The Dogger Bank incident
1904 · Event
Steaming through the North Sea at night, Russia's Baltic Fleet mistakes Hull's fishing trawlers for Japanese torpedo boats — six thousand miles from Japan — and opens fire, killing three British fishermen. Britain, Japan's ally, comes within days of war before Russia apologises and pays up; the fleet sails on towards its real catastrophe.
On these timelines: The Russo-Japanese War, Russia & the USSR, England, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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