Vitgeft Wilhelm Karlovich

Born in 1847, graduated from the course in the sea cadet corps. Commanded cruisers headed minonoskami in St. Petersburg. port, was the flagship miners in the detachment of ships of the Baltic Sea, then an assistant chief inspector of mines,. In 1898, Mr.. appointed commander of the battleship "Oslabya, then chief of staff of the Chief Chief of the Kwantung area and the Naval Commander in the Pacific. Participated in the Chinese war of 1900. After the death of Makarov and taxation of Port Arthur was appointed commander of the squadron. Its share fell arduous task to clean and repair the fleet of ships under fire of the enemy, hard work and extreme caution, this was achieved. Earlier wounded, he led the squadron on July 28 for a breakthrough in Vladivostok; success seemed possible, but it prevented the death Vitgefta, who was killed on the battleship "Tsesarevich". Writing articles part of a special character ( "The meaning of mines in the Sino-Japanese War", . "On the size of the engine of modern ships, etc., . in the Sea Collection "and" Compendium of Kronstadt), . part of the fiction ( "The happy and difficult moments cruiser Voevoda", . Diary of cheerful midshipman, etc.).,