THE RUSSIAN LOSSES.
TWENTY-THREE SHIPS ACCOUNTED FOR, AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. THE WORK OF TOGO’S FLEET. ‘ (Received June 1, 1.16 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 31. Advices received from Tokio by M. Iwasaki, the Japanese Consul here, show the Russian losses, as far as can bo ascertained at present, to be as follows:—■ « ABATTLESHIPS. • Kniaz Suvaroff ... ... ... 13,516 tons. Imperator Alexander 111. ... 13,516 tons. Borodino ... ... ... ••• 13,516 tons. Sissoi Valiki 8,880 tons. Navarin ... ... ••• 10,000 tons, Oslahya ... ... ... ... 12,671 tons. CRUISERS. Admiral Nachimofl: ... . ... 9,000 tons. Dmitri Donskoi ’ ... 5,893 tons. Vladimir Monomach ... ... 6,000 .tons. Svietlana ‘ 3,828 tons. , Jomtchug ... ... 3,200 tons. In addition to tho above, tbo following were sunk:—Two coast defence ships. Two special service ships. Three destroyers. The transport ship Kamschaika. The vessels captured comprise the following:Two battleships. Two coast defence ships. One destroyer. The Russian losses altogether consist of twenty-two ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 153,000 tons.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5603, 1 June 1905, Page 5
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