Tsushima"By far the greatest and the most important naval event since Trafalgar" (Sir George Clarke), the Battle of Tsushima was the final naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 27-28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. A devastating defeat for the Imperial Russian Navy, the battle was the only decisive engagement ever fought between modern steel battleship fleets. This is the story of the Battle of Tsushima, as told by a Russian seaman on board the ironclad Orioles. Included is a detailed appendix on the Russian and Japanese fleets on that decisive day. |
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The Voyage | 1 |
TWO ROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | 33 |
THREE MADAGASCAR | 57 |
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