Battle of Tsushima

Battle of Tsushima

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To 5'05 of the day May 27 of 1905, the Japanese sightseer detected the approximation of the Enemy Fleet. The Russian fleet was advancing slowly toward the narrow of Tsushima. Was making seven months that had left of the Baltic surrounding Africa and the entire Asian coast. As years before the admiral Cervera, Rodjesvenski knows that is going to a useless combat. With the first you shine of the dawn, the Japanese cruisers sighted the smokes of the enemy being approached them to determine the force of the same.

From the Russian flagship "Kniaz Suvarof", the Admiral Rodjesvensky sorts to form the battle line. Their eight battleships and four battleship cruisers were located in honest row at eleven o´clock. One of the Russian ships opened fire on the Japanese forefront, whose cruisers, located would be of the Russian scope, were hampering the march. Soon it was suspended the fire, until, to 13'45, the bulk of the Japanese fleet appeared by the horizon in two columns.

Togo sorted to hoist in the sticks of the Mikasa the Battle signal "The luck of the Empire depends on this action. That each one make what could". The Japanese Fleet veered to left side, crossing the T to the Russian Square. The two fleets were approached great speed. To 14'08 hours, the Russians opened fire.

The Japanese contained the fire until arriving to 6.650 yards, beginning then a methodical and deadly hammering of the Russian ships with the new missiles "Chimose". At the beginning of the battle, the "Mikasa" was reached by two impacts of 305 mm and other two of 152 mm that caused to him 56 you decrease but no important failure. Other Japanese battleship was reached in the devices of government making break out of the line. As compared to this, the Russian fleet remained dismantled.

Japanese Battleship on Tsushima

The battleships "Suvarof", "Alexander III", "Borodino", "Sissoi Veleki", "Navarino", "Monomakh" and "Nakhimov" were sunk. Only three cruisers could be put to unless on the neutral port in Shanghai. To the dawn of the day 28, the fleet of Togo fences the Russian remains. After 20 minutes of intensive cannon fire, in the flagship of the admiral Nebogatov is hoisted the white flag. The Russians are yielded. Before aborting the old battleship "Nicholas I", was managed to his men. "Children mine, I have a long experience after of me. I do not fear to the death. But I do not want that you, still young dead. Army the shame of this action. They can carry me before a court; I am prepared to accepting the capital penalty. Maybe I do not deserve to carry this even. But you will be able, in the future, to dress it with honor". The admiral Nebogatov was degraded and condemned to death in Russia. The Russians had 4.380 dead, 5.917 prisoners and numerous injured. The Japanese did not go from 117 dead and 583 injured.