That Time the Russians Nearly Started a War because they Mistook Fishing boats for Torpedo Boats

[@TheYouTubechannels632]

Russians: So let me guess this right, you just decided to shoot up fishing Boats, BRITISH, fishing boats? Admiral: ... Da Russians: But you halted fire and helped rescue the survivors? Admiral: Net! We ran away! Russians: Where were you running to? Admiral: Suez Russians: The same Suez controlled by the British. Admiral: Da. Russians: Via British controlled Gibraltar? Admiral: Da Russians: So you were running away from the British by running to the British? What part of this plan did you think about?

[@IMBORED-x5m]

Admiral:...Da

[@antonioferrari5884]

Nicholas II of Russia: So let me get this straight. During your un-GODLY embarrassing departure to the Pacific, you met some British fishing boats....then you confuse said boats for Japanese torpedoes, even though the Japanese navy is located in the Pacific, in Asia, not in the North Sea. Then you decided to fire at those boats and then, I quote, "You realize what was going on, and you ran away", only for you to head at the Suez canal, controlled by the British, which you planned to reach, and again, I quote, "Through Gibraltar". Finally, you had the idiotic plan to go to Madagascar and buy dangerous exotic animals which escaped their cages and caused panic in the ships. Oh, and when you finally met the Japanese fleet in Tsushima, you face off against a numerically inferior but technologically superior fleet, and you inflicted minimal casualties to the Japanese, remained unable to support our troops in the Far East, and also you lost, ONE MORE. I QUOTE: "6. OF YOUR 8 BATTLESHIPS!". Zinovy Rozhestvensky: ....Yeeeeeah....pretty much.

[@greyscaleb1537]

That was so cringe reading oml

[@memelord97-99]

@@antonioferrari5884 Admiral Nelson: *facepalm* Royal Navy: *facepalm* Literally any naval officer, admiral or sailor whos even SLIGHTLY competent: *extreme facepalm*

[@Primal-Weed]

Lame

[@Doochos]

The UK declaring war on Russia due to this would make an intriguing alternative history scenario.

[@Doochos]

@Gary 'Roach' Sanderson How so?

[@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses]

​@Gary 'Roach' Sanderson Russia lost to Japan in the Russo-Japanese War which the Dogger Bank incident was a part of. Russia lost to Britain and her allies during the Crimean War a few decades ago. Japan at that time was pretty much the UK, but at 10% - 30% of the UK's military strength. Russia would have gotten stomped on hard.

[@kaleidoscope3234]

@Gary 'Roach' Sanderson they couldn't even touch the Japanese which were relatively insignificant at the time compared to the UK.

[@TheFront]

MW3?

[@Flippyrock2011]

the UK home fleet alone out number the entire russian navy and not even mention the quality of training

[@fuso-yamashiro-harunabattl7015]

Imagine having to travel from Europe to Africa and then to Asia, and in the Way you face outbreaks of disease, Officers who don't agree with you, you nearly start a war with the UK, and when you finally reach your destination, your fleet gets absolutely destroyed in the Decisive Naval Battle of the War

[@mikhailbashni8936]

We need an action movie about this part naval history.

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

It really sounds like a monty python tragicomedy doesn't it?

[@jonmcgee6987]

The Japanese had inserted one of their greatest and most effective warships in the Russian fleet. The I.J.N Kamchatka

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Why need an action movie that Hollywood would ruin when we could just get an animated miniseries from an independent film studio?

[@mikhailbashni8936]

@@michaelandreipalon359 I agree, Hollywood just might cast the the Russian naval captain and crew as black transgender.

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

When Drachnifel covered the 2nd Pacific fleet i couldn't stop dying from laughter from the sheer incompetence of the Russian sailors. I swear the folks who made the death of Stalin should turn their story into a movie

[@thelemming54]

The Kamchatka!

[@AdmiralWillisLee1942]

"Do you see torpedo boats?"

[@smokerjim]

For those that don't know... Drach's take on the 2nd Pacific Fleet's journey to Tsushima kzbin.info/www/bejne/b37HmpJ8nZ6Sd8k Drach's take on the Battle of Tsushima kzbin.info/www/bejne/eInTm2mkgJqsotE

[@JonathanLundkvist]

@@smokerjim "Hysterical Sailors begun yelling that they were all doomed. Correct."

