ull s . ▁On ▁ 9 ▁August , ▁with ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Third ▁Army ▁assault ing ▁the ▁outer ▁def enses ▁of ▁Port ▁Arthur , ▁the ▁First ▁Pacific ▁Squadron ▁sort ied ▁from ▁its ▁base . ▁Even ▁though ▁Se v ast opol ▁was ▁not ▁fully ▁rep a ired , ▁she ▁sa iled ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁fleet ▁with ▁one ▁gun ▁in ▁her ▁a ft ▁tur ret ▁remaining ▁in oper able . ▁They ▁later ▁engaged ▁the ▁Japanese ▁fleet ▁in ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁the ▁Y ellow ▁Sea . ▁ ▁Although ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁line ▁during ▁the ▁battle , ▁Se v ast opol ▁was ▁only ▁slightly ▁dam aged ▁during ▁the ▁day . ▁In ▁the ▁evening , ▁the ▁Rus si ans ▁mass ed ▁their ▁fire ▁on ▁the ▁Japanese ▁flags hip ▁, ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁ ▁away . ▁The ▁Japanese ▁batt les hips ▁returned ▁fire ▁and ▁Se v ast opol ▁suffered ▁several ▁shell ▁hits ▁to ▁her ▁super structure , ▁which ▁killed ▁one ▁man ▁and ▁wounded ▁ 6 2 ▁others . ▁A ▁few ▁minutes ▁later , ▁Mik asa ▁was ▁hit ▁by ▁two ▁ ▁shell s ▁and ▁one ▁ ▁shell ▁from ▁ ▁and ▁Se v ast opol , ▁which ▁caused ▁ 4 0 ▁cas ual ties . ▁So on ▁after ▁that , ▁when ▁it ▁seemed ▁that ▁the ▁Rus si ans ▁would ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁escape ▁to ▁Vlad iv ost ok , ▁two ▁ 1 2 - inch ▁shell s ▁from ▁ ▁pen etr ated ▁the ▁con ning ▁tower ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁flags hip ▁, ▁killing ▁Vit