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Thursday, 4 July 2013

Russian warship Grewiastchy saved crew of French blockade runner according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 19 September 1904

An item dated Shanghai the 19th reported that the Russian warship Grewiastchy while leaving Port Arthur saved the crew of a French blockade runner which sunk when she hit a mine.(1)

Note
1. At that moment was the Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904-5 September 1905) going on.