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.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Port Arthur canonical 18
Battle of Port Arthur (1904) 2
Attack on Port Arthur 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Attack on Port Arthur ⓘ
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Russian Empire ⓘ
cause rivalry over Manchuria and Korea ⓘ
commander Starck, Oskar Viktorovich ⓘ
Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
linked to: Heihachiro Togo

Yevgeni Alekseyev ⓘ
conflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
conflictType naval surprise attack ⓘ
countryAtTime Qing Empire ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty
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 naval base ⓘ
linked to: Port Arthur
precededDeclarationOfWar true ⓘ
predecessorEvent Japanese decision for preemptive naval strike ⓘ
primaryObjective cripple Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
relatedConcept laws of war ⓘ
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 ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
year 1904 ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russo-Japanese War → majorBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Battle of the Yellow Sea → precededBy → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Battle of Port Arthur → alsoKnownAs → Attack on Port Arthur ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Arthur
Siege of Port Arthur → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lüshun ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Arthur
Imperial Russian Navy → notableBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian Pacific Squadron → notableEngagement → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian battleship Retvizan → participatedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian battleship Tsesarevich → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Japanese battleship Mikasa → notableBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Lüshunkou → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Port Arthur (1904) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Arthur
Port Arthur → sceneOf → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Port Arthur → dateOfEvent → Battle of Port Arthur (1904) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Arthur
Japanese Second Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Retvizan → participatedInBattle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Retvizan → damagedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian battleship Pobeda → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian battleship Pobeda → damagedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian battleship Poltava → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian battleship Sevastopol → battle → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian cruiser Novik → participatedIn → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Russian cruiser Bayan → engagement → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ
Pallada-class cruiser → relatedConflict → Battle of Port Arthur ⓘ