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[[File:Russian_2nd_and_3rd_Pacific_Fleet_voyage_in_1905.svg|thumb|360px|Paths taken by portions of the Russian Baltic Fleet to Vladivostok]]

This is the order of battle of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] and [[Imperial Russian Navy|Russian]] fleets at the '''[[Battle of Tsushima]]''' on 27{{ndash}}28 May 1905. The utter destruction of Russian naval power at Tsushima was the climactic action of the '''[[Russo-Japanese War]]'''. 

The Russian fleet had suffered such attrition from Japanese mines and combat with the Japanese fleet during 1904 that the Russian high command made the fateful decision to dispatch the Baltic Fleet in October of that year to the Pacific coast base at [[Vladivostok]]. This involved an exhausting voyage of over seven months; those ships that went down the Atlantic, around [[Cape Horn]], across the Indian Ocean and up the China Sea eventually covered {{cvt|17,000|mi}} before ending in disaster as the fleet attempted to transit [[Tsushima Strait]]. 

Vice-Admiral [[Zinovy Rozhestvensky]], in command of the Russian fleet, rejected the idea of circling the Japanese home islands to the east as impractical and instead drove straight through Tsushima Strait as the most direct route to Vladivostok. Admiral [[Tōgō Heihachirō]], in command of the Japanese fleet, was waiting in port at [[Busan]] on the Korean coast. 

Despite the devastation of its navy, Russia could have continued the war. For their part, the Japanese did not want to reveal how much they had been weakened by wartime expenditures and agreed to a settlement negotiated by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] at [[Treaty of Portsmouth|Portsmouth]], New Hampshire.<ref>Lardas, p. 89</ref> 

== Japanese Combined Fleet==
Source: "Combined Fleet Command for Battle of Tsushima" Japanese version Wikipedia<ref>[[:ja:日本海海戦における連合艦隊幹部]]</ref>

===First Squadron===
[[File:Togo Heihachiro,1907.jpg|thumb|220px|Admiral Togo in 1907]]
[[File:Japanese battleship Mikasa.jpg|thumb|380px|Flagship of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, [[Japanese battleship Mikasa|battleship ''Mikasa'']] at [[Kure Naval Base]] near the city of [[Hiroshima]]]]
[[File:IJN_Kasuga_at_Sasebo_in_1905.jpg|thumb|380px|Armored cruiser ''Kasuga'' at [[Sasebo Naval Base]] on the northwest coast of [[Kyushu]]]]
[[File:IJN_Sazanami_at_Yokosuka_Meiji_33.jpg|thumb|380px|''Ikazuchi''-class destroyer [[Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1899)|''Sazanami'']] at [[Yokosuka Naval District|Yokosuka Naval Base]] at the mouth of [[Tokyo Bay]]]]
[[File:IJN_torpedo_boat_HAYABUSA_in_1900_at_Kobe.jpg|thumb|380px|''Hayabusa''-class torpedo boat at [[Kobe]] on the [[Seto Inland Sea|Inland Sea]]]]

'''Admiral [[Tōgō Heihachirō]]''' in ''Mikasa''

