The Birth of Modern Naval Warfare

On May 27, 1905, the Russian and Japanese fleets faced off in the Tsushima Strait during the Russo-Japanese War. It is the first modern naval battle – and described as the greatest and the most important naval event since Trafalgar – a century earlier. It also ushered in Japan as a world power – and helped sow the seeds of the end of Czarist Russia. This is the story of the battle of Tsushima.