 To this end, her guns, turret armour, most of her boilers, coal, ammunition and the upper strake of belt armor was disembarked.After several weeks of effort, the ship was refloated on 6 April and she was towed by the and the tugboat "Thernomore" to a drydock in Sevastopol to repair any damage and to have her equipment reinstalled.This process began on 12 April, but "Mirabeau" was refloated three days later as news was received of the Red Army's advance on the city.