PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Tōgō Heihachirō
rdfs:comment
  • Marshal-Admiral Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO ((東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), was a Gensui or Admiral of the Fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He was termed by Western journalists as "the Nelson of the East", after Horatio Nelson, the British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at Trafalgar.
owl:sameAs
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
serviceyears
  • 1863
Birth Date
  • 1848-01-27
death place
  • Tokyo, Japan
Nickname
  • "The Nelson of the East"
Name
  • Marshal-Admiral The Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō Saneyoshi
Birth Place
  • Kajiya-Chō, Kagoshima-Jōka, Satsuma, Japan
Awards
death date
  • 1934-05-30
Rank
Image size
  • 200
Battles
laterwork
  • tutor to Crown Prince Hirohito
abstract
  • Marshal-Admiral Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO ((東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), was a Gensui or Admiral of the Fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He was termed by Western journalists as "the Nelson of the East", after Horatio Nelson, the British admiral who defeated the French and Spanish at Trafalgar.