Battle of the Yellow Sea

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battle of the Russo-Japanese War naval battle

The Battle of the Yellow Sea was a major naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, in which Japanese and Russian fleets clashed in an attempt to break the siege of Port Arthur.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Russo-Japanese War → naval battle →
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy → Imperial Russian Navy →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
combatant1	Empire of Japan →
combatant2	Russian Empire →
combatType	surface naval engagement →
commander	Tōgō Heihachirō → Wilgelm Vitgeft →
conflict	Russo-Japanese War →
countryInvolved	Empire of Japan → Russian Empire →
date	1904-08-10 →
era	pre-dreadnought era →
fleet	Japanese Combined Fleet → Russian Pacific Squadron →
followedBy	Battle of Tsushima →
front	naval front of the Russo-Japanese War →
historicalSignificance	one of the first major modern steel battleship engagements →
location	Yellow Sea → off Port Arthur →
navalTactic	long-range gunnery duel →
notableEvent	death of Russian admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft →
objective	break the siege of Port Arthur →
partOf	Russo-Japanese War →
precededBy	Battle of Port Arthur →
primaryOpposingCommanders	Tōgō Heihachirō vs. Wilgelm Vitgeft →
region	off the coast of Manchuria →
result	inconclusive → strategic Japanese victory →
shipClassInvolved	pre-dreadnought battleship →
shipInvolved	Japanese battleship Mikasa → Japanese battleship Shikishima → Russian battleship Retvizan → Russian battleship Tsesarevich →
siegeRelatedTo	Siege of Port Arthur →
strategicEffect	Japanese maintained blockade of Port Arthur →
tacticalOutcome	Russian fleet forced to return toward Port Arthur →
theater	Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War →
timePeriod	early 20th century →
year	1904 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Imperial Russian Navy → Japanese battleship Mikasa → Wilgelm Vitgeft →	notableBattle
First Fleet → Russian Pacific Squadron →	notableEngagement
Battle of Tsushima → Siege of Port Arthur →	precededBy
Russian battleship Tsesarevich →	battle
Wilgelm Vitgeft →	deathEvent
Imperial Japanese Navy →	engagedIn
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	engagedInBattle
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War →	hasMajorCampaign
Russo-Japanese War →	majorBattle
Japanese battleship Shikishima →	participatedIn