Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-09-15 | Page 3 | Jap Battleship is Sunk by an Explosion

SHIP IS TROY 1 followed by the explosion of one of the ships heroes of the naval bat ties of the war are killed j boklo sept 13 6 p m the navy department announces that the battleship has been destroyed by fire the explosion of her magazine causing the loss of lives including men of other ships who went to the rescue the fire started from an unknown cause at midnight on sunday night september 10 before the officers could be rescued the fire reached the aft magazine which exploded blowing a bole 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 ln achler she was present at all the principal engagements during the war and was on several occasions reported severely ila maged in action at the battle of the sea of japan she led the fleet into action and her name was mentioned in connection with some of the most stirring events of this famous sea fight the was one of the largest and most powerful vessels in the japanese navy she was built at barrow england and was launched in 1902 she had a displacement 0 tons and her speed was hnoth with indicated horsepower horse power heia armament consisted of tour 12 inch tour teen 6 inch twenty 12 and other small guns in the battle of the sea of japan ore was the heaviest loser of the japanese ships having 63 allied and wounded she approached nearer 0 bihy ihy russians than any other battle ehla the was also the flagship 0 admiral togo in the great naval battle fought on port arthur on august 1904 on which occasion the japanese flagship also suffered the most but continued in the dign ing line on that occasion the had four officers and 29 men killed six officers and 29 men severely wounded and four officers and 29 men slightly wounded