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Kamchatka from "Voyage of the Damned"

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

Now see here, those fishing boats could have been torpedo boats, I did hear that tuna makes a good torpedo.

[@TheFront]

Tuna salad goes through my body like a torpedo...

[@thecombatwombat7652]

torpedo is Latin for numbness, lethargy or an electric ray. The fishing ships could be considered torpedo boats in the sense that they were slow, or that they caught some electric rays in their nets. But that is splitting hairs, hope you found that interesting or entertaining.

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

@@TheFront I was gonna make that joke!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I think there was a military project that used fish-like torpedoes back then. Forgot its name and progenitors, but I think that happened... not sure about its success rate, though.

[@adamdesouza6153]

So if the Russian fleet WAS good enough to take on the Japanese, they would’ve sunk those fishing boats, and likely be destroyed by the Royal Navy in the English Channel

[@iskender1327]

Ah yes - completely competent Russian thinking - loads of Japanese torpedo boats operating off Denmark thousands of miles from their home bases

[@Thenarratorofsecrets]

yeah i was wondering about this. like what kinda logic they operating with?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Could be a test run for a false flag op in my opinion.

[@jokuvaan5175]

I guess you missed the part where it was said Britain was goood allies with Japan at the time so it was not compleatly unreasonable to think Japan could try a surprise attack on their Baltic fleet from Britain

[@SuperLusername]

@@jokuvaan5175 I dont think internation law allowed harbouring fleets in neutral countries for more than 3 days as was the case for Graf Spee. Graf Spee was a single ship seeking refuge. I am fairly confident that UK would have to declare war on Russia in order to harbour the Japanese fleet.

[@lv83bloodknight]

Most Japanese warships at the time were actually built in Britain, so it wasnt that ridiculous.

[@TheAnon03]

Drachinifel does the best take on this. They in fact sent some of their BEST naval personnel, unfortunately very very very few of their best could be considered "good".

[@smokinggreensnail]

kamchatka

[@TheAnon03]

@@smokinggreensnail Do you see Torpedo Boats?

[@smokinggreensnail]

@@TheAnon03 i liked the part where the admiral had them come beside his ship so he could abuse the captain with a mega phone

[@TheAnon03]

@@smokinggreensnail I'm just wondering how far into the journey they got before he ran out binoculars

[@smokinggreensnail]

@@TheAnon03 tbh if he got to the bay of biscay he would be doing well

[@Flippyrock2011]

The Kamchatka: TORPEDO BOATS EVERYWHERE!!!!

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

Fire everything!

[@michaelthomas5433]

When you can't sink fishing trawlers and you're attacking a real navy.

[@LesangdesdieuX]

Yeah exactly what could go wrong right ?

[@lonniebailey4989]

Russian Admiral: Hey, you see those suspicious looking boats? Russian Sailor: Da. Russian Admiral: I don’t want to. Russian Sailor: Da.

[@pops7249]

Russian Admiral: wait.... is that a fishing boat? Russian Sailor: Da

[@lonniebailey4989]

@@pops7249 Russian Admiral: Continue firing anyway Russian sailor: Da

[@Harry-xu2yn]

With all that gunfire they probably didn't see them for long

[@soppa24]

@@lonniebailey4989 Admiral: are we hitting them? Sailor: Nyet

[@Exodon2020]

Actually the Admiral never ordered the fleet to open fire and seemed to have been the only one who correctly identified their targets as fishing trawlers as he desparately tried to get his fleet to disengage and fall back in line.

[@adamdesouza6153]

So if the Russian fleet WAS good enough to take on the Japanese, they would’ve sunk those fishing boats, and likely be destroyed by the Royal Navy in the English Channel

[@absolutfreeman1033]

Alternate history

[@trololoev]

if only gunners was better. or they identify those boats as sailors after all.

[@SnowmanTF2]

To be fair, the Kamchatka seemed to think most ships looked like torpedo boats that entire journey. Which makes it more ironic that when they finally were seeing Japanese torpedo boats, they mistook them as something else.

