Vladivostok. Launched in 1880. Purchased in England in 1892. Displacement 700 tons. Horsepower 867 ihp. Speed 12 knots. Armament 2-3pd guns, 2 machine guns. Crew numbered 95 men. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September1905. Battle Liao-Yang 23 August-5 September 1904, Battle Sha-Ho 5-18 October 1904 and surrender Port Arthurr 2 January 1905.
Source
Official history (Naval and Military) of the Russo-Japanese War. Vol. II. Liao Yang, the Sha Ho, Port Arthur. Prepared by the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. London, 1912.
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