Madness at Dogger Bank: The Fleet that Hunted Phantoms (1904)
In 1904, the Russian Baltic Fleet, gripped by a crippling paranoia, mistook a fleet of British fishermen for Japanese torpedo boats. This is the story of the Dogger Bank Incident—a night of terror, chaos, and one of the strangest and most tragic blunders in modern naval history.
Join us as we recount the doomed voyage of Admiral Rozhestvensky's Second Pacific Squadron. Sailing to fight in the Russo-Japanese War, his sailors were already defeated by their own minds, haunted by rumors of phantom enemies and Japanese "ghosts" lurking in every shadow.
Far from any warzone, the civilian 'Gamecock Fleet' from Hull, England, was peacefully casting its nets on the Dogger Bank. As their lanterns bobbed in the fog, frantic Russian spotters saw not fishermen, but the "eyes of Japanese demons."
This documentary provides a scene-by-scene account of the cataclysm that unfolded. Witness the 25-minute barrage as the cruiser Aurora and other battleships unleashed hell on the wooden trawlers, the destruction of the Crane, and the shocking "friendly fire" as the Russian ships, blind in the pandemonium, began firing on each other.
🚢 In this video, you will discover:
The "Fog of Fear": The intense paranoia that infected the Russian sailors.
The Attack: A detailed breakdown of the 25-minute assault on the civilian trawlers.
The Human Cost: The tragic fates of Skipper George Smith and the crew of the Crane.
The Aftermath: The international diplomatic crisis that nearly sparked a war between Britain and Russia.
The Final Doom: The ultimate destiny that awaited Rozhestvensky's "phantom fleet" at the Battle of Tsushima.
This is a story of how, in the fog of war, the most dangerous enemy can be the one within.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The Doomed Voyage (Russia's Paranoid Fleet)
1:05 - A Festering Fear (Whispers in the Dark)
2:12 - The Fishermen of Dogger Bank (The 'Gamecock Fleet')
3:20 - "ENEMY!" (The Phantom Sighting)
4:15 - The Barrage Begins (Attack on the Trawler Crane)
5:38 - Pandemonium in the Fog (Friendly Fire)
6:50 - The Aftermath (A Dawn of Wreckage)
7:44 - Judgment and Tsushima (The Fleet's Final Doom)
8:50 - The Haunting of Dogger Bank
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