Battle of the Yellow Sea

Battle of the Yellow Sea
Part of the Russo-Japanese War
Shikishima firing during the battle (colorized)
Date 10 August 1904 Location Yellow Sea, off Shandong (Shantung) Peninsula, China 38°24′00″N 121°42′00″E / 38.40000°N 121.70000°E / 38.40000; 121.70000) Result Result section Neither side achieved its tactical goals Japanese prevent the Russian fleet present from reaching Vladivostok, but fail to stop most of it from returning to Port Arthur. Japanese successful in containing and preventing a breakout of the present Russian ships
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Tōgō Heihachirō Dewa Shigetō	Wilgelm Vitgeft † Pavel Ukhtomsky
Strength
5 battleships 6 armoured cruisers 8 protected cruisers 18 destroyers 30 torpedo boats	6 battleships 4 protected cruisers 14 destroyers
Casualties and losses
226 killed & wounded 2 battleships severely damaged 1 battleship slightly damaged 1 protected cruiser slightly damaged	340 killed & wounded 1 battleship severely damaged 5 battleships slightly damaged several ships interned in neutral ports

The Battle of the Yellow Sea (Japanese: 黄海海戦, romanized: Kōkai kaisen; Russian: Бой в Жёлтом море) was a major naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 10 August 1904. In the Russian Navy, it was referred to as the Battle of 10 August.^[1] The battle foiled an attempt by the Russian fleet at Port Arthur to break out and form up with the Vladivostok squadron, forcing them to return to port. Four days later, the Battle off Ulsan similarly ended the Vladivostok group's sortie, forcing both fleets to remain at anchor.