: '''First Division''' 
: Vice Admiral [[Misu Sōtarō]] in ''Nisshin''
:: 4 '''[[pre-Dreadnought battleship]]s''' (all 4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 18 knots)
::: 1 [[Formidable-class battleship|''Formidable''-class]] variant
:::: '''{{ship|Japanese battleship|Mikasa||2}}''' (Capt. [[Ijichi Hikojirō]]) 
::: 2 [[Shikishima-class battleship|''Shikishima''-class]]
:::: '''{{ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}}''' (Capt. [[Teragaki Izō]])
:::: '''{{ship|Japanese battleship|Asahi||2}}'''{{efn|Sunk by submarine [[USS Sealion (SS-315)|Sealion]] during [[Pacific War|World War II]]}} (variant) (Capt. Nomoto Tsunaaki)
::: 1 [[Fuji-class battleship|''Fuji''-class]]
:::: '''{{ship|Japanese battleship|Fuji||2}}''' (Capt. [[Matsumoto Kazu]])
:: 2 '''[[armored cruisers]]:''' both [[Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser|''Giuseppe Garibaldi''-class]] variants
::: '''{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasuga||2}}''' (Capt. [[Katō Sadakichi]])
:::: (forward: 1 × 10-inch (254 mm), aft: 2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
::: '''{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Nisshin||2}}'''{{efn|Ensign [[Yamamoto Isoroku]] had two fingers blown from his left hand by a shell fragment while serving on this ship; had he lost three fingers, he would have been compulsorily discharged from the service.<ref>Lardas, p. 78</ref>}} (Capt. [[Heitarō Takenouchi|Takenouchi Heitarō]])
:::: (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
:: 1 '''[[dispatch boat|dispatch vessel]]''' (2 × [[quick-firing gun|quick-firing]] 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
::: '''{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tatsuta|1894|2}}''' (Cmdr. Yamagata Bunzō)

: '''Third Division'''
: Vice Admiral [[Dewa Shigetō]] in ''Kasagi''
:: 4 '''[[protected cruisers]]'''
::: 2 '''[[Kasagi-class cruiser|''Kasagi''-class]]''' (2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 22.5 knots)
:::: {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasagi||2}} (Capt. [[Yamaya Tanin]])
:::: {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}} (Capt. Takagi Sukekazu)
::: 2 '''[[Niitaka-class cruiser|''Niitaka''-class]]''' (6 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
:::: {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Niitaka||2}} (Capt. Shōji Yoshimoto)
:::: {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Otowa||2}} (Capt. [[Arima Ryōkitsu]])

: '''First Destroyer Division'''
: Captain Fujimoto Shūshirō
:: 4 '''[[Harusame-class destroyer|''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 [[Russian destroyer Reshitel‘nyi|''Reshitel'nyi'']]''' (1 × 3-inch (75 mm), 25.75 knots)
::: ''Akatsuki'' (1904){{efn|The original launch date was 26 July 1901}} (Lt. Harada Shōsaku)

: '''Second Destroyer Division'''
: Captain Yajima Junkichi in ''Oboro''
:: 4 '''[[Ikazuchi-class destroyer|''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 destroyer|''Shinonome''-class]]''' (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
:::: [[Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1898)|''Shinonome'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Yoshida Mōshi)
:::: [[Japanese destroyer Usugumo (1900)|''Usugumo'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Masuda Chūkichirō)
::: 1 '''[[Akatsuki-class destroyer (1901)|''Akatsuki''-class]]''' (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
:::: [[Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1902)|''Kasumi'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Shiraishi Naosuke)
::: 1 '''[[Ikazuchi-class destroyer|''Ikazuchi''-class]]''' (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
:::: [[Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1899)|''Sazanami'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Aiba Tsunezō)

: '''14th Torpedo-Boat Division'''
: Lieut. Commander Seki Shigetaka
:: 4 '''[[Hayabusa-class torpedo boat|''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===
[[File:Japanese_cruiser_Azuma_at_Portsmouth.jpg|thumb|380px|Armored cruiser [[Japanese cruiser Azuma|''Azuma'']] at [[Portsmouth Naval Base]], England, 1900]]
[[File:Japanese_cruiser_Naniwa_in_1887.jpg|thumb|380px|Protected cruiser [[Japanese cruiser Naniwa|''Naniwa'']] in 1887]]

Vice Admiral [[Kamimura Hikonojō]] in armored cruiser ''Izumo''

