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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
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
-
Nisshin (Capt.
Heitarō Takenouchi)
- (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
-
Kasuga (Capt.
Katō Sadakichi)
- (forward: 1 × 10-inch (254 mm), aft: 2 × 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 Shūshirō)
- 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) (Lt. Harada Shōsaku)
- Second Destroyer Division
- Captain Yajima Junkichi
- 4
Ikazuchi-class
destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
- Oboro (1899) (Lt. Fujiwara Eizaburō)
- Inazuma (1899) (Lt. Cmdr. Suga Tetsuichirō)
- Ikazuchi (1898) (Lt. Cmdr. Saitō Hanroku)
- Akebono (1899) (Lt. Yamanouchi Shirō)
- Third Destroyer Division
- Captain Yoshijima Jyūtarō
- 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 (1898) (Lt. Cmdr. Seki)
- Hayabusa (1900) (Lt. Ebihara Keiichi)
- Manazuru (1899) (Lt. Tamaoka Yoshirō)
- Hashitaka (1903) (Lt. Miyamoto Matsutarō)
Second Squadron
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)
- Fourth Destroyer Division
- Captain
Suzuki Kantarō
- 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
- 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)
- Kagero (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 (Cmdr. Kawase)
- Kari (1903) (Lt. Awaya Gazō)
- Tsubame (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 (Cmdr. Matsuoka)
- Ootori (1903) (Lt. Ōtani Kōshirō)
- Kiji (1902) (Lt. Kanzai Uemon)
Third Squadron
- Fifth Division
- Rear Admiral
Taketomi Kunikane in protected cruiser 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
Hikohachi Yamada 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 (Lt. Cmdr. Kondō)
- Sagi (1903) (Lt. Yokoo Nao)
- Hashitaka (Lt. Mori Shunzō)
- Uzura (Lt. Suzuki Ujimasa)
- 10th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Ōtaki Michisuke
- No. 43 (Lt. Cmdr. Ōtaki)
- No. 40 (Sub-Lt. Nakahara Yahei)
- No. 41 (Lt. Mizuno Hironori)
- No. 39 (Lt. Ōgane Minoru)
- 11th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Fujimoto Umejirō
- No. 73 (Lt. Cmdr. Fujimoto)
- No. 72 (Lt. Sasao Gennojō)
- No. 74 (Lt. Ōtawara Tōru)
- No. 75 (Lt. Kawai Taizō)
- 20th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Kubo Kimata)
- No. 65 (Lt. Cmdr. Kubo)
- No. 62 (Lt. Tona Genzaburō)
- No. 64 (Lt. Tominaga Torajirō)
- No. 63 (Lt. Eguchi Kinma)
- 1st Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Fukuda Masateru)
- No. 69 (Lt. Cmdr. Fukuda) Lost in battle
- No. 70 (Lt. Nangō Jirō)
- No. 67 (Lt. Nakamuta Takemasa)
- No. 68 (Lt. Teraoka Hyōgo)
Special Duty Squadron
Rear Admiral
Ogura Byōichirō in transport Taichū Maru
- Special Duty Division
- 1
transport
-
Taichū Maru (Capt. Matsumura Naoomi)
- 20
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)
- Kumano Maru (Capt. Asai Shōjirō)
- Nikkō Maru (Capt. Kimura Kōkichi)
- Kasuga Maru (Capt. Obana Sangō)
- 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)
- 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
Kure Naval District
- 5th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Ogawa Mizumichi
-
Fukuryū (Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa)
- No. 25 (Lt. Moritsugu Kumashirō)
- No. 26 (Lt. Tanaka Yoshitarō)
- No. 27 (Lt. Nakayama Tomojirō)
Takeshiki Guard District
- 16th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Wakabayashi Kin
-
Shirataka (Lt. Cmdr. Wakabayashi)
- No. 66 (Lt. Kakuta Kanzō)
- 17th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Aoyama Yoshie
- No. 34 (Lt. Cmdr. Aoyama) Lost in battle
- No. 31 (Lt. Yamaguchi Sōtarō)
- No. 32 (Lt. Hitomi Saburō)
- No. 33 (Lt. Kawakita Kazuo)
- 18th Torpedo-Boat Division
- Lieut. Commander Kawada Katsuji
- No. 36 (Lt. Cmdr. Kawada)
- No. 60 (Lt. Kishina Masao)
- No. 61 (Lt. Miyamura Rekizō)
- No. 35 (Lt. Soejima Murahachi) Lost in battle
Russian Fleet (Second and Third Pacific Squadrons)
Battle Fleet
- 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
[a] 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 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.