Today, 115 years ago, on 10 August 1904, the Japanese and Russian fleets clashed in the Battle of the Yellow Sea . This was the first major naval battle of the Russian-Japanese War. The Russian fleet had been besieged in Port Arthur since the outbreak of war. Eventually, the Russian fleet under Admiral Withöft ventured out with six battleships, four protected cruisers and 14 destroyers. This succeeded, but during the day they were intercepted by the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo with four battleships, two armored cruisers, eight protected cruisers, 18 destroyers and 30 torpedo boats. On both sides several ships were badly damaged. The Russian battle order collapsed when Withöft and the bridge crew of the Russian flagship Zessarewitsch were killed. The Russian fleet then retreated to Port Arthur, where it remained until the capitulation of the port. The Japanese Navy managed to turn off the Russian Pacific Fleet. On the Japanese side 226 men died, on Russian 343.
To the Japanese ships belonged the protected cruisers Matsushima and Hashidate as well as the torpedo boat No. 40:
I build the three models for the anniversary. As I like unusual models I didn't build Mikasa or something similar. So here are the pics from Matsushima and Hashidate from Sealsmodel and the torpedo boat No.40 from Combrig.
For next year there are also some models related to this war plannend
Greetings Christian
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