 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwaFebruary 1904, Mauto Emuchadenga eJapane akavamba denho inoshamisa pazvikepe zveRussia paPort Arthur. Sevastopol yakarohwa nebhomba rimwe, raiva nemasendimita matanhatu kana masere, iro rakakuvadza varume vaviri vaiva pabhiriji rayo. Nenguva isipi yakabva yatanga kuvatevera pamwe chete nedzimwe ngarava dzechikepe cheRussia, dzose dzichiridza pfuti dzadzo dzokumberi, asi yakatadza kuvarova. Musi wa 26 March 1904, Sevastopol yakarohwa netsaona ne, ichikanganisa propeller. Pashure pokurwiswa kwePort Arthur, First Pacific Squadron yakaedza kupukunyuka kanoverengeka. Mukati meimwe nhamburiko pana 23 June, Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft, achiraira Pacific Fleet, akadzokera shure pashure pokusangana nezvikepe zveJapan. Ichiswedera pedyo nechiteshi chengarava, Sevastopol yakabuda zvishoma mukuumbwa ndokurova mugodhi wakauraya 11 uye wakakonzera mafashamo makuru, asi akakwanisa kupinda mukati mechiteshi chengarava ndokudonhedza anchor. Yakanga ichigadziriswa kwamavhiki matanhatu, mukati menguva iyo moto wakatanga padenga, uchiuraya 2 nokukuvadza 28. Ngarava dzehondo dzeRussia dzakanga dzakakura zvikuru kuti dzipinde mudoko rakaoma paPort Arthur, naizvozvo maketeni makuru akavakwa kuti ape nzira yokuwana nayo matanda engarava. Musi wa9 Nyamavhuvhu, neuto rechitatu reJapan richirwisa kudzivirirwa kwekunze kwePort Arthur, First Pacific Squadron yakabuda kubva kunzvimbo yayo. Kunyange zvazvo Sevastopol yakanga isati yagadziriswa zvizere, yakafamba nechikepe pamwe chete navamwe vose vaiva mungarava ine pfuti imwe chete yaiva mushongwe yayo yokumashure yakanga isingashandi. Gare gare vakarwisana nezvikepe zveJapan muhondo yaizonzi Hondo yeGungwa Dzvuku. 