The Boxer Rebellion was a violent anti-foreign and -Christian movement occurring before the Russo-Japanese war. Any ships that sunk in relation to this event were sunk later in the war.
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The US Navy had better ships, but the British Navy had many more of them. The British had a larger and better army.
It's where sailors on American ships who were suspected of being British nationals trying to avoid service in the British navy were taken prisoner and pressed into service on British ships
Impressment
No less than 12 ships have been named HMS Resolution in the Royal Navy. It has been a long tradition to name ships after famous previous ships. The final Resolution was a nuclear submarine.
British interference with American ships was much more serious during the days America was coming into being. When the British captured a ship, they often impressed the captured seamen into the British Navy.