Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeRusso-Japanese Hondo, "Chōkai" akabatsira muKukombwa kwePort Arthur. Mukati mekuedza kwechitatu kunyudza ngarava dzekare dzinotakura zvinhu mukuedza kuvhara nzira inopinda pachiteshi chePort Arthur, "Chōkai" akanga aripo somumwe wevaiperekedza. Pabasa rokurwisa mabhomba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa musi wa 26 May 1904 kutsigira Mauto Echipiri eJapan muhondo yeNanshan (pamwe chete ne cruiser ), "Chōkai" yakaiswa pasi pemoto, uye kaputeni wayo, Lieutenant Commander Hayashi Michio akaurayiwa. Akatsiviwa naLieutenant Commander Hirose Katsuhiko, mukoma mukuru wehondo yakakurumbira-gamba Takeo Hirose, uyo akatungamira "Chōkai" kuburikidza nekuguma kwehondo, kusanganisira Kupinda kweSakhalin
nechokumugumo kwehondo.