.8 km off Ulleungdo on 29 May 1905, once her crew had gone ashore. The photo shows her in New York Harbor in 1893. User contribution ↓ fought at Guarding the transports. Sources 1 Item Battle of Tsushima The battle in which the Japanese fleet met the Russian squadron sent out from the Baltic. The Donskoi guarded the transports, then tried to break away alone for Vladivostok. User contribution ↓ was scuttled off On 29 May 1905, after the crew had gone ashore. Sources 2 Place Off Jeodong, Ulleungdo The water where the ship went down. The discoveries announced in 2003 and in 2018 both pointed to the sea off Jeodong-ri, Ulleung-eup. User contribution Organization Dong Ah Construction It hired the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute in 1999 to find the ship. Reports in 2000 of 14,000 tonnes of gold aboard lifted its shares 41% in a week, but nothing was ever raised and the company went bankrupt. In May 2003 it announced an object thought to be the hull, without conclusive proof that it was the Donskoi. User contribution ↓ announced finding An object thought to be the hull in 2003, never confirmed. Sources 1 Work Dmitrii Donskoi An armoured cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. Badly damaged by Japanese warships the day after the Battle of Tsushima, she was scuttled about 2.8 km off Ulleungdo on 29 May 1905, once her crew had gone ashore. The photo shows her in New York Harbor in 1893. User contribution ↓ came before In 2000 its own shares rose 41% on reports of gold. Sources 1 Item The treasure-ship stock When the Shinil Group's chief executive signed a deal to buy a stake in the KOSDAQ-listed Jeil Steel, its shares soared as a treasure-ship stock. Only the deposit was paid, and the price soon fell back. User contribution Organization Shinil Group A company founded in June 2018. On 17 July it announced it had found the hull 434 m down, 1.3 km off Jeodong-ri. It never applied to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries for salvage rights, and on 26 July it renamed itself Shinil Marine Technology and withdrew its claims about the gold. User contribution ↓ claimed to have found 434 m down, it said. Sources 1 Work Dmitrii Donskoi An armoured cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. Badly damaged by Japanese warships the day after the Battle of Tsushima, she was scuttled about 2.8 km off Ulleungdo on 29 May 1905, once her crew had gone ashore. The photo shows her in New York Harbor in 1893. User contribution ↓ advertised In newspaper advertisements. Sources 2 Concept 200 tonnes of gold, 150 trillion won The gold coins and bullion the Shinil Group advertised as lying in the wreck. The company offered no evidence, and investigators concluded the claim had no basis and that the company had neither the intention nor the means to raise the ship. User contribution Concept 200 tonnes of gold, 150 trillion won The gold coins and bullion the Shinil Group advertised as lying in the wreck. The company offered no evidence, and investigators concluded the claim had no basis and that the company had neither the intention nor the means to raise the ship. User contribution ↑ advertised In newspaper advertisements. Sources 2 Organization Shinil Group A company founded in June 2018. On 17 July it announced it had found the hull 434 m down, 1.3 km off Jeodong-ri. It never applied to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries for salvage rights, and on 26 July it renamed itself Shinil Marine Technology and withdrew its claims about the gold. User contribution ↑ found no evidence for Nothing supports the story of gold aboard. Sources 1 Organization Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg The museum of Russian naval history. A representative said there was no evidence to support the claim of gold in the wreck. User contribution More shared clues (8) AI research is a draft. Read the sources and check the context.
