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Sunday, 8 April 2012

Japanese transport Santsji Maroe sunk according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingese Courant dated 24 October 1905

An item reported that at London a telegram was received reporting that the Japanese transport Santsji Maroe underway from Noetsjang towards Dalni hit a floating mine and sunk. She was chartered to transport war stores between the ports of Manchuria. Of the crew of 54 men were 51 saved and three missing.

Note
1. Between 8 February 1904 and 5 September 1905 were the Japanese and Russian empires in war and which was disastrous for the latter. Both empires had heavy human losses and the world sighted the destruction of a major European naval power by an Asian empire.