participated in the final combat of the battle by engaging the cruiser , during which time she was hit again, injuring two sailors. After the Battle of Tsushima, Otowa was assigned to patrols of Tsushima Strait and escorting transports to Korea until the end of the war. On 10 October, she captured the German merchantman Hans Wagner en route to Beijing with suspected war materials. World War I In 1908, Otowa participated in the first post-war fleet maneuvers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, as part of the 4th brigade of Cruiser Squadron 1. From October 1910 through June 1912, Otowa was stationed in northern China together with the cruisers and to protect Japanese citizens and economic interests during the Xinhai Revolution. On 28 August 1912 Otowa was re-designated as a 2nd class cruiser During World War I, Otowa was the flagship of Destroyer Squadron 1 of the Combined Fleet. She fought at the Battle of Tsingtao, and was subsequently assigned to patrol the sea lanes between Singapore, Polynesia and the Philippines from its forward base at Manila Bay against the Imperial German Navy, as part of the Japanese contribution to the Allied cause under the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. During the February 1915 Singapore Mutiny by Indian Sepoy troops against the British in Singapore, Otowa was the first ship to respond to the British government's request for assistance. Together with Niitaka and Tsushima, she landed marines to help quell the disturbances. On 25 July 1917, when en route from Yokosuka to Sasebo Naval District, Otowa ran aground in dense fog off Daiozaki, Shima peninsula, Mie prefecture (). Subsequent efforts to save the vessel failed, and Otowa'' broke apart and sank on 10 August 1917. Notes References External links Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy Ships built by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal 1903 ships Russo-Japanese War cruisers of Japan World War I cruisers of Japan Maritime incidents in 1917 World War I shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean