 The capture of Tsingtao, the hunt for the German East Asia Squadron, the capture of German colonies in the Pacific and operations in the Mediterranean were the only noteworthy events and all marginal to the outcome of the war.On 27 August 1914, the 2nd Fleet under Vice-Admiral Sadakichi Kato, was sent to blockade the German colony of Tsingtao on the Shandong peninsula.The 2nd fleet consisted mainly of older warships with the pre-dreadnought battleship being the flagship.