Russian naval losses at Port Arthur according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra Post dated 13 December 1904

Pallada. Source l’Illustration d.d. 13-2-1904

An item dated Singapore 12th December reported that the Russian protected cruiser Pallada (1) at Port Arthur sunk and was now partly submerged, the Gilyak (2) capsizing and apparently resting on the sea bottom and the Sevastopol (3) steamed to the outer roads to escape from the Japanese bombardment.(4)  

Notes

1. Part of Pallada-class preceded by Svetlana succeeded by Varyag, laid down by Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 1 December 1895, launched in August 1889, sunk on 8 December 1904, in Japanese hands in 1905, salvaged and towed to Japan to be repaired, renamed Tsugaru, became training vessel and later minelayer, decommissioned in 1922 and used as target in 1924.

2. Gunboat built for service on the Chinese rivers in 1898, sunk in the harbour of Port Arthur on 8 December 1904, blown up by her own crew on 2 January 1905 and later salvaged by Japanese.

3. Part of Petropavlovsk-class preceded by Sissoi Veliky succeeded by Rostislav, laid down at Galemii Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 19 May 1892, launched on 1 June 1895, completed in 1899, commissioned in 1900 and scuttled off Port Arthur on 2 January 1905.

4. The Russo-Japanese war between 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.