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	Japanese cruiser Takachiho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Takachiho was re-designated a 2nd-class cruiser on 21 March 1898.
		During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, the Takachiho participated in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, and was subsequently assigned to the Fourth Division of the Combined Fleet, where it participated in the Battle of Tsushima.
		During World War 1, the Takachiho was struck by a torpedo launched by a the German S90 torpedo boat on 14 October 1914, during the Battle of Tsingtao, and went down with the loss of 271 men (including its captain Ito Sukeyasu) – the largest single loss for Japanese forces during the entire war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takachiho (296 words)

	An Undeclared War
		By February 2, 1904, the Japanese Imperial Army's 12th Division, under the command of Major General Kuroki Tamemoto, was already embarked aboard troop ships intended for a major landing on Korea's west coast with orders to pacify the capital area and seize the southern provinces.
		The Japanese had been eager to keep the peace in the region and stretched their readiness to compromise to its limits, but when a fight could no longer be avoided, they struck first, struck fast and struck hard.
		Superior to the Japanese in sheer numbers, the Russians were far inferior to Japan when it came to the efficiency needed for conducting warfare.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C31/E3104.htm (3542 words)

	Battle of Yalu River (1894) - China-related Topics BA-BD - China-Related Topics
		A Japanese fleet under Admiral Isokuru Ito was attempting to disrupt the landing of Chinese troops protected by a fleet under Admiral Ting Ju ch'ang.
		The Japanese advanced on the Chinese with the flying squadron leading in line astern formation with the despatch vessels off to the port of the second squadron (where the flagship was).
		Japanese shells set many Chinese ships aflame, and were responsible for sinking or seriously damaging eight of them, either during the battle or during later mopping up operations.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Battle_of_Yalu_River_(1894) (1412 words)

	Category:Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Imperial Japanese Navy ships include ships commissioned into Imperial Japanese Navy service.
		There are 8 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
		Pages in category "Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Ships_of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy (87 words)

	The Battle of the Yalu, 17 September 1894
		In the morning of 20 July 1894 a Japanese Flying Squadron of three ironclad cruisers was on patrol in the Gulf of Asan on the west coast of Korea.
		At daybreak on the 17th the Japanese fleet was in sight of Hai-yang Island, 35 miles off the coast at the northern end of Korea Bay and 100 miles east of Port Arthur, China's main naval base.
		The cruiser Tsi Yuen, survivor of the brush with Togo's Flying Squadron at Asan, was the first ship to be hit, and, true to form, she broke away from the line and ran for the sanctuary of Port Arthur.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /yalu1894.html (4725 words)

	Chemulpo
		The Japanese advance detachment entered Chemulpo and moored near the Russians, while the soldiers streamed ashore in disembarkation operations that continued through that night in which Togo's declaratory assault was being delivered at Port Arthur.
		To the amazement of the tense Japanese, Varyag and Korietz seemed as phlegmatic and casual as usual, airing out bunting and leaving out booms as though all were well in the affairs of nations.
		The latter kept partly behind the shelter of one of the islands in the vicinity and in mid-afternoon she followed the battered Varyag back to the harbor, where both took refuge near the neutral warships.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /chemulpo.html (664 words)

	Japanese Navy, World War 1
		Most Japanese wartime losses apart from the Tsingtau operation, were due to accidents, but in the Mediterranean, one destroyer was torpedoed and badly damaged.
		Takachiho was part of the large Japanese fleet engaged in the capture of the German base of Tsingtau in northern China.
		Employed as a minelayer, the 'Takachiho' was attacked by the 'S-90' which managed to slip out of Kiaochow (Kiao Chau) Bay on the night of the 17th/18th as the siege approached its end; 271 men were lost as she went down.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyJapanese.htm (2249 words)

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		Their intent was to produce binoculars, and after two years of development, circa 1911, the first Japanese binocular was produced, the Fujii Brothers Victor 8 x 20.
		In 1919, the forerunner of Olympus Optical Co. was established as a microscope manufacturer, Takachiho Seisaku Sho.
		In 1942, Minolta was commissioned by the Japanese Navy to manufacture optical glass at a plant near Kobe.
	www.europa.com /~telscope/japanbin.txt (2078 words)

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		The Japanese population represents a medium whose particles are in perpetual circulation.
		Nevertheless the canvas was by a Japanese painter.
		Japanese child-life, is mostly passed in temple courts; and many happy childhoods were spent in the court of the Amida-ji.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/kkoro10.txt (21668 words)

