Admiral Togo, victor of the battle of Tsushima (27–28 May 1905), on his bridge in heavy
weather. One of the two pictures the Illustrated London News must have had ready as the
whole world watched the Russian Baltic fleet's great voyage to ‘teach the Japanese a lesson’.
British shipbuilders and their workers watched for they had built much of Togo's fleet,
including his flagship. The British navy watched for they had trained Togo and many of his
officers. Kaponga watched, wondering whether a Russian victory would mean a southward
march of Siberia's emerging dairy industry. And Kaponga's F.W. Wilkie was there to join
Tokyo's Tsushima celebrations