The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-01
RUssIA's NAVAL LOSSES.
The Terrible Destruction Wrought by
the Japanese Navy During the
War


The Terrible Destruction Wrought by
the Japanese Navy During the
War.
Battleships
PetropavIOsk-Blow up by Japa-
nese mines outside Port Arthur.
abastOpOI-Disabled by torpedo
boats; sunk in Port Arthur.
Retyisan-Damaged in battle; sunk
by Russians before Port Arthur sur
rendered.
Poltava-Damaged in battle; sunk
by Russians,
Observation-Disclosures in battle; sunk
by Russians.
Pobcdia--Dama in battle; sunk
by Russians.
zareyitcIl-Damaged in battle;
informed at Kianchow, China,
whittier she escaped from Port Arthur
BOrOdinO-Sunk in Korea Strait.
Alexander III-Sunk in Korea Strait
SissOi VeliI1y-R Reported sunk in Ko-
rea Strait
Orbel-Captured in Korea Strait.
Suvaroff, OsIiabia, Navarin-Sunk in
Korea Strait
Coast Defense IrOnclads.
OuSllak0ff-Sunk i'm Korea Strait.
Seniarine-Ca Captured in Korea Strait
AprOLein-C Captured in Korea Strait
Cruisers.
Pallada- Torpcdoed in first attack
on Port Arthur.
Novil<-Sunk by Japanese off Kor-
suvkovslS. Saghalim Island.
As<oId-Interned at Shankhai,
whittier she escaped from Port Ar
thur.
Diana-Interned at Saigon.
Variag-Sunk off Chemulpo in first
engagement of the war, Feb s, 1904.
Bourin-Sunk by a mine off Port
Arthur.
Burik-Sunk in battle
Lena-Dismantle at San Francisco.
Damaged in battle; sunk by
Russians at Port Arthur.
Admiral NakhimOff-Sunki in Korea
Strait.
Dimitri Donskoi-Sunk in Korea
Strait.
Sivetlana-Sunk in Korea Strait.
hcmchug--Reported sunk in Ko-
rea Strait
Vladimir Monomach- Foundered af-
ter capture i'm Korea Strait
Special Service Vessels.
Observation-Disclosures ship; sunk in
Korea Strait.
Irutshusk-Sunk in Corea Strait.
Yes eel (name not repOrted-Cap-
tured in Korea Strait.
Torpedo Craft.
Giliak-SunlI by Russians at Port
Arthur.
Kovretz-Burned in fight off Che
mulpc
Northumberland at Shankhai.
Sevouch-Sunk by Russians at
Neuchwang.
YeneSei--Torpedo supply ship; sunk
by one of her own mines.
Inf Of
Swyeli-Interned Klachow,
Serdite-Interned Chefoo.
eztFashni-Interned Klachow.
Shori-Interned Chefoo.
"PoiIxi-Interned Klachow.
Statni-Interned Chefoo.
VIastni-Interned Chefoo.
Grozovoi-Interned Shanghai.
Three DestrOyers-Sunk off Port
Arthur.
Three Destroyers-Sunk. in Korea
Strait.
One Destroyer-Captured in Korea
strait.
Equal to Our Fleet at Santiago.
If the United States navy should
sustain such disastrous loss of ships
as Russia has suffered in this one bat
tie it would seriously cripple even our
own great and growing naval estab-
lishment.
The ships reported destroyed and
captured about equalled in numbers
and strength the entire fleet with
which AdmiraIs Sampson and Schley
DESTROYED the Spanish fleet in the bat
tie of Santiago. If all the American
vessels that participated in that de-
cisive conflict in Cuban waters had
been annihilated instead of trium-
phantly victorious the extent OF the
Russian disaster could be appreciated.
Today the American navy has been
tremendously increased. but in 1873
the flower of the country's sea power
was assembled at Santiago. There
were five battleships-Iowa, Oregon,
Massachusetts, Indiana and Texas, just
the number Russia has lost; the ar
mored cruisers New York and Brook
lyn, with the protected cruisers New
Orleans, Marblehead and numerous
unprotected ships.
The Borodino, Alexander Ill ana
Orel were improved and more modern
types of fighting machines than either
the Oregon or Iowa: They took rank
with the new Maine, the missouri and
Ohio. Only the very latest of our
great battleships of the Louisiana and
New Jersey types exceed them. The
Sissoi Vefiky was more nearly the
counterpart of the Oregon. while the
captured Nicholai l.. the smallest of
the lost fleet, is a stronger and better
ship than the Texas, which was the
least powerful of Simpsons squadron.
In the cruiser class the Nakhemoff
is not quite equal to the Brooklyn or
New York.
The other two armored cruisers
which Russia has lost, the Dimitrl
Donski and Monomach, were smaller
types, nearest in comparison to Ad-
miral Dewey's famous flagship Olym-
pia. Yet the three-Nakhimoff, Don
ski and Monomach-would have more
than equaIled Sampson two armored
cruisers in fighting strength.
The sunken Zhemscug was an equal
to the New Orleans at Santiago and
Svietlana etter than the Marblehead.
The coast defense ironclads ApraXin