Order of battle at the Battle of Tsushima
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
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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)
- 1 Formidable-class variant
- 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)
- Kasuga (Capt. Katō Sadakichi)
- 1 dispatch vessel (2 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
- Tatsuta (Cmdr. Yamagata Bunzō)
- 4 pre-Dreadnought battleships (all 4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 18 knots)
- 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)
- 2 Kasagi-class (2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 22.5 knots)
- 4 protected cruisers
- 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)
- 4 Harusame-class destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 29 knots)
- 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)
- 4 Ikazuchi-class destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
- 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)
- 2 Shinonome-class (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
- 4 destroyers
- 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)
- 4 Hayabusa-class torpedo boats (3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
Second Squadron
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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)
- 2 Izumo-class (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20.75 knots)
- 1 dispatch vessel (2 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
- Chihaya (Cmdr. Eguchi Rinroku)
- 4 armored cruisers
- 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)
- 2 Naniwa-class (2 × 10.2-inch (260 mm), 18 knots)
- 4 protected cruisers
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- 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)
- 2 Harusame-class destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 29 knots)
- 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)
- 4 Murakumo-class destroyers (1 × quick-firing 12-pounder, 30 knots)
- 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)
- 4 Hayabusa-class torpedo boats (1 × 2.2-inch (57 mm), 29 knots)
- 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)
- 3 Hayabusa-class torpedo boats (1 × 2.2-inch (57 mm), 29 knots)
Third Squadron
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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)
- 3 Matsushima-class protected cruisers (1 × 12.6-inch (320 mm) (Canet gun), 16.5 knots)
- 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)
- 1 Suma-class protected cruiser (2 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
- 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)
- 1 ironclad cruiser
- 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)
- 4 Hayabusa-class torpedo boats (3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
- 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
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)
- 1 transport
Divisions outside of the Combined Fleet
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- 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)
- 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
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- 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)
- 4 Borodino-class battleships (4 × 12-inch (305 mm), 18 knots)
- 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)
- 3 pre-Dreadnought battleships
- 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)
- 1 Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship
- 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)
- 2 protected cruisers
- Second Scouting Division
- 1 protected cruiser
- Svetlana (Capt. 1st rank Sergei Shein)
- 1 armed merchant cruiser
- Ural (Capt. 2nd rank Mikhail Istomin)
- 1 protected cruiser
Destroyer Flotilla
- First Destroyer Division
- 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)
- 1 armed yacht classified as 2nd class cruiser
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.
- ^ ja:日本海海戦における連合艦隊幹部(Combined Fleet Command for Battle of Tsushima)
- ^ a b c d Novikov-Priboy, Alexey Silych (1937). "Tsushima" (in Russian).