 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweRusso-Japanese Hondo hanzvadzi dzakagoverwa ku2nd Division ye2nd Fleet, kunyangwe Asama akabatanidzwa ku4th Division yeRear Admiral Uryū Sotokichi yekuita mabasa padyo neSeoul, Korea. Hondo isati yatanga, ngarava yacho yaiperekedza zvikepe zveuto reJapan kuChemulpo, chiteshi chengarava cheSeoul chiri kumhenderekedzo yokumadokero, uye yakabatsira kunyudza ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzeRussia dzakanga dzakamira ikoko pazuva rokutanga rehondo. Tokiwa akabatanidzwa muHondo yePort Arthurmusi iwoyo, apo Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Tōgō Heihachirō akatungamirira Combined Fleet mukurwisa ngarava dzeRussia dzePacific Squadron dzakanga dzakananga kunze kwePort Arthur. Tōgō akanga achitarisira kuti kurwisa kwokutanga kwemanheru kwevadzivisi vake kwaizobudirira zvikuru kupfuura zvazvakanga zvakaita, achitarisira kuti vaRussia vaizova vasina kurongeka uye vasina kusimba, asi vakanga vapora kubva pakushamiswa kwavo uye vakanga vakagadzirira kurwisa kwake. 