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This space kindly sponsored by EDNA MAY FLORIST Flowers for 3f Occasions * 104 POLICE ROAD SPRINGVALE NORTH VICTORIA Telephone: 546 5932 A.H.: 546 6839 Kindly sponsored by ... HOTEL INTERNATIONAL LANCEFIELD ROAD, AIRPORT WEST (Turn off freeway at Sharps Road exit) Excellent Lounge — Entertainment — Copper Grill — Luncheon and Dinner — Drive-in Bottle Department FREE DELIVERY 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Telephone: 338 1300 Sponsored by ... Plain and Fancy Boxes Plain and Printed Cartons 31 LINDEN STREET (Rear 202 Glenlyon Road) EAST BRUNSWICK, VIC. Telephone: 38 9295 Kindly sponsored by ... JOHN HOCKING PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST Prescriptions dispensed — cosmetics and all medical requirements 24 GILLIES STREET. ROCHESTER. VIC. Telephone: 25 Also at Locklngton — Telephone 86 2473 Pag* Thirty-Four THE NAVY May/Jum/Juh The quarterdeck of H.M.S. Renown - 1898. Thb picture included as It shows general It the period Including early after bridge. Turret guns are 10 inch, 40 calibre. Japanese (ex-Chinese) battleship Chin Yen Starboard 12 inch. 20 calibre barbette t beneath forward funnel. Japanese armoured cruiser Kasuga. Italian-built, originally for Argentina. inch 20 calibre guns in her old bar- The 14 inch compound armour belt bettes (not turrets). She was also was retained and she was given three given four new 6 inch 40 calibre new above-water torpedo tubes, single guns and her two sets of old- Togo's cruiser divisions were fashioned horizontal compound divided amongst the Admirals Kamiengines gained a new lease of life. mura. Dewa. Uriu. Takeomi and FAIT H WITHOUT FOUNDATION Kataoka. the last mentioned having as a subordinate commander Rear- Admiral Togo: a close relative of the Commander in Chief (C. in C.) (Admiral Uriu raised his Flag in the Naniwa which was the C. in C.'s ship when he was a Captain during the Sino-Japanese War). The full list of Japanese cruisers read (not in divisional order) as follows: Nisshin, Kasuga, Azuma, Asama, Tokiwa, Idzumo, Yakumo, Iwate, Kasagi, Chitose, Niitaka, Otawa, Tsushima, Naniwa, and Idzumi. C. in C. Togo topped off his Battle Fleet with over seventy T.B.D.'s. The Japanese have always shown a liking for cruisers and their Navy has. until recent years, been well endowed with them. The Fleet which fought at Tsu-Shima contained many more cruisers than their Russian opponents although this was done to offset their lack of battleship strength. Many of these cruisers were of foreign origin, however the lessons learned from them were incorporated in the fine indigenous designs which were the envy of the world thirty-five years later. The weather began to close in as Rozhestvensky cleared the Yangtze estuary and headed North-East into Tsu-Shima Straits in the afternoon of 25. May. He had hoped that the weather would screen his Fleet from Japanese scouts which, he had been told, were out in quantity. The skies cleared the next day. but the ensuing night was misty. At 0700 hours on 27 May. 1905. with heavy seas and light mist, a strange two-funnelled ship appeared to starboard travelling at high speed. It proved to be the Japanese auxiliary cruiser Sinano Maru. Before a gun could be brought to bear, she suddenly went about and disappeared into the mist. The Russian's precarious luck had finally run out: Togo now knew where they were. Rozhestvensky deployed his Battle Fleet in two parallel lines. To starboard was the stronger force headed by the Flagship Kniaz Suvaroff, followed by the Aleksandr III, Borodino, Oryol, Oslyabaya, Sissoi Veliky, Navarin, and the cruiser May/JuiWJuly THE NAVY Page Thirty-ftva
Sponsored By ... DRAYTON & GARSON PTY. LTD. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 1646 HIGH STREET, GLEN IRIS VIC. 24-HOUR SERVICE Telephone: 25 4416 — 25 5945 For the time-honoured service of our affiliated company SLEIGHTS o f Melbourne Compliments to all members MILLER ROPES from. TWINES AND TEXTILES Japanese protected cruiser Idzumi Ffrst protected cruiser ever built formerly the Esmerelda Launched 18S4 and purchased from Chile in 1895. Original two. 10 Inch Krupp guns later changed for two. 6 inch, 40 calibre and six. 4.7 Inch. 40 calibre weapons. Picture taken before alterations and before the Russo-Japanese war. Note Chilean Jack and ensign. FAITH WITHOUT Nakhimoff. In the port line was Nebogatoff's Flagship Tsar Nicholas I, Admiral Seniavin, Apraksin, and the Admiral Ushakov. The cruiser divisions formated astern of the heavy units with the scouts Svietlana and Almaz out ahead. A cruiser and a few T.B.D.s were on either flank and the last vessels in the Fleet were the remaining repair, supply and hospital ships. Togo had the inestimable advantage of knowing exactly where the Russians were without exposing his position. He intended to wait until the Russians had cleared Tsu- Shima Island so that his ships would have more manoeuvring room. Having received full intelligence of the Russian disposition. Togo sent units of his cruiser divisions to attack the weaker rear of the Russian Fleet whilst he arranged his main Battle Line ahead of the Russian heavy units Japanese cruisers once again appeared on the flanks of the Russian Fleet, impudently keeping station for over an hour. Finally, the gunners on the Oryol could stand the sight no longer At 1120 hours, without waiting for orders, round after round of 6 inch gunfire flashed out from the Oryol and touched off other trigger-happy gunners throughout the Fleet before Rozhestvensky was able to restore order. Without apparent reason, Rozhestvensky ordered his First and Second Divisions to re-deploy to a new location and to increase speed to eleven knots. Whilst the Russians were engaged in this ill-timed manoeuvre. Togo's Battle Fleet appeared on the horizon and after leading his ships across the Russians' course. FOUNDATION swung in a tight circle to port, thereby crossing the Russians' "T ". As the Japanese ships circled to straighten out on an Easterly course. Rozhestvensky turned his vessels to starboard on a parallel course and at approximately 1400 hours opened fire at a range of 9.500 yards. The opening salvoes were a nasty shock to the Japanese as they had previously understood Russian shooting to be extremely poor. The 950 pound shells howled into the water only 22 yards from the leading Japanese vessels, and even as their bridge staffs watched in amazement and cursed their own delay in opening, the Russian line was again enveloped in smoke as the staccato thunder of another ragged, flashing broadside poured more of the 12 and 6 inch shells into the rigid Japanese formations: this time some of the large shells landed inboard. At least a dozen projectiles struck the Mikasa and of these, one exploded when it hit the bridge ladder. scattering splinters everywhere and slightly wounding Togo Nebogatoff's flatirons were pumping out surprisingly accurate salvoes at Togo's cruisers: his 12 and 10 inch guns ripped into the Yakumo, knocking out the foreturret and the 12 inch artillery of the Tsar Nicholas I damaged the Asama's steering gear and put her out of the line. In those first moments of the battle, the Russians surprised everyone and scored heavily. It was then the turn of the Japanese. Recovering quickly from the initial Russian onslaught, the ponderous turrets of the battle line whined around to the estimated bearing, and seconds later a sparkling multiple flash from the Mikasa heralded the awe-inspiring bellow of her reply to the challenge. The experienced Japanese gun-crews had stood fast during the initial Russian bombardment. With disciplined thoroughness, each ship fired carefully aimed sighting rounds and. after finding the range, gradually increased the rate of fire to one of furious devastating accuracy. The poor Russian crews, lacking the type of "esprit do corps" that sus- Page Thirty-six THE NAVY May/June/July THE NAVY Page Thirty-seven
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