Port Arthur. Launched at Newcastle, England in 1900. Displacement 9,755 tons. Horsepower 4,000 ihp. Speed 12.5 knots. Coal bunker capacity 1,481 tons. Under Red Cross. Volunteer steamship.
The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September1905. Battle Liao-Yang 23 August-5 September 1904, Battle Sha-Ho 5-18 October 1904 and surrender Port Arthurr 2 January 1905.
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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