Print from the Illustrated London News titled "A Glimpse of the Baltic Fleet in the Straits of Malacca"

In the wake of the their defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians sought to reinforce their Far East fleet with a Baltic Fleet. This print is based on a sketch by a passenger on a German liner that encountered the fleet off the Straits of Malacca on 6 April 1905. It is accompanied by an extract from the passenger's account, which describes the scene depicted at 5 am, with searchlights being flashed upon the liner and a torpedo-boat destroyer approaching to identify the ship. The scene of the passagers on board the liner, as illustrated in this print is also described: "All hands turned up, a motley crowd clad in every conceivable costume, from the Japanese kimono to the bath-robe."

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