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

Lemme guess, Kamchatka? I learned about the sheer incompetence of her and the 2nd Pacific Squadron from Drach

[@SnowmanTF2]

The more he told the ships story, the more they seemed like a navy meme

[@tomtomed1]

That time the British scored a draw whilst unarmed

[@str2010]

4:57 2 minor mistakes. 1) it's name was actually "Avrora" and 2) it is a cruiser

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

The Aurora is a cruiser, not a battleship (using the present tense as it is still afloat as a museum, being more well-known for its role in the October Revolution than being part of the Voyage of the Damned)

[@fabianzimmermann5495]

You probably didn't ask for Kamchatka memes, but you don't have a choice. They have arrived and you can't stop them. Kamchatka: "8 torpedo boats attacking from all directions" blasts Aurora

[@igoryst3049]

the fact that Aurora is still around to this day is even funnier

[@Exodon2020]

The only fucking shell from Kamchatka to actually hit anything: a live round mischanged for a blank and subsequently fired during a funeral which went entirely off-mark and hit Aurora.

[@rifleman2c997]

Kamchatka: The best Japanese warship to sail for the Russian Navy.

[@grace-hu4qw]

my 13th grandfather was the captain of the British fishing fleet in the dogger bank incident

[@glendanison3064]

The whole journey was hilarious. Admiral R____ despised his two subordinate admirals as " a great empty space" and "manure sack". If what I heard was true, while coaling in Madagascar, sailors bought thousands of cigarettes. These turned out to be laced with opium thereby creating a lot of addicts. They also brought snakes and small crocs aboard who promptly escaped into the hidden recesses of the ships. I don't know if any of this is true but I wish it was. Japan didn't win the battle Russia lost it.

[@rjfaber1991]

Can't attest to the opium-laced cigarettes, but I know the story about the wildlife is true.

[@kickassssnation027]

The Kamchatka was a Japanese navy asset. What are you talking about?

[@glendanison3064]

@@kickassssnation027 The Kamchatka was a Russian ship. What are you talking about?

[@indianheadlogan]

I feel that it was kind of brushed over that the Russian higher ups told them to be on EXTRA EXTRA high alert, and the sailors probably did NOT want to take any chances.

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I learn something new every time! I've studied both British and Russian history and I'd never heard of this!

[@donaldpetersen2382]

I suddenly feel very grateful to have two oceans between me and Russia.

[@flinthawkins13]

That whole voyage frankly was a cluster clusterfuck and is one of the funniest stories in history I know. Though I guess that's what you get when you draft Kazak horsemen to be sailors lol

[@bartfoster1311]

Britain: would sending 6 battleships to wipe out the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron be considered unfair?

[@alexh3974]

probably.. we had alot more modern warships, better crews and alot of experience at sea. We could assemble a good 22 in fairly short order to greet them pulling Gibraltar, Channel and Home fleet together.

[@freshfish7529]

We could have sent one destroyer and removed their whole fleet from the seas. They were about as accurate as a blindfolded stormstrooper.

[@thetankcommander3838]

The Aurora is NOT a battleship. It is a Svetlana-Class Armored Cruiser. And I say IS because the Aurora still sits in St. Petersburg harbor.

[@madtoffelpremium8324]

The Aurora isn't an armored cruiser either. She is only a protected cruiser and belongs to the Pallada class.

[@thetankcommander3838]

@@madtoffelpremium8324 armored cruiser and protected cruiser I learned are the same thing.

[@madtoffelpremium8324]

@@thetankcommander3838 They are not. Armored cuisers were like mini battleships with a full armor belt and gun turrets, whereas protected cruisers were more like what you could call a light cruiser. They were smaller, cheaper and faster, but with smaller, open guns and thier armor only consists of an armored deck above the underwater citadell.

[@thetankcommander3838]

@@madtoffelpremium8324 whatever. Bugger off.

[@aLilSandWitch]

Amazing how the entire Russian Baltic fleet almost started a war with Brittan while the Kamchatka by itself almost starts war with Sweden, Germany, and the French all on its own. XD

[@stephenpatrick5802]

Drachinifel has a video about an hour long about this. Including all the Kamchaka stupidity. Flagship: status report? Kamchaka: Do you see torpedo boats? Fleet: *Panic for 30 minutes finding nothing* Flagship: status report? Kamchaka: We are sinking. Fleet: *celebrate* Kamchaka: correction:we are fine. Had a leaking pipe. Fleet: *facepalm*

[@magisterrleth3129]

*Reads title* I smell Kamchatka.

