Hitachi Maru Incident

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Hitachi Maru Incident
Part of the Russo-Japanese War

Hitachi Maru in 1898
Date15 June 1904
Location
Tsushima Strait
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Petr Bezobrazov
Strength
3 unarmed transports 3 armored cruisers
Casualties and losses
2 ships sunk
1 grounded
1,334 killed
112 wounded		 None

The Hitachi Maru Incident (常陸丸事件, Hitachi-maru jiken) was a maritime incident which occurred during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, in which three Japanese military transports were sunk in a Russian commerce raiding sortie by a Vladivostok-based armored cruiser squadron of the Imperial Russian Navy.

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