Lendalfoot, Ayrshire, Scotland This striking memorial to the Russian warship Varyag lies on the Ayrshire Coast at the village of Lendalfoot,
Lendalfoot, Scotland , 08 August 2019 The Inscription reads : HERE 50O METRES OFF THE COAST/THE RUSSIAN CRUISER VARYAG/WHICH WON GLORY IN THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR/OF 1904-1905 FOUND ITS LAST RESTING PLACE/ON JANUARY 27,1904THE 1ST RANK CRUISER VARYAG AND/THE GUNBOAT KUBEETS WERE BLOCKADED BY A JAPANESE/SQUADRON COMPRISED OF 15 VESSELS AT THE KOREAN PORT OF/CHEMULPO. THEY WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO/SURRENDER AND TURN DOWN THE FLAG, BUT THE RUSSIAN/SEAMEN REJECTED THE ULTIMATUM AND ACCEPTED AN UNEVEN/BATTLE VARYAG AND KUBEETS SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE/DURING THE BATTLE. WITH NO APPARENT POSSIBILTY OF/CONTINUED RESISTANCE, THE RUSSIAN SEAMEN SCUTTLED/THE SHIPS AND RETURNED TO RUSSIA ONBOARD FOREIGN/VESSELS IN 1905 VARYAG WAS RAISED BY THE JAPANESE AND WAS/INTRODUCED INTO THEIR NAVY UNDER THE NAME SOYA. IN/1916 THE CRUISER WAS REPURCHASED BY RUSSIA AND GOT/BACK ITS PREVIOUS NAME. IN 1917 SHE WAS SENT TO BRITAIN FOR REPAIR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR/IN RUSSIA, THE LEGENDARY SHIP WAS SET ADRIFT. IN 1920/VARYAG WAS SOLD BY BRITAIN FOR SCRAP. EN ROUTE FOR/DISMANTLING SHE GROUNDED NEAR LENDALFOOT AND/SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. THE EXPLOITS OF THE CRUISER VARYAG, WHICH MAKES US/BOW OUR HEADS TO THE VALOR OF RUSSIAN SEAMEN, WILL/ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY OF GRATEFUL FUTURE/GENERATIONS
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Carleton Bay car park off A77 Between Girvan And Stranraer Lendalfoot Kyle And Carrick Strathclyde K
Photo credit: © Alister Firth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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