Before departing, the fleet that engaged in this major battle ordered fifty pairs of binoculars due to the admiral’s habit of throwing them overboard. Prior to this battle, one fleet was beset by lemurs while awaiting orders in Madagascar, where they had to send their craziest crewmen home on the Malay. En route to this battle, the (15[2])losing side (15[1])accidentally shelled its own ship, (15[1])the (15[1]-5[1])Aurora, in an engagement with the “Gamecock Fleet” (10[1])of (*) trawlers. (10[1])To reach (10[2])the (-5[1])site of this battle, a fleet had to sail around Africa in an 18,000 mile journey (10[1]-5[1])that began with a (10[2])diplomatically-ruinous skirmish against British fishermen at Dogger Bank. At this battle, the tactic of “crossing the T” (10[1])was successfully executed by Togo Heihachiro. For 10 (10[1])points, name this decisive naval (10[1])battle (10[1]0[3])of the Russo-Japanese War. ■END■