1905 Tsushima, Dmitrii Donskoi fights Japanese torpedo boats - Paul WrightDmitrii Donskoi i was an
1905 Tsushima, Dmitrii Donskoi fights Japanese torpedo boats - Paul WrightDmitrii Donskoi i was an elderly armored cruiser launched in the 1880s (…) Largely ignored during the daylight phase of the battle of Tsushima (…) during the night (…) it fought an epic contest (…)it was first attacked by several waves of torpedo boats, but drove all of them off.Two torpedo boats, probably Number 74 and Number 75, were sunk by the armored cruiser. A third torpedo boat was seriously damaged. Dmitrii Donskoi next beat off an attack by four protected cruisers, damaging three of them. Finally, losing itself in the night, Dmitrii Donskoi crawled off to the north, heading to Vladivostok. Since the Japanese fleet’s only losses were three torpedo boats, it appears the over-age, out-of-date Donskoi was the Russian fleet’s most effective warship at Tsushima. This plate shows the climax of Donskoi ’s night. Under torpedo attack by Japan’s 1st Torpedo Boat División, Donskoi is dodging the enemy’s fish while beating off the torpedo boats with all the guns it canbring to bear blazing.The results of its efforts can be dimly seen in the distance,as several of its shots score hits on the attacking torpedo boats. -- source link
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