Battle of Port Arthur
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The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Attack on Port Arthur | 1 |
| Battle of Lüshun | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military engagement
ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Port Arthur
ⓘ
surface form:
Attack on Port Arthur
|
| belligerent |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| cause | rivalry over Manchuria and Korea ⓘ |
| commander |
Starck, Oskar Viktorovich
ⓘ
Heihachiro Togo ⓘ
surface form:
Tōgō Heihachirō
Yevgeni Alekseyev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| conflictType | naval surprise attack ⓘ |
| countryAtTime |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
|
| damaged |
Russian battleship Retvizan
ⓘ
Russian battleship Tsesarevich ⓘ Russian cruiser Pallada ⓘ |
| date | 8 February 1904 ⓘ |
| endDate | 9 February 1904 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Chemulpo Bay
ⓘ
Siege of Port Arthur ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to decline of Russian naval power in Far East
ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of surprise naval attack ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Russian Pacific Squadron ⓘ |
| location |
Liaodong Peninsula
ⓘ
Lüshunkou District ⓘ Port Arthur ⓘ Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| notableFor |
preemptive strike without formal declaration of war
ⓘ
surprise torpedo attack at night ⓘ |
| openingEngagementOf | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| opponentFleetStatus | anchored in harbor ⓘ |
| partOf | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | Japanese operations against Port Arthur ⓘ |
| port |
Port Arthur
ⓘ
surface form:
Port Arthur naval base
|
| precededDeclarationOfWar | true ⓘ |
| predecessorEvent | Japanese decision for preemptive naval strike ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | cripple Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
laws of war
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preemptive strike ⓘ |
| result |
Japanese strategic advantage
ⓘ
Japanese tactical success ⓘ |
| theater | naval theater of the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| timeOfInitialAttack | night of 8–9 February 1904 ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
naval artillery
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torpedoes ⓘ |
| year | 1904 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Attack on Port Arthur
this entity surface form:
Battle of Lüshun