История крейсера Жемчуг

[Virginian]

Наткнулся на эту интересную историю в Википедии, ничего не напоминает?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Zhemchug

"...At the start of World War I, cruiser Zhemchug was part of the Allied (British-French-Japanese) joint task force pursuing the German East Asia Squadron under Admiral Maximilian von Spee, and operated in the Bay of Bengal together with the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Chikuma. On 28 October 1914, she was moored at Penang, when attacked by the German light cruiser Emden in what was later called the Battle of Penang.

Zhemchug arrived in Penang on 26 October for repairs and to clean her boilers. Against the advice of Admiral Martyn Jerram, commander-in-chief of the Allied Fleet, Commander Cherkassov had given most of his crew shore leave, and left the ship with all torpedoes disarmed, and all shells locked away save for 12 rounds stowed on deck. Commander Cherkassov was at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel in George Town with a lady friend. The remaining crew were having a party on board rather than keeping watch. Emden arrived at Penang disguised as a British warship, then raised the Imperial German naval flag, sank the French destroyer Mousquet and opened fire on Zhemchug at point-blank range with a torpedo and her main batteries. The torpedo hit near the aft funnel, blowing off the fantail of the cruiser and destroying the aft guns. To their credit, Zhemchug's crew managed to load and return fire with the front guns, but missed the German raider and struck a merchant ship in the harbor instead. Emden's second torpedo then struck Zhemchug at the conning tower, breaking the ship in two. The explosion killed 89 crewmen, and wounded 143 others and the ship quickly sank.

A court-martial held in Vladivostok found Commander Cherkassov guilty of gross negligence and sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison. His executive officer, Lieutenant Kulibin, was sentenced to 18 months. The sentences were later commuted to 18 months by Tsar Nicholas II, but both officers were stripped of their rank, decorations and status as members of the Russian nobility. The bodies of 82 crewmen were buried in Penang; the other seven bodies were never recovered. The ship's 5-inch guns were salvaged by the Russian cruiser Oleg in December 1914."

[Papa Hotel Whisky]

А что такого? Известная история. И впечатляет в первую очередь запредельная дерзость и отвага фон Мюллера (командира "Эмдена"), переходящая в откровенную наглость. Которую он демонстрировал и до, и после. Как и остальная команда "Эмдена", в том числе та ее часть, что не участвововала в финальном бою с крейсером "Сидней". Конфисковали насквозь прогнившую шхуну и прошли на ней через половину Индийского океана до голландских колоний. Достойно уважения.

[NEBRITOS]

поражает тупая тяга русских к тому, что если соблюдать установленные иностранцами правила, то все будет хорошо. в то время как джентельмены всегда меняют правила под себя чтобы выигрывать

[vaduz]

поражает тупая тяга русских...

Не вам, космополитам безродным, пенять...