uryu's

Updated: July 25, 2026

The Japanese had no part at all in this catastrophe. It was purely accidental. While these things were happening at Port Arthur, a squadron of the Japanese navy, under Admiral Uryu, escorted a number of transports to Chemulpo, the port of the Korean capital, Seoul. It does not appear that Admiral Uryu's prime object was to engage these Russian ships.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era