	History of the Combined Fleet- Cruisers
		In this era, she was one of the most fast cruiser in the World.
		In 1892 was managed to Honolulu to protect the interest of the Japanese subjects before the invasion of the Hawaii by the Americans.
		She was launched in French Shipyards under Japanese Naval Program of 1882, but she never was commissioned because she was sank by a Steamship into Inner Sea, during her voyage from France to Japan.
	candamo.iespana.es /japon/iunihistcruceros.htm (732 words)

	Tsingtao Campaign
		Japanese diplomacy centered on an alliance with Britain, in which each pledged to aid the other should they become embroiled with 2 great powers.
		Poor Japanese sanitary standards, varying scales of provisions, differing staff routines, conflicting tactical doctrine, British racial arrogance (many thought of their allies as coolies in uniform): all contributed to prickly relations.
		Japanese Army HQ made a point of showing that the Tsingtao campaign in no way disturbed the routine Army maneuvers in November.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/tsingtao.htm (8310 words)

	Battlefleet 1900 Scenario: Sylvia Basin
		The Japanese concentrated near the Sylvia basin in the long hope of catching the Russian fleets one at a time, but it didn't work.
		Japanese Cruiser Division 3: Naniwa, Takachiho, Akashi, Tsushima.
		The Japanese must force all of the Russian battleships to turn around and abandon their attempt to pass to the north.
	www.wtj.com /games/battlefleet_1900/docu_scenario_sylviabasin.htm (392 words)

	One of the best known relics of the Great War is the Princess Mary tobacco tin of Christmas 1914
		For the Japanese it was an opportunity to demonstrate that their nation was a candidate for promotion from ‘regional’ to ‘world’ power.
		The Japanese naval force that led the attack on Tsingtao was a heavy one for the venture.
		Japanese and British troops were landed on the northern coast of the Shantung Peninsula, 150 miles above Tsingtao and began a measured march to their objective.
	www.wfa-usa.org /new/japan.html (2651 words)

	Imperial Japanese Navy Deployment 1914
		Lacroix and Wells's monumental "Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War" gives detailed information on Japanese fleet organization and other matters back at least to the turn of the century, the title notwithstanding.
		Below is the basic structure of the Japanese navy under the reorganization of 10 July 1914; they do not tell which ships were in each formation, so I'm not sure whether this will be helpful.
		Under the previous organization all battleships as well as many cruisers were in the First Fleet; cruisers and coast-defense ships comprised the Second and Third Fleets; destroyers were in divisions of four ships attached to naval stations and sometimes to the fleets.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/fdjn0001.htm (545 words)

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		The port of Chemulpho was the port for the Korean capital of Seoul.
		The entire Japanese Fleet was mobilized by December 1903 and the main force assembled at Sasebo.
		The Japanese attack on Port Arthur was early in the morning of February 9.
	www.steelnavy.com /Box261Koreits.htm (2658 words)

	Japanese Cruisers
		Japanese Cruisers from the First World War to the Second World War.
		She was the first Japanese cruiser to have a clipper bow.
		The Tenryu class Ligth Cruisers, Tenryu and Tatsuta were designed along the same lines of the successful Royal navy Arethusa Class Cruisers.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /japanese_cruisers.htm (1412 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > The Sino-Japanese War/ Jiawu War
		There are certain disadvantage of Bei Yang, Some of the Japanese ships newly bought in the 90s was faster, that was crucial and it could perfomed the surrounding tactic which it did.
		Second is the command of the Japanese ships, they are trained to fight individually,in small units, or all together, the Japanese fleet also could change their commander once the commander;s boat is shot.
		The Japanese ships were also much faster in maneuverable, but the heavy armor of the two Beiyang ships proved to be the better choice in navy battle despite the loss.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t1286.html (2030 words)

	The Japan-Russia war; an illustrated history of the war in the Far East, the greatest conflict of modern ...
		Accordingly, after cruising aimlessly about in the Red Sea for some weeks, the ships were ordered to return to the Baltic; and in the beginning of March they passed through tht Suez Canal again on their way north.
		But the Japanese showed that admirable forethought which has characterized every step they have taken, and the transports brought with them large numbers of pontoon wharves, which enabled the troops to disembark from the sampans at some distance from the shore, and to march easily on to firm land.
		Japanese Rapidity tions for a general advance by the Japanese army had been conducted with remarkable celerity and success, and that by the middle of March great progress had been made.
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		The cruisers of Imperial Russian were subdivided by size.
		There were 400 Japanese soldiers as a garrison for the Japanese legation and 12,000 of the 30,000 Japanese subjects in Korea resided there.
		reported that the Japanese fired three torpedoes at her and admitted to firing two shots at the Japanese, the first shots of the Russo-Japanese War.
	www.steelnavy.com /Box261Varyag.htm (2183 words)

