Battle of Tsushima podcast

[bruce d]

I recieved this from the Society for Nautical Research. The links are within the text. They ask for it to be shared, so ....

New Podcast Episode and Video! Great Sea Fights 3: Tsushima, 1905 The Battle of Tsushima was the decisive naval action between Japan and Russia that effectively ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and one of the most important naval battles in history. It was the first in which radio played a major part; the action that demonstrated the power of the all-big-gun battleship, leading to HMS Dreadnought of 1906 and the Anglo-German dreadnought race; the first time a modern battleship was sunk by guns, and largely fought at previously unimaginable ranges of up to 12,000 metres (eight miles); the first, and last, decisive steel battleship action (the Russians lost eight battleships and more than 5,000 men while the Japanese lost only three torpedo boats and 116 men); the first modern defeat of a great European power by an Asian nation; and arguably the battle that made both the First World War more likely and another great fleet action less likely. The Mariner's Mirror Podcast is running a 3-part special: Part 1 explores the events and strategic build-up; Part 2 explores the Russian perspective and part 3 the Japanese. This podcast episode has been designed to sit alongside an innovative video we have created of the battle. The video shows the animation of an eyewitness battle plan drawn by William Packenham, a Royal Naval officer then attached to the Japanese fleet – who witnessed the events first hand from the decks of the battleship Asahi. The battle plan has been redrawn using the time-stamps given  so that we can now see the positions of the two fleets in real time as the events unfolded – you can, in effect, watch the battle plan be drawn as if you were Packenham sitting at his desk. You can find the podcast via any podcast app on a smartphone and on our own website on the  Mariner's Mirror podcast page. How can you help? Please share links to the podcast on all social media - if you do we will give you a shout out on the next podcast! If you have an iPhone please 'rate' the podcast with lots of stars on the Apple podcast app/iTunes and if you have time please also leave a review. You can find the podcast here on iTunes. It is enormously important at this stage to get as many ratings and reviews as possible!

[allanyed]

Bruce,

Absolutely mesmerizing account.  Thank you for posting this!!

Allan

[mtaylor]

Very timely on this since according to my NRG calender, yesterday was the anniversary of the battle.    Adding this one to my growing queue of podcasts.