Vladivostok. Launched at Leith, Scotland in 1901 Displacement 1,404 tons. Former Danish East Asiatic Company steamship Bintang. 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.(1)
Note
1. Launched by Ramage&Ferguson, Leith, Scotland with yard number 177 on 8 July 1901, sold towards Shanghai, China in 1904, renamed and reflagged as the Russian Litsun or Lyutzun of the Russian government at Vladivostok in 1905, renamed Ussuri as a navy transport in 1909, conversion into a minelayer in February 1911. Scuttled at Ekjonomia/Archangelsk on 1 August 1918 to prevent cpature by the British, salvaged and broken up in 1925.
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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