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This is the order of battle of the
Japanese and
Russian fleets at the
Battle of Tsushima on 27–28 May 1905.
Japanese Combined Fleet
Source: "Combined Fleet Command for Battle of Tsushima" Japanese version Wikipedia
[1]
First Squadron
Admiral Togo in 1907
Flagship of the Imperial Japanese Fleet,
battleship Mikasa at
Kure Naval Base near the city of
Hiroshima
Armored cruiser Kasuga at
Sasebo Naval Base on the northwest coast of
Kyushu
Ikazuchi -class destroyer
Sazanami at
Yokosuka Naval Base at the mouth of
Tokyo Bay
Hayabusa -class torpedo boat at
Kobe on the
Inland Sea
Admiral
Tōgō Heihachirō in Mikasa
First Division
Vice Admiral
Misu Sōtarō in Nisshin
4
pre-Dreadnought battleships (all 4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 18 knots)
1
Formidable -class variant
Mikasa (Capt.
Ijichi Hikojirō )
2
Shikishima -class
Shikishima (Capt.
Teragaki Izō )
Asahi (variant) (Capt. Nomoto Tsunaaki)
1
Fuji -class
Fuji (Capt.
Matsumoto Kazu )
2
armored cruisers : both
Giuseppe Garibaldi -class variants
Kasuga (Capt.
Katō Sadakichi )
(forward: 1 × 10-inch (254 mm), aft: 2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
Nisshin (Capt.
Takenouchi Heitarō )
(4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
1
dispatch vessel (2 ×
quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
Tatsuta (Cmdr. Yamagata Bunzō)
Third Division
Vice Admiral
Dewa Shigetō in Kasagi
4
protected cruisers
2
Kasagi -class (2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 22.5 knots)
Kasagi (Capt.
Yamaya Tanin )
Chitose (Capt. Takagi Sukekazu)
2
Niitaka -class (6 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
Niitaka (Capt. Shōji Yoshimoto)
Otowa (Capt.
Arima Ryōkitsu )
First Destroyer Division
Captain Fujimoto Shūshirō
4
Harusame -class
destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 29 knots)
Harusame (1902) (Capt. Fujimoto)
Fubuki (1905) (Lt. Tōjima Otsukichirō)
Ariake (1904) (Lt. Cmdr.
Kutsumi Tsuneo )
Arare (1904) (Lt. Watanabe Shingo)
1 ex-Russian destroyer
Reshitel'nyi (1 × 3-inch (75 mm), 25.75 knots)
Akatsuki (1904)
[a] (Lt. Harada Shōsaku)
Second Destroyer Division
Captain Yajima Junkichi in Oboro
4
Ikazuchi -class
destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
Oboro (1899) (Lt. Fujiwara Eisaburō)
Inazuma (1899) (Lt. Cmdr. Suga Tetsuichirō)
Ikazuchi (1898) (Lt. Cmdr. Saitō Hanroku)
Akebono (1899) (Lt. Yamanouchi Shirō)
Third Destroyer Division
Captain Yoshijima Jyūtarō in Shinonome
4 destroyers
2
Shinonome -class (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
Shinonome (Lt. Cmdr. Yoshida Mōshi)
Usugumo (Lt. Cmdr. Masuda Chūkichirō)
1
Akatsuki -class (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
Kasumi (Lt. Cmdr. Shiraishi Naosuke)
1
Ikazuchi -class (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
Sazanami (Lt. Cmdr. Aiba Tsunezō)
14th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Seki Shigetaka
4
Hayabusa -class torpedo boats (3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
Chidori (1901) (Lt. Cmdr. Seki)
Hayabusa (1899) (Lt. Ebihara Keiichi)
Manazuru (1900) (Lt. Tamaoka Yoshirō)
Hashitaka (1903) (Lt. Miyamoto Matsutarō)
Second Squadron
Armored cruiser
Azuma at
Portsmouth Naval Base , England, 1900
Protected cruiser
Naniwa in 1887
Vice Admiral
Kamimura Hikonojō in armored cruiser Izumo
Second Division
Rear Admiral
Shimamura Hayao in armored cruiser Iwate
4
armored cruisers
2
Izumo -class (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20.75 knots)
Izumo (Capt. Ijichi Suetaka)
Iwate (Capt. Kawashima Reijirō)
2
Asama -class (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 21 knots)
Asama (Capt.
Yashiro Rokurō )
Tokiwa (Capt.
Shigetarō Yoshimatsu
1
armored cruiser (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 21 knots)
Azuma (Capt.
