On May 26 crew of the research vessel “Nikolaev” using powerful scanning equipment found on the seabed a German ship “Totila” that sunk in May 1944. Motor ship was drowned by a Soviet aircraft during the evacuation of German troops from the Crimean peninsula . There were more than 2,000 German soldiers and officers on board. Discovered after almost 70 years , the ship “Totila” lies at a depth of 97 meters near Cape Chersonese .