Japanese cruiser Kasagi
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Kasagi was the lead ship in the Kasagi-class protected cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessel was the sister ship to the Chitose. She was named after Mount Kasagi, a holy mountain outside
Japanese cruiser Kasagi at Kobe in 1898
Kasagi without guns, before sailing to the UK
Battle of Port Arthur
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The Battle of Port Arthur of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the neutral Russian flee
Japanese cruiser Kasagi
…accompanied Iwate on a good-will visit to the Russian port of Vladivostok. During the Russo-Japanese War, Kasagi was active from its base in Korea in the Battle of Port Arthur. On 9 February 1904, she was part of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron under the overall command of Admiral Dewa Shigetō which engaged the Russian fleet at the…
Japanese print displaying the destruction of one Russian ship
Illustration of the destruction of Russian destroyers by Japanese destroyers
A Japanese torpedo boat approaches a Russian torpedo boat. A Japanese sailor attacks with a saber the commander of the enemy ship and then throws him to the sea in a furious impetus (Angelo Agostini, O Malho, 1904).
The Japanese destroyer Sasanami on 10 March 1904, with the Russian Stereguchtschi in tow, shortly before the latter sank