Murakami Kakuichi )
1
armored cruiser (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
Yakumo (Capt. Matsumoto Arinobu)
1
dispatch vessel (2 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
Chihaya (Cmdr. Eguchi Rinroku)
Fourth Division
Vice Admiral
Uryū Sotokichi in Naniwa
4
protected cruisers
2
Naniwa -class (2 × 10.2-inch (260 mm), 18 knots)
Naniwa (Capt. Wada Kensuke)
Takachiho (Capt. Mōri Ichihei)
1
Suma -class (2 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
Akashi (Capt. Ushiki Kōshirō)
1
Niitaka -class (6 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
Tsushima (Capt.
Sentō Takenaka )
Harusame -class destroyer
Murasame at
Sasebo Naval Base in 1919
Destroyer
Shirakumo during commissioning in England, 1902
Fourth Destroyer Division
Commander
Suzuki Kantarō in Asagiri
2
Harusame -class destroyers (1 ×
quick-firing 12-pounder, 29 knots)
Asagiri (1903) (Lt. Iida Nobutarō)
Murasame (1902) (Lt. Cmdr. Kobayashi Kenzō)
2
Shirakumo -class destroyers (1 ×
quick-firing 12-pounder, 31 knots)
Shirakumo (Lt. Cmdr. Kamata Masamichi)
Asashio (Lt. Cmdr. Nanri Dan'ichi)
Fifth Destroyer Division
Commander Hirose Juntarō in Shiranui
4
Murakumo -class destroyers (1 ×
quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
Shiranui (Lt. Cmdr. Kuwashima Shōzō)
Murakumo (Lt. Cmdr. Shimanouchi Kanta)
Yūgiri (Lt. Cmdr. Tashiro Miyoharu)
Kagerō (1899) (Lt. Yoshikawa Yasuhira)
9th Torpedo-Boat Division
Commander Kawase Hayaharu
4
Hayabusa -class torpedo boats (1 × 2.2-inch (57 mm), 29 knots)
Aotaka (1903) (Cmdr. Kawase)
Kari (1903) (Lt. Awaya Gazō)
Tsubame (1903) (Lt. Tajiri Yuiji)
Hato (1903) (Lt. Iguchi Daijirō)
19th Torpedo-Boat Division
Commander Matsuoka Shūzō
3
Hayabusa -class torpedo boats (1 × 2.2-inch (57 mm), 29 knots)
Kamome (1904) (Cmdr. Matsuoka)
Ootori (1904) (Lt. Ōtani Kōshirō)
Kiji (1903)
[b] (Lt. Kanzai Uemon)
Third Squadron
Matsushima -class protected cruiser Itsukushima
Ironclad cruiser Fusō
Vice Admiral
Kataoka Shichirō in protected cruiser Itsukushima
Fifth Division
Rear Admiral
Taketomi Kunikane in Hashidate
3
Matsushima -class protected cruisers (1 × 12.6-inch (320 mm) (
Canet gun ), 16.5 knots)
Itsukushima (Capt. Tsuchiya Tamotsu)
Hashidate (Capt. Fukui Masayoshi)
Matsushima (Capt. Okumiya Mamoru)
1 ex-Chinese turret ship (rebuilt)
Zhenyuan (4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 15.4 knots)
Chin'en (Capt. Imai Kanemasa)
1
dispatch vessel (4 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 20.75 knots)
Yaeyama (Cmdr. Nishiyama Sanechika)
Sixth Division
Rear Admiral
Tōgō Masamichi in Suma
1
Suma -class protected cruiser (2 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
Suma (Capt. Tochiuchi Sōjirō)
1 protected cruiser (10 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 19 knots)
Chiyoda (Capt.
Higashifushimi Yorihito )
2 2nd class protected cruisers
Akitsushima (Capt.
