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Hull has a long history connected to the sea as I am sure most of you know
And that history is both related to shipping and fishing in fact Hull used to be home to the UK largest fishing fleet before the Cod wars with Iceland devastated the UK fishing industry but what I want to talk about is an older story from Hull fishing past
From 1904
The Russian outrage @ dogger Bank which cost 3 fisherman their lives when a Russian fleet mistook the fishing (From Hull The Gamecock fishing fleet,) boats for Japanese torpedo boats and fired upon them despite still been over 20000 miles from Japan at the time
The two nations were at war at the time
The trawler crane was sunk
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| on The corner of the Boulevard and Hessle road Hull |
The incident nearly lead to war between Britain and Russia
The disaster of 21 October began in the evening, when the captain of the supply ship Kamchatka (Камчатка), which was last in the Russian line, took a passing Swedish ship for a Japanese torpedo boat and radioed that he was being attacked. Later that night, during fog, (so reduced visibility ) the officers on duty sighted the British trawlers, interpreted their signals incorrectly and classified them as Japanese torpedo boats, despite being more than 20,000 miles (30,000 km) from Japan. The Russian warships illuminated the trawlers with their searchlights and opened fire. The British trawler Crane was sunk, and its captain and first mate were killed. Four other trawlers were damaged, and six other fishermen were wounded, one of whom died a few months later. As the trawlers had their nets down, they were unable to flee and, in the general chaos
The Russian even fired upon their own ships mistaking them for Japanese war ships killing 2
The total death toll was 5
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