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Saturday, 27 September 2025

German cargo ship Brisgravia seized by the Japanese on 28 March 1904

Gross tonnage 6,477 tons. Underway from Hamburg, Germany to Kiao-chao. Type cargo general. Captured off Moji on 28 March 1904 becuse having guns on board but released when it became clear that the guns were for the German government at Kiao-chao. 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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