Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: yakanga iri ngarava inotungamirira yekirasi yake yemakwikwi maviri akachengetedzwa akavakirwa Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) muma1880. Sezvo Japan yakanga isina simba rokuvaka ngarava dzakadaro, ngarava yacho yakagadzirwa uye yakavakwa muUnited Kingdom. Akatora chikamu muHondo Yekutanga yeChina neJapan ya1894-1895, achitamba basa guru muHondo yeRwizi rweYalu uye mabasa mashoma muHondo yeChina neJapan.
Hondo dzePort Arthur, Weihaiwei, Hondo yePescadores uye kupinda muTaiwan. "Naniwa" akaita basa duku muRusso-Japanese War 1904<unk>1905 apo iye muchirongwa Hondo Chemulpo Bay, kwenguva pfupi akabatsira kuvhara Port Arthur pakutanga hondo, akabatsira kunyudza Russian nezvombo cruiser panguva Hondo kure Ulsan uye muchirongwa okunze kukundwa Imperial Russian Navy muHondo Tsushima.