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WAR APPENDIX

Japanese Navy

	Engaged		Sunk		Captured		Interned		Remaining
Nature of Vessel	No.	Displace- ment	No.	Displace- ment	No.	Displace- ment	No.	Displace- ment	No.	Displace- ment
Battleships	6	86,299	2	27,757	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	4	58,452
Armored cruisers	8	74,178	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	8	74,178
Sea going coast defence cruisers	2	11,112	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	2	11,112
Cruisers	20	68,481	4	12,733	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	16	55,748
Other kinds	18	26,689	4	4,797	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	14	21,892
Destroyers	22	7,425	2	738	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	20	6,687
Totals	76	274,184	12	46,025	. .	. . . . . .	. .	. . . . . .	64	228,159

 

From this table, also, torpedo boats, special service steamers and converted cruisers are omitted. Comparison of the two tables shows several striking facts. The first is that the Japanese force of 76 vessels, with a displacement of 274,184 tons, has sunk or captured 64 ships, with a displacement of 289,778 tons. It is true that this includes the ships which the besiegers' guns at Port Arthur helped to disable, but, on the other hand, it was solely by the indefatigable exertions of the Japanese fleet that these ships were driven into Port Arthur and held prisoners there. Another important point is that, whereas the Japanese have lost 12 ships, with a total displacement of 46,025 tons, they have captured and added to their navy seven vessels representing 44,486 tons. Nor is this all. Already at Port Arthur the battle ship Peresviet (12,674 tons) and the armored cruiser Bayan (7,800 tons) have been raised, and at Chemulpo the protected cruiser Variag (6,500 tons). Other ships will also be raised, but even with the addition of these three the Japanese navy will emerge from the fight with a displacement 25,435 tons greater than it had when the war commenced, whereas the Russian navy has been virtually annihilated.

In order to make this comparison complete it is necessary to consider the captures of non-combatant ships made by the two navies. The record for the Japanese navy is this:

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