: '''Second Division''' 
: Rear Admiral [[Shimamura Hayao]] in armored cruiser ''Iwate''
:: 4 '''[[armored cruiser]]s'''
::: 2 '''[[Izumo-class cruiser|''Izumo''-class]]''' (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20.75 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Izumo|''Izumo'']]{{efn|Sunk by air attack during [[Pacific War|World War II]]}} (Capt. Ijichi Suetaka)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Iwate|''Iwate'']]{{efn|Sunk by air attack during [[Pacific War|World War II]]}} (Capt. Kawashima Reijirō)
::: 2 '''[[Asama-class cruiser|''Asama''-class]]''' (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 21 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Asama|''Asama'']] (Capt. [[Yashiro Rokurō]])
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Tokiwa|''Tokiwa'']]{{efn|Sunk by air attack during [[Pacific War|World War II]]}} (Capt. [[Shigetarō Yoshimatsu]]
::: 1 '''[[armored cruiser]]''' (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 21 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Azuma|''Azuma'']] (Capt. [[Murakami Kakuichi]])
::: 1 '''[[armored cruiser]]''' (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Yakumo|''Yakumo'']] (Capt. Matsumoto Arinobu)
:: 1 '''[[dispatch boat|dispatch vessel]]''' (2 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Chihaya|''Chihaya'']] (Cmdr. Eguchi Rinroku)

: '''Fourth Division''' 
: Vice Admiral [[Uryū Sotokichi]] in ''Naniwa''
:: 4 '''[[protected cruiser]]s'''
::: 2 '''[[Naniwa-class cruiser|''Naniwa''-class ]]''' (2 × 10.2-inch (260 mm), 18 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Naniwa|''Naniwa'']] (Capt. Wada Kensuke)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Takachiho|''Takachiho'']] (Capt. Mōri Ichihei)
::: 1 '''[[Suma-class cruiser|''Suma''-class]]''' (2 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Akashi|''Akashi'']] (Capt. Ushiki Kōshirō)
::: 1 '''[[Niitaka-class cruiser|''Niitaka''-class]]''' (6 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
:::: [[Japanese cruiser Tsushima|''Tsushima'']] (Capt. [[Sentō Takenaka]])

[[File:IJN_Murasame_at_Sasebo_Taisho_8.jpg|thumb|380px|''Harusame''-class destroyer [[Japanese destroyer Murasame (1902)|''Murasame'']] at [[Sasebo Naval Base]] in 1919]]
[[File:IJN_Shirakumo_in_England_Meiji_35.jpg|thumb|380px|Destroyer [[Japanese destroyer Shirakumo|''Shirakumo'']] during commissioning in England, 1902]]

: '''Fourth Destroyer Division''' 
: Commander [[Suzuki Kantarō]] in ''Asagiri''
:: 2 '''[[Harusame-class destroyer|''Harusame''-class destroyers]]''' (1 × [[quick-firing gun|quick-firing]] 12-pounder, 29 knots)
::: ''Asagiri'' (1903) (Lt. Iida Nobutarō)
::: ''Murasame'' (1902) (Lt. Cmdr. Kobayashi Kenzō)
:: 2 '''[[Shirakumo-class destroyer|''Shirakumo''-class destroyers]]''' (1 × [[quick-firing gun|quick-firing]] 12-pounder, 31 knots)
::: {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirakumo|1901|2}} (Lt. Cmdr. Kamata Masamichi)
::: {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashio|1902|2}} (Lt. Cmdr. Nanri Dan'ichi)

: '''Fifth Destroyer Division''' 
: Commander Hirose Juntarō in ''Shiranui''
:: 4 '''[[Murakumo-class destroyer|''Murakumo''-class destroyers]]''' (1 × [[quick-firing gun|quick-firing]] 12-pounder, 30 knots)
::: [[Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1899)|''Shiranui'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Kuwashima Shōzō)
::: [[Japanese destroyer Murakumo (1898)|''Murakumo'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Shimanouchi Kanta)
::: [[Japanese destroyer Yūgiri (1899)|''Yūgiri'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Tashiro Miyoharu)
::: ''Kagerō'' (1899) (Lt. Yoshikawa Yasuhira)

