Imperial Russian Fleet smashes Japs in Strait Heavy losses on both sides Fierce 3 hour sea battle Fleets fall upon each other like tigers Japanese Admiral Donimoto Crownover believed killed Admiral Raybinov gives thanks, orders Te Deum sung, Czar's portrait paraded on deck Nipponese Flagship, the Heavy Cruiser "Bucephalus" sunk with all hands "Sky full of shells, water full of torpedoes," according to eye witness IJN "Hussar" burns, disappears after torpedo attack Russian Heavy Cruisers, "Cossack" & "Neptune" damaged, Neptune under tow Japanese fleet nearly destroyed - only 2 ships - "Tsingtao" & "Dolphin" escape Russian fleet loses "Tsunami", "Sphinx", "Avant" & "Sirocco", survivors rescued Japanese shore batteries silenced, captured Victorious Russian fleet limps toward Port Arthur Hospitals in Port Arthur ordered ready to receive the wounded Czar jubilant - orders medals struck for all hands Czar headed by train for Vladivostok to receive Admiral Raybinov, to present Faberge' egg The Crew The Cyclops Flanking Turn and From the Russian Side Upper Left: Distance in feet Upper Right: Big view Lower Left: Planning Lower Right: Measuring Ramming the Hussar. Pictured below is the untimely demise of Russian Admiral Donovitch Crownover. He was knocked to the deck by a shell striking the pilothouse, a shell splinter entering his belly button and coming out through his left ear. Mikael Pecollov prepares to reverently wrap his body in the rising sun flag before his ship, the Heavy Cruiser Bucephalus, sinks beneath the waves. And just to think - he coulda been a contenda! Back to Dispatch September 2004 Table of Contents Back to Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by HMGS Mid-South This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com