	Osaka Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha
		Overseas services began in 1890 with a route between Osaka and Busan and in 1908 the first Japanese emigrants were carried to Brazil A Hong Kong to Tacoma service commenced in 1909 and a San Francisco route was opened in 1915.
		WWII requisitioned and converted to Japanese naval gunboat, 1944 torpedoed and sunk by HMS STORM in Malacca Strait.
		WWII converted to Japanese naval gunboat, 1942 torpedoed and sunk by USS PICKEREL.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/osk.htm (4364 words)

	German Destroyers & Torpedo Boats WW1
		Scuttled together with a number of other largely disarmed German ships during the siege of Tsingtao as the Japanese closed in on the fortress.
		A set of German naval codes, mostly for use by flag officers at sea were dredged up near "S.119" by a British fishing trawler.
		These were a vital addition to the codes recovered from the cruiser "Magdeburg" in the Baltic and from a German merchantman off the Australian coast, all of which made their way to the British Admiralty's "Room 40".
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyGermanDestroyers.htm (2359 words)

	Yalu 1894 Ship Miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The armoured cruisers King Yuan and Lai Yuan, and the torpedo gunboats Kuang P'ing and Kuang Ting.
		The armoured cruiser Ping Yuen, which did really well in the games despite its ungainly appearance, and the torpedo boats Fu Lung and Tso I, which also did really well in the games when they could get close enough to launch torpedoes.
		The armoured cruiser Chiyoda, protected cruiser Akitsushima, central battery ironclad Fuso, and armoured corvette Hiei.
	www.irvania.com /wargames/Yaluships.htm (309 words)

	Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1914 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She ran aground in the Baltic whilst minelaying and was then destroyed by Russian cruisers.
		After a failed attempt to re-float her the Russian cruisers Bogatyr and Pallada arrive and destroy the German cruiser with gunfire.
		First torpedo struck from a range of c.300 yards and as the cruiser was sinking by the stern a second torpedo hit her and she then sank quickly.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /sunk14.htm (812 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - Tsing Tao u-boat?
		The japanese cruiser 'Takachiho' was sunk by german torpedo boat 'S90' on Oct 17th, 1914 off Tsingtao.
		- Japanese reluctance to admit that one of their bigger ships was lost in a quite conventional attack.
		- General submarine scare after the sinking of three armoured cruisers by a german submarine in the Channel in 1914.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?p=934409 (518 words)

	EXPLORION - Travel & Exploration Online - Kokoro - Page 31
		And they will hear them also in that day when the armies of the Son of Heaven shall be summoned
		(1) The total number of Japanese actually killed in battle, from the fight at A-san to the capture of the
		fighting-mast of the Japanese cruiser Takachiho, and suffered itself to be taken and fed. After much
	explorion.net /l.hearn-kokoro/page-31.html (698 words)

	Blount Report - Page 1342 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It is thought, however, that in view of past precedents, this action will be reversed.
		The Japanese cruiser Takachiho has returned to Japan.
		There has been no disturbance here and no apparent probability of any in the immediate future.
	libweb.hawaii.edu /digicoll/annexation/blount/br1342.html (264 words)

	The Dreadnought Project
		The Soviet Cruisers of the Chapayev and Sverdlov Classes
		Cruisers for the Royal Navy: The 1932-42 Programmes
		Armoured Cruiser versus Armoured Cruiser: Ulsan, 14 August 1904
	www.dreadnoughtproject.org /warship (2827 words)

	Alternate History Discussion Board - ME7: The Armed Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		- peace cruiser* is the US Navy's classification for this type of warship.
		In reality they aren't really cruisers as most nations would define them, but gunboats instead.
		Imperial Navy 5 protected cruisers (like MBarry Charleston-class protected cruiser) (2 in the Caspian), 3 seagoing monitors (like MBarry Monterey seagoing monitor) (1 in the caspian), 20 frigates (like Condo Novara frigates) (8 in the caspian)
	www.alternatehistory.com /Discussion/printthread.php?t=14521&pp=40 (10704 words)

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