Dogger Bank incident
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The Dogger Bank incident occurred on the night of 21/22 October 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, when the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy mistook civilian British fishing trawlers from K
British postcard depicting the Russian warships firing on the fishing vessels
Location of the Dogger Bank in the North Sea.
The Aurora, a Russian cruiser attacked by other Russian ships during the incident.
Damaged trawlers after return to St Andrews Dock, Hull
Battle of Tsushima
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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 onl
Dogger Bank incident
…international commission of inquiry based on the Hague Convention was set up and Russia voluntarily paid compensation of £66,000 to the fishermen. The Russian warships involved in the incident were en route to the Far East to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur and later Vladivostok during the…
Painting of the battle by Tōjō Shōtarō, 1905
Departure of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the morning of 27 May 1905
Russian battleship Oslyabya, the first warship sunk in the battle
Damaged Oryol at Maizuru Naval Arsenal