Talk:Japanese cruiser Itsukushima

Issue regarding a source
A reader contacted Wikimedia via OTRS to report: Each of the following pages in Wikipedia has the same error:

Japanese cruiser Matsushima Japanese cruiser Itsukushima Japanese cruiser Hasidate Japanese cruiser Naniwa Japanese cruiser Takachiho Japanese cruiser Yoshino

Each of these warships participated in the Battle of the Yalu fought on 9/17/1894. Each of the above Wikipedia articles gives specific details about the number of shells fired, and/or hits received. In each and every case the source of reference for those details is the same. The source is quoted as a book entitled "The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Powers and Primacy" by S.C.M. Paine. Each reference lists the pages 133-134 as the source.

I have a copy of the book and the pages 133-134 refer to a prior naval engagement that took place on 7/25/1894 and only the Naniwa was present. The book does describe the Battle of the Yalu but only in general terms; not even the names of the ships involved are mentioned.

The writer may have cited the wrong source, but the source cited in each of the above articles is most assuredly incorrect.

I believe the book used to cite the claims is:

I did not find the information in the book. I hope some editor can either verify that the information is in the source, identify a different source to support the claims, or remove the claims.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  02:15, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for this article
I just wanted to say a quick thank you to the authors of this material. At present I am editing the early history of wireless telegraphy in Australia within History of broadcasting in Australia. The Japanese fleet visited Australia in mid 1903 and all ships in the fleet were equipped with Marconi wireless telegraphy. It adds much to the discussion to be able to link to this article here. Be aware there is much material about this visit in the Australian Trove Digitised Newspapers. Samuel.dellit (talk) 08:46, 15 March 2018 (UTC)