Port Arthur. Launched at Trieste in 1901. Gross tonnage 2,937 tons. Horsepower 4,750 ihp. Speed 16 knots. Under Red Cross. Owned by Chinese Eastern Railway Co. 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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