The Russian East Asian Fleet according to the Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 4 February 1904

An item referred to tidings received from St. Petersburg that the Russian fleet in East Asia consisted as follows:
At Port Arthur 7 battleships, 7 cruisers, 4 gunboats, 2 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats, 3 transports
At Wladiwostok 4 large cruisers, 1 transport
At Dalni 1 2nd class cruiser
At Nioe-tajwang 1 gunboat
At Tsjemoelpo 1 cruiser, 1 gunboat
In the South Chinese waters 1 cruiser, 1 gunboat
Underway from Europe 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 11 torpedo boats