Sunday, 22 February 2026

British sailing vessel Osaka seized by the Japanese on 26 September 1904

Gross tonnage 546 tons. Underway from Shanghai to Vladivostok. Type cargo ammunition. Captured while stranded at Yetorup Island (Kuroiles on 26 September 1904. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September1905.

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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