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Wednesday, 25 February 2026

German cargo ship Veteran seized by the Japanese on 19 November 1904

Gross tonnage 1,199 tons. Underway from Shanghai to Port Arthur. Type cargo provisions, clothing and false papers. Captured near Chefoo on 19 November 9104. Ship and cargo confiscated. Ginal appeal rejected. Now owned by the Japanese government as Yaura 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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