: '''9th Torpedo-Boat Division'''
: Commander Kawase Hayaharu
:: 4 '''[[Hayabusa-class torpedo boat|''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 boat|''Hayabusa''-class torpedo boats]]''' (1 × 2.2-inch (57 mm), 29 knots)
::: ''Kamome'' (1904) (Cmdr. Matsuoka)
::: ''Ootori'' (1904) (Lt. Ōtani Kōshirō)
::: ''Kiji'' (1903){{efn|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.}} (Lt. Kanzai Uemon)

===Third Squadron===
[[File:Japanese_cruiser_Itsukushima.jpg|thumb|380px|''Matsushima''-class protected cruiser ''Itsukushima'']]
[[File:Japanese_ironclad_Fus%C5%8D.jpg|thumb|380px|Ironclad cruiser ''Fusō'']]
Vice Admiral [[Kataoka Shichirō]] in protected cruiser ''Itsukushima''
: '''Fifth Division''' 
: Rear Admiral [[Taketomi Kunikane]] in ''Hashidate''
:: 3 '''[[Matsushima-class cruiser|''Matsushima''-class protected cruisers]]''' (1 × 12.6-inch (320 mm) ([[Canet gun]]), 16.5 knots)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Itsukushima|''Itsukushima'']] (Capt. Tsuchiya Tamotsu)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Hashidate|''Hashidate'']] (Capt. Fukui Masayoshi)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Matsushima|''Matsushima'']] (Capt. Okumiya Mamoru)
:: 1 '''ex-Chinese turret ship (rebuilt)''' [[Chinese turret ship Zhenyuan|''Zhenyuan'']] (4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 15.4 knots)
::: [[Japanese battleship Chin'en|''Chin'en'']] (Capt. Imai Kanemasa)
:: 1 '''[[dispatch boat|dispatch vessel]]''' (4 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 20.75 knots)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Yaeyama|''Yaeyama'']] (Cmdr. Nishiyama Sanechika)

: '''Sixth Division''' 
: Rear Admiral [[Tōgō Masamichi]] in ''Suma''
:: 1 '''[[Suma-class cruiser|''Suma''-class]] protected cruiser''' (2 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots) 
::: [[Japanese cruiser Suma|''Suma'']] (Capt. Tochiuchi Sōjirō)
:: 1 '''protected cruiser''' (10 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 19 knots)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Chiyoda|''Chiyoda'']] (Capt. [[Higashifushimi Yorihito]])
:: 2 '''2nd class protected cruisers'''
::: [[Japanese cruiser Akitsushima|''Akitsushima'']] (Capt. [[Hirose Katsuhiko]])
::: [[Japanese cruiser Izumi|''Izumi'']] ([[Chilean cruiser Esmeralda (1883)|ex-Chilean cruiser ''Esmeralda'']]) (Capt. Ishida Ichirō)

: '''Seventh Division''' 
: Rear Admiral [[Hikohachi Yamada|Yamada Hikohachi]] in ''Fusō''
:: 1 ironclad cruiser
::: [[Japanese ironclad Fusō|''Fusō'']] (Capt. Nagai Gunkichi)
:: 2 unprotected cruisers
::: [[Japanese cruiser Takao (1888)|''Takao'']] (Capt. Yashiro Yoshinori)
::: [[Japanese cruiser Tsukushi|''Tsukushi'']] (Cmdr. Tsuchiyama Tetsuzō)
:: 2 ''Maya''-class gunboats
::: [[Japanese gunboat Chōkai|''Chōkai'']] (Cmdr. Ushida Jūzaburō)
::: [[Japanese gunboat Maya|''Maya'']] (Cmdr. Fujita Sadaichi)
:: 1 gunboat
::: [[Japanese gunboat Uji (1903)|''Uji'']] (Lt. Cmdr. Kaneko Mitsuyoshi)

: '''15th Torpedo-Boat Division''' 
: Lieut. Commander Kondō Tsunematsu
:: 4 '''[[Hayabusa-class torpedo boat|''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. [[Jirō Nangō|Nangō Jirō]])
:: No. ''67'' (1903) (Lt. Nakamuta Takemasa)
:: No. ''68'' (1903) (Lt. Teraoka Hyōgo)

