Vladivostok. Launched at Lübeck, Germany in 1899. Displacement 2,200 tons. Armament Unknown. Ex Eimbeke, Hamburg, Germany steamship Bianca. 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 Arthur 2 January 1905.(1)
Note
1. Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany mentioned a Bianca of 1899 built by Henry Koch, Lübeck, Germany in 1899 and which became the Neva of the Russian East African Company. The website shippingwondersoftheworld.com mentioned (24-11-2025) a Bolshevik, built at Lübeck, Germany in 1899 as Bianca and later renamed Neva. The website benjidog.co.uk mentioned (24-11-2025) built as Bianca by Henry Koch, Lübeck, Germany in 1899, sold to Theodor&F. Eimbcke, Hamburg in 1903, sold to the Russian East Asiatic Company Co., Odessa, Ukraine and renamed Neva in 1906, nationalised by the USSR in 1918 and rneamed Ruseana in 1918, Bolshevik in 1924 and stricken in 1960.
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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