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Battle of the Yellow Sea

Battle of the Yellow Sea was a battle fought on 10 August 1904 at Yellow Sea. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Result section.

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日本海軍戦艦敷島型「敷島」 黄海海戦中、旅順口沖にて撮影。(Taken during the Battle of the Yellow Sea during the Battle of the Yellow Sea, with the Japanese Navy Battleship "Sikishima".
日本海軍戦艦敷島型「敷島」 黄海海戦中、旅順口沖にて撮影。(Taken during the Battle of the Yellow Sea during the Battle of the Yellow Sea, with the Japanese Navy Battleship "Sikishima".. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought10 August 1904
WhereYellow Sea38.400N, 121.700E
OutcomeResult section
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
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 the Yellow Sea, 1904
18 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date10 August 1904
PlaceYellow Sea
38.400N, 121.700E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength5 battleships; 6 armoured cruisers; 8 protected cruisers; 18 destroyers; 30 torpedo boats6 battleships; 4 protected cruisers; 14 destroyers
Casualties and losses226 killed & wounded; 2 battleships severely damaged; 1 battleship slightly damaged; 1 protected cruiser slightly damaged340 killed & wounded; 1 battleship severely damaged; 5 battleships slightly damaged; several ships interned in neutral ports
Commanders
  • Tōgō Heihachirō
  • Dewa Shigetō
  • Wilgelm Vitgeft
  • Pavel Petrovich Ukhtomsky
Battle of the Yellow SeaBattle of the Yellow SeaBattle of Port ArthurSiege of LüshunSiege of Port ArthurBattle of LushunkouBattle of NanshanBattle of Port ArthurSiege of Port ArthurBattle of LushunkouBattle of NanshanYantaiWeihai100 km38.400N, 121.700E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of the Yellow Sea
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of the Yellow Sea today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-08-24. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 0 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 0 m, 0 m of relief, flat country.

west to east, 10.0 km0 to 1 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 1 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1904

Battle of the Yellow Sea is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q702377, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Yellow Sea, revision 1385018191, 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.