▁ 1 8 0 ° ▁turn ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁inter pose ▁his ▁two ▁ships ▁between ▁the ▁Japanese ▁and ▁R ur ik , ▁but ▁the ▁latter ▁ship ▁suddenly ▁turn ▁to ▁star board ▁and ▁increased ▁speed ▁and ▁passed ▁between ▁J essen ' s ▁ships ▁and ▁the ▁Japanese . ▁Kam im ura ▁turned ▁ 1 8 0 ° ▁as ▁well ▁so ▁that ▁both ▁squad rons ▁were ▁heading ▁sout heast ▁on ▁parallel ▁courses , ▁but ▁J essen ▁quickly ▁made ▁another ▁ 1 8 0 ° ▁turn ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁head ed ▁on ▁oppos ing ▁courses . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁an ▁eight - inch ▁shell ▁struck ▁the ▁roof ▁of ▁I w ates ▁star board ▁forward ▁upper ▁six - inch ▁cas em ate ▁and ▁ign ited ▁the ▁ready - use ▁am mun ition . ▁The ▁fire ▁killed ▁ 4 0 ▁and ▁wounded ▁ 2 4 ▁more ▁and ▁knock ed ▁out ▁the ▁six - inch ▁gun ▁in ▁that ▁cas em ate , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁those ▁below ▁and ▁a ft ▁of ▁it . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁ 1 2 - p ound er ▁above ▁it ▁was ▁rendered ▁in oper able . ▁The ▁Rus si ans ▁revers ed ▁course ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁time ▁around ▁ 0 7 : 4 5 ▁in ▁another ▁attempt ▁to ▁support ▁R ur ik ▁although ▁Ross ia ▁was ▁on ▁fire ▁herself ; ▁her ▁fires ▁were ▁ex ting u ished ▁about ▁twenty ▁minutes ▁later . ▁Kam im ura ▁circ led ▁R ur ik ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁at ▁ 0 8 : 0 0 ▁and ▁allowed ▁the