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Battle of Port Arthur

Battle of Port Arthur was a naval engagement fought on 8 February 1904 at Lüshunkou District, in what is now China. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Inconclusive; see Outcome section.

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Japanese 28 cm Howitzer during the Siege of Port Arthur.
Japanese 28 cm Howitzer during the Siege of Port Arthur.. P. F. Collier & Son, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought8 February 1904
WhereLüshunkou District, China38.775N, 121.265E
OutcomeInconclusive; see Outcome section
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
Casualties and losses90 men and slight damageand150 casualties; 7 ships damaged
Part ofRusso-Japanese War1904 to 1905

Where it sits in the Russo-Japanese War

Bombardment of Vladivostok, 1904Battle of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904Battle of Yalu River, 1904Battle of Nanshan, 1904Battle of Te-li-Ssu, 1904Hitachi Maru Incident, 1904Battle of Motien Pass, 1904Battle of Tashihchiao, 1904Battle of Hsimucheng, 1904Siege of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of the Yellow Sea, 1904Battle off Ulsan, 1904Battle of Korsakov, 1904Battle of Liaoyang, 1904Battle of Shaho, 1904Battle of Sandepu, 1905Battle of Mukden, 190519041905Battle of Port Arthur, 1904
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date8 February 1904
PlaceLüshunkou District, China
38.775N, 121.265E
KindNaval engagement, nineteenth century
Strength6 pre-dreadnought battleships; 9 armoured cruisers; 15 destroyers; 20 torpedo boats7 pre-dreadnought battleships; 1 armored cruiser; 5 protected cruisers, with escorts
Casualties and losses90 men and slight damage150 casualties; 7 ships damaged
Commanders
  • Oskar Starck
  • Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev
  • Wilgelm Vitgeft
Battle of Port ArthurBattle of Port ArthurSiege of Port ArthurSiege of LüshunBattle of LushunkouBattle of NanshanBattle of the Yellow SeaBattle of LushunkouBattle of NanshanBattle of the Yellow SeaQinhuangdaoZhuangheWafangdian100 km38.775N, 121.265E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1634 and 1904.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1904

Battle of Port Arthur is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1363925, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Port Arthur, revision 1380654748, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.