[@heynice7761]

Well accidently pressed this video instead of another one. Well can't stop watching the video now.

[@GhostImperator]

Same😂

[@molybdaen11]

Watch drafniels journey of the damned for the full experience!

[@malanschwartz8749]

Imagine if the doomsday clock existed when WW1 broke out 😬

[@TheFront]

Yikes.

[@EmbeddedWithin]

@@TheFront last year the doomsday clock ticked 50-10 seconds to doom if I remember. Cos tensions where MEGA high.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

5:46: No wonder that ship became the "lead flagship" for the rise of Communism... Battleship Potemkin is still a great artistic film, though. At least the Soviets made a bunch of good films better than what the West has today.

[@stevenhall1433]

One correction. The Aurora was a cruiser not a battleship.

[@fabovondestory]

Ye, the japanese defenetly just send some torpedo boats around the world into the baltic sea :p

[@molybdaen11]

They could have build thrm in Britain. But still - thousands of japaneese in Britain would have been very hard to conceal.

[@palpadur1112]

that was an interesting, and somewhat funny, incident. Stormtroopers have better aim than those gunners did. just thinking about how many fish those boats must've caught gave me a sudden craving for seafood, or at least some tuna and mashed potatoes.

[@WorldArchivist]

I didn't know Stormtroopers made up the Imperial Russian Navy.

[@Shadow-sq2yj]

4:32 incompetence at its finest 😂

[@bkjeong4302]

Believe it or not things got WORSE from this point. This is easily the ultimate naval disaster.

[@alexdrennan7654]

yes i have heard about this and the Royal Navy "Escorting " the Baltic fleet through the English Channel

[@almightykingpin6322]

The doggerbank incident which could’ve led to an all out war by the British and would’ve totally destroyed the Russian fleet as it was barely sea worthy as it was the Russian ships that crossed through the channel werent even capable of scratching the British escort that shadowed them the admiral of the escort ships is recorded as saying that if he were to engage he’d use half his battleships to be a good and fair sport

[@alexh3974]

@Lurking Carrier Yeah, Combined with reserves and support from Gibraltar they could have arranged 22 Battleships as an welcoming committee from the Royal Navy.

[@grondhero]

After reading the title, I knew the _Kamchatka_ had to be involved. Thanks *Drachnifel* for your preparation of this story. :)

[@paulgaskins7713]

No once again you deliver that treat of learning something new

[@zane5805]

Heavy: Ahhh... peace and quiet. *Sees a fishing boat* *Triggers PTSD* YAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! *Sasha spinning up* The team: No Heavy!! *Everyone dog pile on him*

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

I heard the call of the Kamchatka and I came running

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

The call is " do you see torpedo boats? C

[@matthewjay660]

I did hear about the Dogger Bank incident at university.

[@letemknowjulio6798]

“Fustercluck”. Mind if I use that? 🤣

[@jonmcgee6987]

The fleet was screwed as soon as they got the orders to assemble and move out. They were damned and majorly Fcked with no lube when the Kamchatka was assigned to the fleet.

[@swordsnspearguy5945]

heard of this in passing from potentialhistory gotta say for a nation with coastal territory I'm surprised the Russians never considered any major naval spending

[@rjfaber1991]

They actually did. Prior to the Russo-Japanese War they had the third-most powerful navy in the world, after Britain and France. The Japanese destroyed or captured two out of their three fleets though, and the personnel of the third was decimated because of courts-martial related to their mutiny during the war, so once the war had ended, Russian naval power was only equivalent to the infamously navy-ignoring Austria-Hungary.

[@swordsnspearguy5945]

@@rjfaber1991 i see thanks for the info

[@Orthane]

This is definitely the most embarrassing moment in Russian history. Your grand fleet lost to some fisherman who you attacked in EUROPE thinking they were JAPANESE

[@KimFareseed]

Oh yes, I have heard of this mess before.

[@rifleman2c997]

Kamchaka: Did somebody say, torpedo boats? *troll face* Kamchaka: "Oh no, I am Sinking!" Second Pacific squadron: *Tears of joy* Kamchaka: "Oh no, it was a mistake" Second Pacific squadron: *Tears of sadness*

[@Tolastun]

you should do a 4 part series on this voyage with this one being the first of the series. the Kamchatka was such a instigator.

