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Updated: June 9, 2025

The pith of the Akashi's report, therefore, was that there were two Russian ships the new cruiser Variag, and the gunboat Korietz at Chemulpo, four cruisers and an armed merchantman at Vladivostock, while the remainder of the Russian fleet was at Port Arthur.

Harry Collingwood - Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War