However, White-type battleships, built in private yards for the Japanese Navy, utterly defeated a Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.
Ngoko iinqanawa zemfazwe zohlobo lweWhite, ezokhiwa kwiyadi zabucala kusokhelwa iJapanese Navy, yohlula umkhosi weRussia kwiBattle of Tsushima ngo1905.