An old illustration showing a scene on board a battleship at the naval battle of Tsushima (aka Battle of Tsushima Strait or Naval Battle of the Sea of Japan ). On 8 February, 1904, destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the Russian Far East Fleet anchored in Port Arthur, so starting the Russo-Japanese war. It was the first decisive sea battle fought by modern steel battleships and the first to use wireless telegraphy (radio communications).

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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