===Special Duty Squadron===
[[File:Taichu Maru OSK Scan10002.JPG|thumb|380px|Special Duty Squadron lead ship ''Taichū Maru''.]]
Rear Admiral [[Ogura Byōichirō]] in transport ''Taichū Maru''
: '''Special Duty Division'''
:: 1 [[transport ship|transport]]
::: [[:ja:台中丸|''Taichū Maru'']] (Capt. Matsumura Naoomi)
:: 17 [[armed merchantman|armed merchantmen]]
::: [[America Maru|''Amerika Maru'']] (Capt. [[Ishibashi Hajime]])
::: ''Sado Maru'' (Capt. Kamaya Tadamichi)
::: [[Shinano Maru (1900)|''Shinano Maru'']] (Capt. [[:ja:成川揆|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)
::: [[:ja:蛟龍丸|''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 ship]]s
::: ''Kumano Maru'' (Capt. Asai Shōjirō)
::: ''Nikkō Maru'' (Capt. Kimura Kōkichi)
::: ''Kasuga Maru'' (Capt. Obana Sangō)
:: 1 [[Aviso|dispatch boat]]
::: [[:ja:満州 (通報艦)|''Manshū Maru'']] (Cmdr. Nishiyama Yasukichi)
:: 2 [[hospital ship]]s
::: ''Kōbe Maru'' (Medical Inspector Ishikawa)
::: ''Seikyō Maru'' (Medical Inspector Oota)

===Divisions outside of the Combined Fleet===
[[File:Fukuryu_Image.jpg|thumb|380px|Torpedo boat ''Fukuryu'' in 1901]]
'''[[Kure Naval District]]'''
: '''5th Torpedo-Boat Division''' 
: Lieut. Commander Ogawa Mizumichi
:: [[Chinese torpedo boat Fulong|''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
:: [[:ja:白鷹 (水雷艇)|''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)''==

The Russians suffered attrition among their fleet commanders as well as among their capital ships. 

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* Vice-Admiral '''[[Stepan Makarov]]''' was killed when his flagship [[Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)|''Petropavlovsk'']] struck a mine and sank off Port Arthur on the morning of 13 April 1904. This was most unfortunate for the Russians as Makarov was far and away their most aggressive admiral.{{efn|"If one event in the Russo-Japanese War could be said to have decisively affected its course, it would be the sinking of the battleship ''Petropavlovsk''".<ref>Lardas, p. 48</ref>}} 
* His replacement, Rear-Admiral '''[[Wilgelm Vitgeft]]''', was killed along with his immediate staff by Japanese shellfire at the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]] on 10 August 1904.<ref>Lardas, p. 57</ref> 
* Having completed the arduous voyage from the Baltic Sea, Vice-Admiral '''Rozhestvensky''' was severely wounded during the first day's combat at Tsushima and captured. Treated as an honored guest by the Japanese, he recovered from his injuries and was repatriated after the war.<ref>Lardas, pp. 78, 89</ref>  
* Rear-Admiral '''Nebogatov''' surrendered himself and the remnant of the devastated Russian fleet the day after Rozhestvensky's wounding but found it to be unexpectedly challenging. Having been tricked earlier by a Chinese vessel that hoisted a white flag, Admiral Togo at first refused to believe the Russians were surrendering and continued shelling. Not until Nebogatov literally had Japanese rising sun flags hoisted on his ships' masts did Togo relent.<ref>Lardas, p. 88</ref>

Following repatriation, Rozhestvensky was court-martialed, pled guilty and pardoned. Nebogatov and other officers involved in the surrender of the fleet were assigned the death penalty but had their sentences commuted to prison.<ref>Lardas, p. 91</ref> 