Hirose Katsuhiko )
Izumi (
ex-Chilean cruiser Esmeralda ) (Capt. Ishida Ichirō)
Seventh Division
Rear Admiral
Yamada Hikohachi in Fusō
1 ironclad cruiser
Fusō (Capt. Nagai Gunkichi)
2 unprotected cruisers
Takao (Capt. Yashiro Yoshinori)
Tsukushi (Cmdr. Tsuchiyama Tetsuzō)
2 Maya -class gunboats
Chōkai (Cmdr. Ushida Jūzaburō)
Maya (Cmdr. Fujita Sadaichi)
1 gunboat
Uji (Lt. Cmdr. Kaneko Mitsuyoshi)
15th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Kondō Tsunematsu
4
Hayabusa -class torpedo boats (3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
Hibari (1903) (Lt. Cmdr. Kondō)
Sagi (1903) (Lt. Yokoo Nao)
Hashitaka (1903) (Lt. Mori Shunzō)
Uzura (1904) (Lt. Suzuki Ujimasa)
10th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Ōtaki Michisuke
No. 43 (1900) (Lt. Cmdr. Ōtaki)
No. 40 (1901) (Sub-Lt. Nakahara Yahei)
No. 41 (1901) (Lt. Mizuno Hironori)
No. 39 (1900) (Lt. Ōgane Minoru)
11th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Fujimoto Umejirō
No. 73 (1903) (Lt. Cmdr. Fujimoto)
No. 72 (1903) (Lt. Sasao Gennojō)
No. 74 (1903) (Lt. Ōtawara Tōru)
No. 75 (1903) (Lt. Kawai Taizō)
20th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Kubo Kimata
No. 65 (1902) (Lt. Cmdr. Kubo)
No. 62 (1902) (Lt. Tona Genzaburō)
No. 64 (1902) (Lt. Tominaga Torajirō)
No. 63 (1902) (Lt. Eguchi Kinma)
1st Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Fukuda Masateru
No. 69 (1903) (Lt. Cmdr. Fukuda) Lost in battle
No. 70 (1903) (Lt.
Nangō Jirō )
No. 67 (1903) (Lt. Nakamuta Takemasa)
No. 68 (1903) (Lt. Teraoka Hyōgo)
Special Duty Squadron
Special Duty Squadron lead ship Taichū Maru .
Rear Admiral
Ogura Byōichirō in transport Taichū Maru
Special Duty Division
1
transport
Taichū Maru (Capt. Matsumura Naoomi)
17
armed merchantmen
Amerika Maru (Capt.
Ishibashi Hajime )
Sado Maru (Capt. Kamaya Tadamichi)
Shinano Maru (Capt.
Narikawa Hakaru )
Yawata Maru (Capt. Kawai Shōgo)
Tainan Maru (Capt. Takahashi Sukeichirō)
Taijin Maru (Capt. Arakawa Noriyuki)
Heijō Maru (Capt. Chayama Toyoya)
Keijō Maru (Capt. Hanafusa Yūshirō)
Ehime Maru (Cmdr. Yonemura Sueki)
Kōryū Maru (Cmdr. Karashima Masao)
Kōsaka Maru (Cmdr. Kawamura Tatsuzō)
Mukogawa Maru (Cmdr. Tachikawa Tsuneji)
5th Uwajima Maru (Cmdr. Yonehara Sueo)
Kaijō Maru (Cmdr. Ishimaru Tōta)
Fusō Maru (Cmdr. Nakamura Kumazō)
Kantō Maru (Cmdr. Sata Naomichi)
Miike Maru (Cmdr. Kunieda Katsusaburō)
3 torpedo boat
depot ships
Kumano Maru (Capt. Asai Shōjirō)
Nikkō Maru (Capt. Kimura Kōkichi)
Kasuga Maru (Capt. Obana Sangō)
1
dispatch boat
Manshū Maru (Cmdr. Nishiyama Yasukichi)
2
hospital ships
Kōbe Maru (Medical Inspector Ishikawa)
Seikyō Maru (Medical Inspector Oota)
Divisions outside of the Combined Fleet
Torpedo boat Fukuryu in 1901
Kure Naval District
5th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Ogawa Mizumichi
Fukuryū (1885) (Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa)
No. 25 (1894) (Lt. Moritsugu Kumashirō)
No. 26 (1894) (Lt. Tanaka Yoshitarō)
No. 27 (1894) (Lt. Nakayama Tomojirō)
Takeshiki Guard District
16th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Wakabayashi Kin
Shirataka (1899) (Lt. Cmdr. Wakabayashi)
No. 66 (1902) (Lt. Kakuta Kanzō)
17th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Aoyama Yoshie
No. 34 (1900) (Lt. Cmdr. Aoyama) Lost in battle
No. 31 (1899) (Lt. Yamaguchi Sōtarō)
No. 32 (1900) (Lt. Hitomi Saburō)
No. 33 (1899) (Lt. Kawakita Kazuo)
18th Torpedo-Boat Division
Lieut. Commander Kawada Katsuji
No. 36 (1900) (Lt. Cmdr. Kawada)
No. 60 (1901) (Lt. Kishina Masao)
No. 61 (1901) (Lt. Miyamura Rekizō)
No. 35 (1900) (Lt. Soejima Murahachi) Lost in battle
Russian Fleet (Second and Third Pacific Squadrons)
