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Thursday, 26 February 2026

British cargo ship King Arthur seized by the Japanese on 19 December 1904

Gross tonnage 1,416 ton. Underway from Port Arthur to Shanghai. Type cargo none. Captured 12 miles from Chefoo on 19 December 1904. Final appeal rejected. Sold by Japanese government to Kobe owners and renamed Otowas Maru. 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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