[@93MANIAC]

Well this video aged like fine wine

[@ZekuChanU]

Russian Admiral: “Japanese torpedo boats!! FIRE!!!” Russian sailor: “But sir! Those are just fishing boats” Admiral: “I SAID FIRE AT THEM NOW! And fire at that other suspicious boat too!!” Aurora: “Huh?!?!” Russian Sailor: “Bruh”

[@mr.factoid105]

Oh trust me they made fools of themselves long before the battle of Tushima

[@hunterbg6651]

The Russians must have been really drunked for this one

[@molybdaen11]

If the Admiral just used the chance to leave the kamschatka behind, he would have used much less binoculars during that journey.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Imperial Russian Baltic Navy: Jeografy Meme Man

[@Deltafight-te4qf]

Whats the link to the intro soundtrack? Or at least the name

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

- Look at the seagulls Yuri. They are so cute. - Torpedo Boats? *WE GONNA SINK*

[@ronmaximilian6953]

It's a shame that the Russian fleet didn't sink the Kamchutka at Dogger Bank

[@underworldguardian704]

$1,000 says Admiral Rosuvensky seriously considered shooting the Captain of the Kamchatka after it nearly started WW1 early for Russia!

[@drum4416]

Meanwhile in an alternative universe: That time when an Austrian driver almost started the Great War

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

The entirety of the russo-japanese war sounds like satire of a real war

[@raygiordano1045]

Drachinifel has a great video covering the hellish 2nd Pacific Squadron's journey.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

I think you may have "stumbled" upon a new history genre: Faux Pas Of Fractured Fate From The Front. Might be good as a monthly or even weekly feature? Think about it. Oh I know my title is terrible , but it could become a KZbin staple. Sorta like Paul Harvey for the 2020s.

[@justanotherhuumon]

Previously heard this story (minus the torpedo boats) and was thinking "Wow, how could that trip get any worse?" And it most certainly did. FUBAR for sure.

[@boeingbetty24jettonlousie85]

the IGN: WELL THIS NAVY IS POWERFUL

[@coreystockdale6287]

Drach has prepared me well for this

[@er3bu511]

Someone watched Drach videos

[@RandoGringo]

When boredom meets Vodka.

[@An_Dread]

There like storm troopers nice tough on the vid showing the storm trooper

[@MahsaKaerra]

Russian naval gunners, after the war went to the Galactic Empire to become Stormtroopers.

[@twcg404]

Brits: "How do you guys survive?" Also Brits: "They're literally stormtrooper irl"

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Mod: No medals for surviving a battle with Stormtroopers.

[@GEA_RuthlessKillaz35]

LOL XD

[@nickvinsable3798]

Honestly, Imperial Russia should’ve just stayed outside of Japanese influence, maybe cut a deal with the Americas, docked at a Russian Pacific navel base for professional personnel transfer, and then…

[@Exodon2020]

No Panama Canal yet (was only opened in 1914) and the rules of neutrality pretty much banned neutral countries from even hosting the Russian fleet. The Russians had to bunker coal at sea off the African coast because there was no way anyone would have allowed them to dock - and trying to circumnavigate Cape Hoorn with that Calvacade of Disaster? Yeah, good luck...

[@nickvinsable3798]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but when exactly did Russia sell Alaska to the United States of America, @@Exodon2020? Because I wouldn’t be too surprised that they could’ve kept the price tag in the form of an iou, i.e. that their ships docked on the east coast to load up on coal, sail south of South America, loaded more coal on the U.S.’s west coast, & then . . . 🤷‍♂️…

[@Exodon2020]

@@nickvinsable3798 The sale of Alaska occured in 1867 - long before Russia even considered Japan's ambitions to be a problem. This only started happening when both countries started competing over lands in Eastern China.

[@nickvinsable3798]

And? < kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKC1kJ5qfNRsjZo > The idea is that Russia wouldn’t accept anything less than $10 million, but would accept the initial payment of $7.2 million with $2.8 million worth of favors, should the Official Russian government call upon on the United States of America’s discretion (could’ve gone as far as keeping Russian refugees in Alaska, especially in the wake of the 1st World War, but not forcing the USA into sending their troops to aid Russia & such), @@Exodon2020.