Battle Fleet
Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Flagship of the Imperial Russian Fleet,
battleship Knyaz Suvorov
Protected cruiser
Zhemchug
Armored cruiser
Vladimir Monomakh
Armed yacht
Almaz
First Division
Vice-Admiral
Zinovy Rozhestvensky in Knyaz Suvorov
4
Borodino -class battleships (4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 18 knots)
Knyaz Suvorov (Capt. 1st rank
Vasily Ignatius )
Imperator Aleksandr III (Capt. 1st rank
Nikolai Bukhvostov )
Borodino (Capt. 1st rank
Pyotr Serebrennikov )
Oryol (Capt. 1st rank
Nikolay Yung )
1
Izumrud -class protected cruiser (6 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns, 24 knots)
Zhemchug (Capt. 2nd rank
Pavel Levitsky )
Second Division
Captain 1st rank
Vladimir Baer
[c] in Oslyabya
3
pre-Dreadnought battleships
Oslyabya (
Peresvet -class ) (Capt. 1st rank
Vladimir Baer )
Sissoi Veliky (battleship) (Capt. 1st rank
Manuil Ozerov )
Navarin (variant of
Trafalgar -class ) (Capt. 1st rank Baron
Bruno von Vietinghoff )
1
Imperieuse -class armored cruiser (variant)
Admiral Nakhimov (Capt. 1st rank
Aleksandr Rodionov )
1 Izumrud -class protected cruiser
Izumrud (Capt. 2nd rank
Hans William von Fersen )
Third Division
Rear-Admiral
Nikolai Nebogatov in Imperator Nikolai I
1
Imperator Aleksandr II -class battleship
Imperator Nikolai I (Capt. 1st rank Vladimir Smirnov)
3
Admiral Ushakov -class coastal defense ships
General Admiral Graf Apraksin (Capt. 1st rank
Nikolai Lishin )
Admiral Seniavin (Capt. 1st rank
Sergei Grogoryev [
ru ] )
Admiral Ushakov (Capt. 1st rank
Vladimir Miklukha )
First Cruiser Division
Rear-Admiral
Oskar Enkvist ) in Oleg
2
protected cruisers
Oleg (
Bogatyr -class ) (Capt. 1st rank Leonid Dobrotvorsky)
Aurora (
Pallada -class ) (Capt. 1st rank
Evgeny Egoriev , Capt. 2nd rank
Arkady Nebolsin )
2
armored cruisers
Dmitrii Donskoi (Capt. 1st rank
Ivan Lebedev )
[2]
Vladimir Monomakh (Capt. 1st rank
Vladimir Popov )
Second Scouting Division
1 protected cruiser
Svetlana (Capt. 1st rank Sergei Shein)
1
armed merchant cruiser
Ural (Capt. 2nd rank Mikhail Istomin)
Destroyer Flotilla
First Destroyer Division
Byedovy (Capt. 2nd rank Nikolai Baranov)
[2]
Bystryy (1902) (Lt. Otto Theodor von Richter)
Buiny (Capt. 2nd rank Nikolai Kolomeytsev)
[2]
Bravyy (Lt. Pavel Durnovo)
Second Destroyer Division
Blestyashchiy (Capt. 2nd Rank Aleksandr Shamov)
Gromky (Capt. 2nd rank Georgy Kern)
Grozny (Capt. 2nd rank Konstantin Andrzhievsky)
[2]
Bezuprechny (Capt. 2nd rank Iosif Matusevich II)
Bodryy (Capt. 2nd rank Pyotr Ivanov)
Transport Squadron
Auxiliaries
1 armed yacht classified as 2nd class cruiser
Almaz (Capt. 2nd rank Ivan Chagin)
2 transport/merchant ships
Anadyr (Capt. 2nd rank Vladimir Ponomarev)
Irtuish (Capt. 2nd rank Konstantin Egormyshev)
1
repair ship
Kamchatka (Capt. 2nd rank Andrey Stephanov)
1
ammunition ship
Koreya (Capt. 1st rank Bakanov)
2
fleet tugs
Rus (Capt. 1st rank V. V. Pernits)
Svir (Enisgn Gustav Rosenfeld)
2
hospital ships
Oryol (Capt. 2nd rank Yakov Lakhmatov)
Kostroma (Colonel Nikolai Smelsky)
Notes
^ The original launch date was 26 July 1901
^ The original Kiji was abandoned after an accident at the South-end of Tsushima on 31 March 1904. Replacement boat was constructed with salvaged equipment under the budget item 'repair' at
Kure Naval Arsenal ; launched on 18 April 1905, completed on 9 May 1905.
^ The Second Division's original Cmdr., Rear-Admiral Baron
Dmitry von Fölkersam , had died of natural causes during the voyage.
References
Forczyk, Robert. Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship, Yellow Sea 1904–1905. 2009. Osprey.
ISBN
978-1-84603-330-8 .