Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-21
NAVAL LOSSES OF THE Wan.
Ships Of the Gear Battered by the
Taps.


Japan Russia has seen her navy steadily
reduced. The climax came Saturday, when
the Japanese feet under Admiral Togo
put out Of business at least nineteen and
probably as many as twenty-five vessels OF
various types. In ALL the ships lost to
Russia represent money value reaching
INTO hundreds of millions OF dollars. Some
were destroyed completely. while some fell
into the hands of the Japanese to add
strength to the navy Of the little yellow
men.
The losses sustained by the Russian navy
from the beginning Of the war in 1904
which do not embrace the losses suffered
In the engagement just fought:
Retvizan, battleship: torpedoed and
beached February s. 1904; repaired and used
damaged by Japanese August TO-
Czarevitch. battleship; disabled by Japa-
nese at Port Arthur February 8. 1904: ton
mage, 1871 Again badly damaged by
Japanese August IA Off Tau Islands.
Poltava, battleship; disabled by Japa-
nese at Port Arthur, February 0: hole be-
low water line; tonnage, 10.960.- Again
badly damaged by Japanese August 10.
Sunk In harbor Of Port Arthur during Japa-
nese bombardment, December Z.
Yenisi, transport; blown up at Port Ar
thur by accident, February IL.
Petropaviovsk. battleship; blown up by
,
tonnage 1880
Boyarin. cruiser; disabled by Japanese at
Port Arthur. February 8; sunk on February
Ii; tonnage, 5000.
thur and beached February 8; repaired;
tonnage, $3.50. Again badly damaged by
japanese in attack on Port Arthur, De-
cember 7.
Novik, cruiser: disabled by Japanese at
Port Arthur. February 8; hole below water
line; repaired; tonnage. $500.
Askold. cruiser; disabled by Japanese
at Port Arthur February 8; hole below
water line; repaired: tonnage. 600. Again
battered by Japanese August IA.
Diana, cruiser; disabled by Japanese at
Port Arthur, February 8; hole below water
line; repaired tonnage, $3.50.
Variag, cruiser; destroyed by Japanese at
Chempulpo February 8; tonnage, $500.
Korietz, destroyed by Japanese at
Chemulpo February 8.
MANU-. said to have been seized by the
Japanese at Nagasaki February 8.
Skori, torpedo. boat; sunk by Russian
mine March 16
Bessasstrahni, torpedo boat destroyer;
sunk by Japanese April 10.
Istrasteni, torpedo boat destroyer; sunk by
Japanese off Port Arthur April IA.
Pobeida battleship; damaged by mine at
Port Arthur April 13 or IA; tonnage, 1854.
Further disabled by Japanese August 10
and again damaged in attack on Port
Arthur December Z.
'Bogatyr, protected cruiser; ashore upon
rocks off Vladivostok and blown up by
Russians, May; tonnage, $500.
Sevastopol, battleship; badly damaged by
Japanese August 10; tonnage, II 900.
Burnt. torpedo boat destroyer: beached
and blown up south Of the Shantung pro-
montory August ~.
Rurik, cruiser; sunk by Japanese off Tau
Islands August Ia; tonnage, 1898.
Rossia, cruiser; badly damaged by Japa-
nese off Tau Islands August IA; tonnage,
H. 100.
Gromovoi. cruiser; badly damaged by
Japanese off Tau Islands August IA; ton
mage, 1886
Peresveit. battleship; sunk in attack on
Port Arthur December Z; tonnage, l2,6i4.
Bayan, battleship; burned by Japanese
off Port Arthur December 8; tonnage, 1890.
The naval losses Of Japan during the
same period have been few. Information OF
Japanese casualties has always been mea-
ger, but so far as can be ascertained they
are:
Kimshiu- Maru, military transport; SUNK
by Russians April &c; tonnage, 1900.
No as. torpedo boat; sunk while remov-
ing Russian mines from Kerr bay, Port Dali
ny, May II. .,,., -.
submerged Russian mine in Kerr bay May
Is; tonnage, 1,SoO.
Hitachi transport; sunk by Russians near
Xxi Islands about June 13.
Sado- transport, sunk by Russians near
Xxi Islands about June u.
Even il there had not been also tremen-
dolrs. destruction of property on dry lano'
the naval losses alone would have brought
the property losses of the war to ngure
staggering in it's enormity.