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Mmm, jag tror att på tsartiden hade de inte mycket till flotta på Stillahavssidan. Järnvägen från Europa blev ju också klar bara några månader före Japanska kriget, så det var inte tal om att bygga moderna stålfartyg på plats i Vladivostok förrän man kunde få in både stål och ingenjörer litet snabbare med tåget.
Deras försvar i Brittisk sjörätt - var att de hade skjutit på Japanska torpedbåtar
The Rozhestvensky and von Fölkersahm fleets sailed through the Baltic into the North Sea. The Russians had heard fictitious reports of Japanese torpedo boats operating in the area and were on high alert. In the Dogger Bank incident, the Russian fleet mistook a group of British fishing trawlers operating near the Dogger Bank at night for hostile Japanese ships. The fleet fired upon the small civilian vessels, killing several British fishermen; one trawler was sunk while another six were damaged.[15] In confusion, the Russians even fired upon two of their own vessels, killing some of their own men. The firing continued for twenty minutes before Rozhestvensky ordered firing to cease; greater loss of life was avoided only because the Russian gunnery was highly inaccurate.[18]
The British were outraged by the incident and incredulous that the Russians could mistake a group of fishing trawlers for Japanese warships, thousands of kilometres from the nearest Japanese port
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