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Sunday, 16 October 2016

Russian auxiliary cruiser Koeban or Kuban underway towards Asia according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 15 November 1904

An item reported that the Russian auxiliary cruiser Koeban (1) passed the Great Belt bound for Asia.(1)

Notes
1. Launched at Vulkan, Stettin, Germany as Auguste Viktoria on 1 December 1888, commissioned on 25 July 1904 and stricken in December 1906.
2. The Russo-Japanese war between 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.