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Monday, 23 February 2026

British cargo ship Si-shan seized by the Japanese on 7 October 1904

Gross tonnage 1,351 tons. Underway from Hong Kong to Newchuang. Type cargo live stock and provisions. Captured at Newchuang on 7 October 1904. Ship and carggo relaesed as illegal seizure in neutral port. 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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