 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akitsushima yakatumirwa kuShanghai musi wa18 Kukadzi 1904 pasi pekutungamira kweMukuru Yamaya Tanin, pamwe chete ne cruiser, kumanikidza kubviswa kwezvombo kwe, pasi pemitemo yenyika dzese yekusava nedivi, ichizadzisa basa rayo na31 Kurume. Akitsushima ipapo akabatana nokuvharirwa kwePort Arthur. Akabatsira kununura vapukunyuki kubva mungarava yehondo iyo yakanga yarova mine yezvikepe musi wa 15 Chivabvu 1904, uye zvakare akanunura vapukunyuki vechikepe chechikepe chakanyura musi wa 16 Chivabvu mushure mekurovera muchikepe. 