Japanese cruiser Otowa
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Otowa was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Japan. The name Otowa comes from a mountain in Kyoto, located behind Kiyomizu-dera. The
Otowa in 1905
In 1905
Otowa and the battleship Suwo at Yokosuka, 1906
Siege of Tsingtao
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The Siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German port of Qingdao from Jiaozhou Bay during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom. The siege was waged against Imperial Germany between 27 August
Japanese cruiser Otowa
…was re-designated as a 2nd class cruiser During World War I, Otowa was the flagship of Destroyer Squadron 1 of the Combined Fleet. She fought at the Battle of Tsingtao, and was subsequently assigned to patrol the sea lanes between Singapore, Polynesia and the Philippines from its forward base at Manila Bay against the…
German forces during the siege, November 1914
Suwo was the flagship of the Japanese expeditionary fleet during the siege of Tsingtao.
The Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids in September 1914 against German positions in Qingdao.
British troops arriving at Qingdao in 1914