Hitachi Maru Incident

Hitachi Maru Incident
Part of the Russo-Japanese War

Hitachi Maru in 1898
Date15 June 1904
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Russian Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Japan Inosuke Higo 
Empire of Japan Genjiro Suchi 
Empire of Japan Giichi Tamura 
Russian Empire 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.