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Monday, 24 November 2025

Russian cargo ship Rossiya seized by the Japanese in 1904

Gross tonnage 2,312 tons. Underway from Dalny [Dalian, China?] to Karatsu, Japan. Type cargo general. Captured off Korean south-west coast on 7 February 1904. Appeal rejected, now owned as the Saishiu Maru by the Japanese government. 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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