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Saturday, 28 March 2026

British cargo ship Hsi-Ping seized by the Russians in 1904

Gross tonnage 1,981 tons. Underway from Ching-wang-tao to Shanghai. Type cargo? Seized off Port Arthur on 10 February 1904, ordered to Dalny, released after four days. The war between the Russian and Japanese empires was between 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.

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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