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Dogger Bank Incident
The Dogger Bank incident (also known as the North Sea Incident, the Russian Outrage or the Incident of Hull) occurred on the night of 21/22 October 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, when the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy mistook civilian British fishing trawlers from Kingston upon Hull in the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea for Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats and fired on them, also firing on each other in the chaos of the melée. Two British fishermen died, six more were injured, one fishing vessel was sunk, and five more boats were damaged. On the Russian side, one sailor and a Russian Orthodox priest aboard the cruiser ''Aurora'' were killed by friendly fire. "Damage to the ''Aurora'' was concealed ... and only discovered by the deciphering of a wireless message intercepted at he BritishFelixstowe station. It was also considered highly significant that no officer from that ship appeared before the Commission, nor were their logs produced." The incid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogger Bank Russian Outrage Incident 1904 Postcard
Dogger may refer to: Places * Dogger Bank, a large shallow area in the North Sea between Britain and Denmark ** Dogger, a sea area in the North Sea, noted in shipping forecasts within the Dogger Bank People Individuals * Paul Dogger (1971), a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands By activities * Dogger, a person who engages in the sexual practice of Dogging (sexual slang), dogging * Dogger, a person who hunted and trapped Dingo#Control_measures, dingoes Other uses * The Dogger, rocks of the Middle Jurassic epoch * Dogger (boat), a type of ketch rigged fishing boat working the Dogger Bank in the seventeenth century * Dogger (book), ''Dogger'' (book), a book by Shirley Hughes See also * Battle of Dogger Bank (other) * Dog (other) * Dogging (other) * Doggo, an internet slang term for "dogs' language" * ''On the Dogger Bank'', an 1846 painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Tsushima
The Battle of Tsushima (, ''Tsusimskoye srazheniye''), also known in Japan as the , was the final naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 27–28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. A devastating defeat for the Imperial Russian Navy, the battle was the only Decisive victory, decisive engagement ever fought between modern steel battleship fleets and the first in which wireless telegraphy (radio) played a critically important role. The battle was described by contemporary Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Sir George Clarke as "by far the greatest and the most important naval event since Battle of Trafalgar, Trafalgar". The battle involved the Japanese Combined Fleet under Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Russian Second Pacific Squadron under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, which had sailed over seven months and from the Baltic Sea. The Russians hoped to reach Vladivostok and establish naval control of the Far East in order to relieve the Imperial Russian Army in Manchuria. The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Between Sweden And Norway
Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (; ), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its peaceful dissolution in 1905. The two states kept separate constitutions, laws, legislatures, administrations, state churches, armed forces, and currencies; the kings mostly resided in Stockholm, where foreign diplomatic representations were located. The Norwegian government was presided over by viceroys: Swedes until 1829, Norwegians until 1856. That office was later vacant and then abolished in 1873. Foreign policy was conducted through the Swedish foreign ministry until the dissolution of the union in 1905. Norway had been in a closer union with Denmark, but Denmark–Norway's alliance with Napoleonic France caused the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire to consent to Sweden's annexation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamchatka (Repair Ship)
''Kamchatka'' was an armed auxiliary vessel of the Russian Navy. The ship was launched in 1903. Its short career during the Russo-Japanese War was plagued with unfortunate incidents, which ended in its sinking at the Battle of Tsushima. Service history Originally built as a collier, ''Kamchatka'' was converted to a repair ship while still under construction. ''Kamchatka'' entered service in the Russian Baltic Fleet in 1903. Its main features were a large hold and large cranes that made it ideal for the role as a repair ship. Role in the Dogger Bank incident ''Kamchatka'' played a role in causing the Dogger Bank incident, where the Second Pacific Squadron opened fire on unarmed British fishing trawlers. At about 21:00 on the night of October 21, 1904, ''Kamchatka'' radioed that it was being attacked by eight Japanese destroyers or torpedo boats. Not long after, small vessels without lights were spotted, which were crossing the Russian fleet's course. Deciding that the vessel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive weapon placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Similar to anti-personnel mine, anti-personnel and other land mines, and unlike purpose launched naval depth charges, they are deposited and left to wait until, depending on their fuzing, they are triggered by the approach of or contact with any vessel. Naval mines can be used offensively, to hamper enemy shipping movements or lock vessels into a harbour; or defensively, to create "safe" zones protecting friendly sea lanes, harbours, and naval assets. Mines allow the minelaying force commander to concentrate warships or defensive assets in mine-free areas giving the adversary three choices: undertake a resource-intensive and time-consuming minesweeping effort, accept the casualties of challenging the minefield, or use the unmined waters where the greatest concentration of enemy firepower will be encountered. Although international law requires signatory nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Straits
