| Show FL nearly lives lost as result of sinking of japanese war vessel doomed vessel took fire a magazine exploded blow ng a hole in her side when she sunk loss includes men who went to rescue injured boklo the navy department an bounces that the battleship has been destroyed by ire and the elpio slon ol 01 her magazine causing the loss of lives including men ol 01 other ships who went to the rescue the fire started from an unknown cause at midnight on sunday night sept 10 before the officers could be rescued the fire reached the aft maga zine which exploded blowing a hole in the port side of the vessel below the water line and causing the ship to sink an investigation is now being held to determine the cause of the fire the was the flagship of the japanese navy flying the flag of vice admiral togo the commander in chief but admiral togo was not on board when the disaster occurred she was present at all the principal engage ments during the war and was on sev eral occasions reported severely dam aged in action at the battle of the sea of japan she led the fleet into ac alon and her name was mentioned in connection with some of the most stir ring events of this famous sea fight the was one of the largest and most powerful vessels in the jap anese navy she was built at barrow england and was launched in 1902 she had a displacement of 15 tons and er speed was 18 5 knots with 16 indicated horse power her armament consisted of four twelve inch fourteen six inch twenty twelve inch fourteen six inch twenty twelve eight three tour two and one halt and eight millimeter guns in the battle of the sea of japan the was the heaviest loser of the japanese ships having sixty three killed and wounded she approached nearer to the russians than any other battleship the was also the flagship of admiral togo in the great nal battle fought off port arthur on aug 10 1904 on which occasion the japanese flagship also suffered the most but continued in the fighting line on that occasion the had four officers and twenty nine men killed six officers and twenty nine men severely wounded and four officers and twenty nine men slightly wounded |
