One fleet had steamed around Africa and touched port in Indochina, only to be pounced upon when trailing hospital ships were spotted.
This battle was preceded by a diplomatic incident involving a British fishing fleet off of Dogger Bank. One fleet had steamed around Africa and touched port in Indochina, only to be pounced upon when trailing hospital ships were spotted. The Suvarov, the Oslyabya, the Alexander III, and the Borodino were lost after Togo was able to to "cross the T" twice, and the opposing Admiral, Rozhdestvenski, received a shell fragment in his skull. in, FTP, what battle fought in waters near Korea in May of 1905---the decisive sea battle of the Russo-Japanese war.
This battle was preceded by a diplomatic incident involving a British fishing fleet off of Dogger Bank.
Tsushima Straits