Vladivostok cruiser squadron in battle. Rurik, Rossiya, Gromoboy, Bogatyr

In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 The Russian Imperial Fleet was subjected to terrible defeat: out of 15 squadron battleships participating in the hostilities, 14 were lost, 11 of the cruisers - 11. The Japanese fleet lost only 2 squadron battleships and 2 cruisers. After Tsushima, the only combat -ready connection of the Russian fleet in the Pacific Ocean remained the legendary Vladivostok detachment of cruisers, and its lightning -fast operations entered the history of war at sea and attracted close attention of foreign military specialists. "Rurik", "Russia", "Thunderbird", "Bogatyr" successfully acted on Japan"s communications, drowning transport and trading ships, capturing steamboats with smuggling. To combat them, the Japanese were forced to allocate significant forces, including four armored cruisers, but the Vladivostok cruisers were repeatedly managed to send transports to the bottom literally under the nose of the superior enemy.
August 1, 1904 "Russia", "Thundering" and "Rurik" withstand with honor the most severe many hours of battle with a much stronger squadron of Vice Admiral Kamimura. “Rurik ", having received severe damage, will be flooded with its crew, and the“ thunder ”," Russia "and the Bogatyr will still take part in the First World War.
The famous specialist in the Russian Imperial Fleet, on the basis of archival documents, talks in detail about the history of the creation, design, military operations of Vladivostok cruisers.
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