▁T ō g ō ▁He ih ach ir ō , ▁as ▁instruct ed ▁by ▁Emperor ▁Me iji ▁in ▁Tokyo , ▁ordered ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁batt les hip ▁by ▁six ▁waves ▁of ▁destroy ers , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁tor ped o ▁boats ▁that ▁were ▁launched ▁from ▁the ▁ ▁and ▁Mik asa . ▁ ▁The ▁tor ped o ▁boat ▁and ▁destroy er ▁attacks ▁last ed ▁three ▁weeks , ▁during ▁which ▁ 8 0 ▁tor ped o es ▁were ▁launched ▁at ▁Se v ast opol . ▁Of ▁these , ▁four ▁hit . ▁The ▁four ▁successful ▁tor ped o es ▁were ▁launched ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁December . ▁Three ▁of ▁them ▁hit ▁the ▁tor ped o ▁n ets ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁placed ▁around ▁the ▁ship , ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁hit ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁prop ellers . ▁Although ▁sever ely ▁dam aged , ▁Se v ast opol ▁remained ▁af loat ▁and ▁s ank ▁two ▁destroy ers ▁and ▁dam aged ▁six ▁others , ▁killing ▁ 3 5 ▁sail ors ▁and ▁five ▁officers . ▁A ▁Japanese ▁cru iser ▁attempting ▁to ▁attack ▁Se v ast opol ▁was ▁s unk ▁by ▁a ▁mine ▁in ▁the ▁har bor . ▁When ▁he ▁received ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁surrender ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁fort ifications ▁on ▁ 2 ▁January ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁Ess en ▁decided ▁to ▁surrender , ▁but ▁sc utt led ▁the ▁ship ▁in ▁ ▁of ▁water ▁by ▁opening ▁the ▁se ac ock s ▁on ▁one ▁side ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁ship ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁salv aged ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese