Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Sagami.

[Brian James]

Peresevet Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Sagami pictured at Kure on November 11th 1908.The Japanese began into the Port Arthur harbour on September 30th 1904 and hit her with at least six 5.9-inch and 4.7-inch shells. She was struck once more the following day. On October 2nd she was hit by nine 11-inch shells that failed to penetrate her deck armor, but did considerable damage to the unprotected portions of the ship. The Japanese troops were able to seize Hill 203 on December 5th. This allowed the IJN Army's siege guns to fire directly at the Russian ships and they hit Peresvet many times. The Russians scuttled her in shallow water on December 7th 1904 without, however, seriously damaging her, possibly in the hope of fooling the Japanese into switching targets.She was refloated by Japanese engineers on June 29th 1905 and steamed under her own power to Sasebo Naval Arsenal, where she arrived on August 25th. She was renamed Sagami and was classified as a First Class Battleship on August 25th and arrived at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on September 16th. Her repairs began on September 30th and continued until July 20th 1908.