The Danish straits are the straits connecting the Baltic Sea to the North Sea through the Kattegat and Skagerrak. Historically, the Danish straits were internal waterways of Denmark; however, following territorial losses, Øresund and Fehmarn Belt are now shared with Sweden and Germany, while the Great Belt and the Little Belt have remained Danish territorial waters. The Copenhagen Convention of 1857 made all the Danish straits open to commercial shipping. The straits have generally been regarded as an international waterway. Toponymy and geography Five straits are named 'belt' (), the only ones in the world. Several other straits are named 'sound' (Danish, Swedish language, Swedish and German language, German: ). Where an island is situated between a "belt" and a "sound", typically the broader strait is called "belt" and the narrower one is the "sound": * Als Island, Als: ** separated from the continent by ** separated from Fyn by the southern part of the ''Little Belt'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langeland
Langeland (, ) is a Danish island located between the Great Belt and Bay of Kiel. The island measures 285 km2 (c. 110 square miles) and, as of 1 January 2018, has a population of 12,446."Danmarks Statistik." Retrieved 14 June 2018. The island produces grain and is known as a recreational and wellness tourism area. A connects it to Tåsinge via – a small island with a population of approximately 20 – and the main island of |
Arcadiy Harting
Arкadiy Mikhailovich Harting (; 29 October 1861 – ?) was a secret agent and officer of the Okhrana, the secret police of the Russian Empire. During his career spanning from 1879 to 1909, he served as a police informer, agent provocateur, officer and the Head of Okhrana foreign service based in Paris. Born to a Jewish family, he was later baptised and at the end of his career was awarded the rank of Active State Councilor, which gave him the rights of nobility. Early life Arkadiy Harting was born Aharon Hackelman () on 29 October 1861 in Pinsk (now Belarus), to a Jewish family. In 1879, he became a student in Saint Petersburg. Police Informer in Russia In Saint Petersburg Hackelman joined the underground cell of a revolutionary terrorist organisation Narodnaya Volya and befriended many revolutionaries, including Vladimir Burtsev, future counter-intelligence champion of the Russian revolutionaries. At about the same time, Hackelman was recruited by Okhrana to spy on ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Stress
In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a form of psychological and mental discomfort. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, can increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, and mental illnesses such as depression and also aggravate pre-existing conditions. Psychological stress can be external and related to the environment, but may also be caused by internal perceptions that cause an individual to experience anxiety or other negative emotions surrounding a situation, such as pressure, discomfort, etc., which they then deem stressful. Hans Selye (1974) proposed four variations of stress. On one axis he locates good stress ( eustress) and bad stress (distress). On the other is over-stress (hyperstress) and understress (hypostress). Selye advocates balancing these: the ultimate goal would be to balance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torpedo Boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. These were inshore craft created to counter both the threat of battleships and other slow and heavily armed ships by using speed, agility, and powerful torpedoes, and the overwhelming expense of building a like number of capital ships to counter an enemy. A swarm of expendable torpedo boats attacking en masse could overwhelm a larger ship's ability to fight them off using its large but cumbersome guns. A fleet of torpedo boats could pose a similar threat to an adversary's capital ships, albeit only in the coastal areas to which their small size and limited fuel load restricted them. The introduction of fast torpedo boats in the late 19th century was a serious concern to the era's naval strategists, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dogger Bank Russian Outrage Incident 1904 St Andrews Dock, Hull Postcard
Dogger may refer to: Places * Dogger Bank, a large shallow area in the North Sea between Britain and Denmark ** Dogger, a sea area in the North Sea, noted in shipping forecasts within the Dogger Bank People Individuals * Paul Dogger (1971), a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands By activities * Dogger, a person who engages in the sexual practice of Dogging (sexual slang), dogging * Dogger, a person who hunted and trapped Dingo#Control_measures, dingoes Other uses * The Dogger, rocks of the Middle Jurassic epoch * Dogger (boat), a type of ketch rigged fishing boat working the Dogger Bank in the seventeenth century * Dogger (book), ''Dogger'' (book), a book by Shirley Hughes See also * Battle of Dogger Bank (other) * Dog (other) * Dogging (other) * Doggo, an internet slang term for "dogs' language" * ''On the Dogger Bank'', an 1846 painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora 1903
An aurora ( aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of radiant lights that appear as curtains, rays, spirals or dynamic flickers covering the entire sky. Auroras are the result of disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections. These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. These particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitate into the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere). The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emit light of varying color and complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount of acceleratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
