An item dated Tokyo, Japan 24th reported that the Japanese battleships Mishimu (1) and Mikaza (2) escorted a military expedition towards Nikolajew to protect the there living Japanese. In the meantime were the Japanese at Noord Aghalien [North Sakhalin] taken on board without any resistance. The expedition was just to be protective and not to be aggressive according to the Japanese government.
Notes
1. Part of Russian Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defence ships preceded by Gangut, laid down as Admiral Senyavin by Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia on 2 August 1982, launched on 22 August 1894, commissioned in 1896, stricken on 28 May 1905, captured by Japan, commissioned as 2nd class coastal degence vessel Mishima on 6 June 1905, stricken on 10 October 1935 and sunk as target on 5 May 1936.
2. Preceded by Asahi succeeded by Katori-class, building ordered on 26 September 1898, laid down by Vickers, Sons&Maxim, Baroow-in-Furness, England on 24 January 1899, launched on 8 November 1900, commissioned on 1 March 1902 and stricken on 20 September 1923. Still existing as memorial ship.
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