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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

German coalers leaving for Porto Praga according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch Handelsblad dated 1 October 1904

An item dated London the 1st reported that five German coalers left a day earlier Cardiff and Newport destined for Porto Praga. According to rumours was their cargoes of coal meant for the Russian Baltic Fleet underway to Vladivostok.(1)

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