[@dchegu]

Where the legend of Kamchatka began.

[@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168]

5:00 *Subnautica reference here*

[@garysutherby1109]

The trawlers in question were the ' crane ' and the 'nino' from kingston upon hull and a total of 3 men were killed, there is a memorial statue on hessle rd in hull to mark this event.

[@brainletmong6302]

Kamchatka: DO YOU SEE TORPEDO BOATS??? Rozhestvensky: *Throws a pair of binoculars* Kamchatka: WE ARE SINKING! *Entire fleet celebrates*

[@freshfish7529]

I can just imagine aboard the Kamchatka . “8 torpedo boats, open fire!” Proceeds to almost kick off a major European war

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've heard about this incident before. But not heard the finer details. It was probably a lucky thing that the Russian's missed those English fisherman or the latter would've taken more casualties. Nice video.

[@cnlbenmc]

Drachinifel Kamchatka Flashbacks *INTENSIFIES*

[@toab5541]

Russia:We have more men Japan:We have men that can aim

[@marvinthemartian9584]

That's an interesting move, using the silhouette of a modern American Ticonderoga-class cruiser as the template for turn of the century Russian battleships .

[@ryanpiercy3390]

note to self, if I ever have a navy, fire the worst 1% of officers every year if I can afford to do so. Even if they get mad and try to go on a rampage, they will be so incompetent no one ends up killed except them.

[@davesy6969]

It's like having monty python run your navy.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Hey the Front---Please make a video on "The Russian Dunkirk." It's another lesser known incident from WWII that is always going under the radar. Even more so than most.

[@Mike-tg7dj]

The Americans did the same thing to Vietnam. The whole Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave LBJ a war to "Stop Communism" in SE Asia. They barely held on to Korea and then they kicked the hornet's nest in Vietnam.

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

4:46 should've used droid gunners because they're a even more bad shot remember they can't even hit an escape pod, *an escape pod* and it wasn't even evading the shots

[@TheMock5000]

I think that they should've turned back after failing to destroy fishing ships. If you can't hit those, good luck trying to hit an enemy that hits back.

[@alessiodecarolis]

Perhaps bad training, the fog, too tired....too much VODKA?

[@mr.m1garand254]

Let’s go, this journey is hilarious lmao

[@kidz4p509]

Soviets have a history of being paranoid. Take Stalin for example. He had quite the paranoia until his death.

[@andrewgates9333]

When indoctrinated to be so stupid in the first place.

[@briantien7146]

You're about twelve years early. The Tsar was still the ruler of Russia though the war helped to further his decline (not like the Russian monarchy was salvagable by this point anyway). The crew was just overall completely inexperienced, so sailed into international waters incredibly trigger happy. Most hadn't ever set foot aboard a moving vessel let alone sailed into open waters before.

[@molybdaen11]

When you discovered another assassin every month you would be om paranoid too.

[@khylesamuelkimmelanio688]

The Modern Story of the Story: The Russia started a war on the US because they saw a fishing boat or really it was USS Zumwalt (remember that USS Zumwalt looks like a fishing boat on a enemy radar).

[@hans-joachimtenhoope1744]

To quote a fellow Discord user's remark about World Of War Ships after they saw this video.... "hhmm so wows is closer to reality than I thought, can't hit, shoot friendly, go way out of the way, ground on rocks and channels too shallow,......"

[@PhillyCh3zSt3ak]

The Kamchatka: "Are those torpedo boats?"

[@Emiliano-oh7ru]

RUSSIA:JAPANESE! Fire BRITIAN:HOLY SHIT SWEEDEN:wtf RUSSIA SORRY PLEASE BRITIAN: I KILL YOU IN THIS WAR RUSSIA: 😵

[@dt_2]

The Japanese navy was outnumbered by the Russian navy during the conflict. However the Japanese won as they were more disciplined and trained.

[@augustuswayne9676]

If anyone is interested MrBallen has an episode that goes into greater detail on this very subject .

[@AdmiralWillisLee1942]

"Do you see torpedo boats?"

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

We’re suddenly not that bad…

[@richardsuggs8108]

Perhaps the fleet should have had more target practice.