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: Near England, the jumpy Russian sailors mistook British fishing trawlers for Japanese torpedo boats. They opened fire for twenty minutes, sinking a British boat and accidentally hitting two of their own ships. This nearly caused Britain to declare war on Russia.

: During a gunnery practice against a stationary target, they missed every shot except for one—which hit the ship actually towing the target. 387_81393exqfqq

In 1904, the fleet set sail from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific, a voyage that should have been routine but turned into a comedy of errors: : Near England, the jumpy Russian sailors mistook