Lot 20174 – 1905 Postcard sent home to Moscow 3 II 05 (Old Sty

1905 Postcard sent home to Moscow 3 II 05 (Old Style) from Helville, Nossi-Be, off NW coast of Madagascar, by crew-member of the repair ship « KAMCHATKA », part of the main Baltic Fleet (renamed the 2nd Pacific Squadron) en route to the Far East. It was the « Kamchatka » that triggered the DOGGER BANK outrage in October 1904 by mistaking a flotilla of Hull fishing trawlers for enemy torpedo boats, The Russian attack on the trawlers brought Britain to the brink of war. The Russian Fleet was annihilated by the Japanese at the Battle of Tsushima. The « Kamchatka » refused to surrender and went down with colours flying on 27 May 1905.