===Battle Fleet===
[[File:Zinovi_Petrovich_Rozhestvenski.jpg|thumb|220px|Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky]]
[[File:Knyaz'Suvorov1904Kronshtadt.jpg|thumb|380px|Flagship of the Imperial Russian Fleet, [[Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov|battleship ''Knyaz Suvorov'']]]]
[[File:Zhemchug-after1909.jpg|thumb|380px|Protected cruiser [[Russian cruiser Zhemchug|''Zhemchug'']]]]
[[File:Vladimir_Monomakh_cruiser_01.jpg|thumb|380px|Armored cruiser [[Russian armoured cruiser Vladimir Monomakh|''Vladimir Monomakh'']]]]
[[File:Almaz_01.jpg|thumb|380px|Armed yacht [[Russian cruiser Almaz|''Almaz'']]]]

: '''First Division''' 
: Vice-Admiral '''[[Zinovy Rozhestvensky]]''' in ''Knyaz Suvorov''
:: 4 '''[[Borodino-class battleship|''Borodino''-class battleships]]''' (4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 18 knots)
::: [[Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov|''Knyaz Suvorov'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 27 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Vasily Ignatius]])
::: [[Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr III (1901)|''Imperator Aleksandr III'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 27 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Nikolai Bukhvostov]])
::: [[Russian battleship Borodino|''Borodino'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 27 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Pyotr Serebrennikov]])
::: [[Russian battleship Oryol|''Oryol'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(captured 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Nikolay Yung]])
:: 1 '''[[Izumrud-class cruiser|''Izumrud''-class protected cruiser]]''' (6 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns, 24 knots)
::: [[Russian cruiser Zhemchug|''Zhemchug'']] (Capt. 2nd rank [[Pavel Levitsky]])

: '''Second Division''' 
: Captain 1st rank [[Vladimir Baer]]{{efn|The Second Division's original Cmdr., Rear-Admiral Baron [[Dmitry von Fölkersam]], had died of natural causes during the voyage.}} in ''Oslyabya''
:: 3 '''[[pre-Dreadnought battleship]]s'''
::: [[Russian battleship Oslyabya|''Oslyabya'']] ([[Peresvet-class battleship|''Peresvet''-class]]) {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 27 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Vladimir Baer]])
::: [[Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky|''Sissoi Veliky'']] (battleship) {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Manuil Ozerov]])
::: [[Russian battleship Navarin|''Navarin'']] (variant of [[Trafalgar-class battleship|''Trafalgar''-class]]) {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank Baron [[Bruno von Vietinghoff]])
:: 1 '''[[Imperieuse-class cruiser|''Imperieuse''-class]] armored cruiser (variant)'''
::: [[Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (1885)|''Admiral Nakhimov'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Aleksandr Rodionov]])
:: 1 '''''Izumrud''-class protected cruiser'''
::: [[Russian cruiser Izumrud|''Izumrud'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(wrecked 29 May)}} (Capt. 2nd rank [[Hans William von Fersen]])

: '''Third Division''' 
: Rear-Admiral [[Nikolai Nebogatov]] in ''Imperator Nikolai I''
:: 1 '''[[Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship|''Imperator Aleksandr II''-class]] battleship''' 
::: [[Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I (1889)|''Imperator Nikolai I'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(captured 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank Vladimir Smirnov)
:: 3 '''[[Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship|''Admiral Ushakov''-class coastal defense ship]]s'''
::: [[Russian coast defense ship General Admiral Graf Apraksin|''General Admiral Graf Apraksin'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(captured 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Nikolai Lishin]])
::: [[Russian coast defense ship Admiral Seniavin|''Admiral Seniavin'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(captured 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank {{illm|Sergei Grogoryev|ru|Григорьев, Сергей Иванович (участник Цусимского сражения)}})
::: [[Russian coast defense ship Admiral Ushakov|''Admiral Ushakov'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(scuttled 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Vladimir Miklukha]])

