Tsushima Strait order of battle

Tsushima Strait order of battle

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

Japanese Combined Fleet

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 100 lb Mines"

econd 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"

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"

Russian Fleet "(Second & Third Pacific Squadrons)"

Battle Fleet

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

*Second Division "(Rear-Admiral Baron Felkerzam)" (deceased before the battle)
**"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

Destroyer Flotilla

*First Destroyer Division
**"Byedovy"
**"Buiny"
**"Bravy"
**"Buistry"

*Second Destroyer Division
**"Bleshyashchy"
**"Bezuprechny"
**"Bodry"
**"Gromky"
**"Grozny"

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)


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