Tsushima Strait order of battle

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The fleets at the Battle of Tsushima, 27/28 May 1905.

Contents 1 Japanese Combined Fleet 1.1 First Squadron 1.2 Second Squadron 1.3 Third Squadron 2 Russian Fleet (Second & Third Pacific Squadrons) 2.1 Battle Fleet 2.2 Destroyer Flotilla 2.3 Transport Squadron

[edit] Japanese Combined Fleet

[edit] First Squadron

• First Division (Admiral Togo)
  • Mikasa (Flagship)
  • Shikishima
  • Fuji
  • Asahi
  • Kasuga
  • Nisshin
  • Tatsuta Dispatch Vessel

• First Destroyer Division
  • Harusame
  • Fubuki
  • Ariake
  • Akatsuki II (ex Russian Rieshitelny)

• Second Destroyer Division
  • Oboro
  • Inadzuma
  • Ikazuchi
  • Akebono

• Ninth Torpedo-Boat Division
  • Aotaka
  • Kari
  • Tsubame
  • Hato

• Third Division (Vice-Admiral Dewa)
  • Kasagi
  • Chitose
  • Otowa
  • Niikata

• Fouth Destroyer Division
  • Asagiri
  • Murasame
  • Shirakumo
  • Asahiwo

Each carrying 8 x 100lbs Mines

[edit] Second Squadron

• Second Division (Vice-Admiral Kamimura)
  • Idzumo (Flagship)
  • Azuma
  • Tokiwa
  • Yakumo
  • Asama
  • Iwate
  • Chinaya Dispatch Vessel

• Fifth Destroyer Division
  • Shiranui
  • Murakumo
  • Yugiri
  • Kagero

• Third Destroyer Division
  • Shinonome
  • Ushugumo
  • Kasumi
  • Sazanami

• Fourth Division (Rear-Admiral Uryu)
  • Naniwa
  • Takachiho
  • Akashi
  • Tsushima

[edit] Third Squadron

• Fifth Division (Vice-Admiral Kataoka)
  • Itsukushima (Flagship)
  • Chinyen
  • Matsushima
  • Hashidate
  • Yaeyama Dispatch Vessel

• Eleventh Torpedo-Boat Division
  • No. 73
  • No. 72
  • No. 74
  • No. 75

• Sixth Division (Rear-Admiral Togo Masaji)
  • Suma
  • Chiyoda
  • Akitsushima
  • Idzumi

• Tenth Torpedo-Boat Division
  • No. 43
  • No. 42
  • No. 40
  • No. 41

• Fifteenth Torpedo Boat Division
  • Hibari
  • Sagi
  • Hashitaki
  • Uzura

[edit] Russian Fleet (Second & Third Pacific Squadrons)

[edit] Battle Fleet

• First Division (Vice-Admiral Rozhestvensky)
  • Knyaz Suvorov (Flagship)
  • Imperator Aleksander III
  • Borodino
  • Orel

• Second Division (Rear-Admiral Baron Felkerzam)
  • Oslyabya
  • Sissoi Veliki
  • Navarin
  • Admiral Nakhimov

• Third Division (Rear-Admiral Nebogatov)
  • Imperator Nikolai I
  • General Admiral Apraxin
  • Admiral Senyavin
  • Admiral Ushakov

• Attached Cruisers
  • Zhemchug
  • Izumrud

• First Cruiser Division
  • Oleg
  • Aurora
  • Dmitri Donskoi
  • Vladimir Monomakh

• Second Scouting Division
  • Svyetlana
  • Ural Armed Merchant Cruiser

[edit] Destroyer Flotilla

• First Destroyer Division
  • Byedovy
  • Buiny
  • Bravy
  • Buistry

• Second Destroyer Division
  • Bleshyashchy
  • Bezuprechny
  • Bodry
  • Gromky
  • Grozny

[edit] Transport Squadron

• Auxiliaries
  • Almaz (Armed Yacht classified as 2nd class cruiser)
  • Anadyr (Transport/Merchant Ship)
  • Irtuish (Transport/Merchant Ship)
  • Kamchatka (Repair Ship)
  • Koreya (Ammunition Ship)
  • Rus (Fleet Tug)
  • Svir (Fleet Tug)
  • Orel (Hospital Ship)
  • Kostromo (Hospital Ship)