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» This article is about a 1904 attack on British fishermen. For the naval battles see Battle of Dogger Bank.
The
Dogger Bank incident (also known as
Incident of Hull or
The Russian Outrage) occurred when the
Russian Baltic Fleet mistook some British
trawlers at
Dogger Bank for a
Japanese Imperial Navy force. The Russians attacked on the night of
October 21,
1904. Three British sailors died and a number were wounded. A priest aboard a Russian cruiser caught in the crossfire was also killed. The incident almost led to war between Britain and Russia, until it was diplomatically defused.
The incident
The Russian warships involved in the incident were on their way to the Far East, to partake in the
Russo-Japanese War. Because of wrong reports about the presence of
Japanese
torpedo boats and general nervousness of the Russian sailors, approximately 30 harmless fishing trawlers were attacked by the Russians, thousands of miles away from the enemy waters.
Accidents and rumors had already dogged the journey of the fleet, and there was general fear of attack amongst the sailors, which their command tried to quell by calling for increased vigilance and issuing an order that "no vessel of any sort must be allowed to get in amongst the fleet". This soon led to a first incident unrelated to the Dogger Bank disaster, when fishermen bearing consular dispatches for the fleet were fired on (but escaped unharmed).
The fishermen eventually received £66,000 from Russia as compensation. In 1906 the Fisherman's Memorial was unveiled in
Hull in honour of the death of the three British sailors. The approx. 5.4 m high statue shows the killed fisherman
George Henry Smith and carries the following inscription:
» Erected by public subscription to the memory of George Henry Smith (skipper) and William Richard Legget (third hand), of the steam-trawler CRANE, who lost their lives through the action of the Russian Baltic Fleet in the North Sea, October 22, 1904, and Walter Whelpton, skipper of the trawler MINO, who died through shock, May 1905.Further Information
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