: '''First Cruiser Division''' 
: Rear-Admiral [[Oskar Enkvist]]) in ''Oleg''
:: 2 '''[[protected cruiser]]s'''
::: [[Russian cruiser Oleg|''Oleg'']] ([[Bogatyr-class cruiser|''Bogatyr''-class]]) (Capt. 1st rank Leonid Dobrotvorsky)
::: [[Russian cruiser Aurora|''Aurora'']] ([[Pallada-class cruiser|''Pallada''-class]]) (Capt. 1st rank [[Evgeny Egoriev]], Capt. 2nd rank [[Arkady Nebolsin]])
:: 2 '''[[armored cruiser]]s'''
::: [[Russian armoured cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi|''Dmitrii Donskoi'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(scuttled 29 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Ivan Lebedev]])<ref name=Novikov>{{cite web|author-link=Aleksey Silych Novikov|last=Novikov-Priboy|first=Alexey Silych|year=1937|title=Tsushima|url=http://grandwar.kulichki.net/books/novikov/index.htm|lang=ru}}</ref>
::: [[Russian armoured cruiser Vladimir Monomakh|''Vladimir Monomakh'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(scuttled 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank [[Vladimir Popov (admiral)|Vladimir Popov]])

: '''Second Scouting Division'''
:: 1 '''protected cruiser'''
::: [[Russian cruiser Svetlana (1896)|''Svetlana'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 28 May)}} (Capt. 1st rank Sergei Shein)
:: 1 '''[[armed merchantman|armed merchant cruiser]]'''
::: [[Russian merchant cruiser Ural (1904)|''Ural'']] {{font color|#cd0000|(sunk 27 May)}} (Capt. 2nd rank Mikhail Istomin)

===Destroyer Flotilla===
: '''First Destroyer Division'''
:: ''Byedovy'' (Capt. 2nd rank Nikolai Baranov)<ref name=Novikov></ref>
:: ''Bystryy'' (1902) (Lt. Otto Theodor von Richter)
:: ''Buiny'' (Capt. 2nd rank Nikolai Kolomeytsev)<ref name=Novikov></ref>
:: ''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)<ref name=Novikov></ref>
:: ''Bezuprechny'' (Capt. 2nd rank Iosif Matusevich II)
:: ''Bodryy'' (Capt. 2nd rank Pyotr Ivanov)

===Transport Squadron===
: '''Auxiliaries'''
:: 1 armed yacht classified as 2nd class cruiser
::: ''[[Russian cruiser Almaz|Almaz]]'' (Capt. 2nd rank Ivan Chagin)
:: 2 transport/merchant ships
::: ''[[SS Dekabrist|Anadyr]]'' (Capt. 2nd rank Vladimir Ponomarev)
::: ''Irtuish'' (Capt. 2nd rank Konstantin Egormyshev)
:: 1 [[repair ship]]
::: ''[[Kamchatka (Repair ship)|Kamchatka]]'' (Capt. 2nd rank Andrey Stephanov)
:: 1 [[ammunition ship]]
::: ''Koreya'' (Capt. 1st rank Bakanov)
:: 2 [[fleet tug]]s
::: ''Rus'' (Capt. 1st rank V. V. Pernits)
::: ''Svir'' (Enisgn Gustav Rosenfeld)
:: 2 [[hospital ship]]s
::: ''Oryol'' (Capt. 2nd rank Yakov Lakhmatov)
::: ''Kostroma'' (Colonel Nikolai Smelsky)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [[:ja:日本海海戦における連合艦隊幹部]] (Combined Fleet Command for Battle of Tsushima)
* {{cite book
| last      = Forczyk
| first     = Robert
| year      = 2009
| title     = Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship, Yellow Sea 1904–1905
| publisher = Osprey Publishing
| location  = Oxford 
| isbn      = 978-1-84603-330-8}}
* {{cite book
| last      = Lardas
| first     = Mark 
| year      = 2018
| title     = Tsushima 1905: Death of a Russian Fleet 
| publisher = Osprey Publishing
| location  = Oxford 
| isbn      = 978-1-4728-2683-1}}

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