Battle of Tsushima

27–28 May 1905, Tsushima Strait

Decisive Japanese victory

The Russian Second and Third Pacific Squadrons, after sailing halfway round the world, met Togo's Combined Fleet in the Tsushima Strait. Togo crossed the Russian line and the Japanese gunnery wrecked the Russian battleships in the first hours. Destroyer and torpedo-boat attacks continued through the night, and Nebogatov surrendered the remnant on the 28th. Of the Russian ships listed here, only Almaz reached Vladivostok.

Imperial Japanese Navy

94 ships, 3 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
IJN Mikasa Togo's flagship; hit repeatedly	Pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa class	Damaged
IJN Shikishima	Pre-dreadnought battleship Shikishima class	Survived
IJN Fuji	Pre-dreadnought battleship Fuji class	Survived
IJN Asahi	Pre-dreadnought battleship Asahi class	Survived
IJN Kasuga	Armoured cruiser Kasuga class	Survived
IJN Nisshin	Armoured cruiser Kasuga class	Damaged
IJN Izumo Kamimura's flagship	Armoured cruiser Izumo class	Survived
IJN Azuma	Armoured cruiser Azuma class	Survived
IJN Tokiwa	Armoured cruiser Asama class	Survived
IJN Yakumo	Armoured cruiser Yakumo class	Survived
IJN Asama	Armoured cruiser Asama class	Damaged
IJN Iwate	Armoured cruiser Izumo class	Survived
IJN Kasagi 3rd Division flagship	Protected cruiser	Damaged
IJN Chitose	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Otowa	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Niitaka	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Naniwa	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Takachiho	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Akashi	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Tsushima	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Itsukushima	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Chin'en Also known as Zhenyuan 鎮遠	Ironclad Dingyuan class	Survived
IJN Matsushima	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Hashidate	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Suma	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Chiyoda	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Akitsushima	Protected cruiser	Survived
IJN Izumi Shadowed the Russian fleet before the battle	Protected cruiser	Survived

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Destroyers, 1st–5th divisions 1st: Harusame, Fubuki, Ariake, Arare, Akatsuki (the captured Reshitelny). 2nd: Oboro, Inazuma, Ikazuchi, Akebono. 3rd: Shinonome, Usugumo, Kasumi, Sazanami. 4th: Asagiri, Murasame, Shirakumo, Asashio. 5th: Shiranui, Murakumo, Yugiri, Kagero.	21	0
First-class torpedo boats Hayabusa class 9th, 14th, 15th and 19th divisions, including Chidori, Hayabusa, Manazuru, Aotaka, Kari, Tsubame, Hato, Kamome, Hibari and Sagi.	15	0
Numbered torpedo boats 1st, 5th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th divisions. Nos. 34, 35 and 69 were lost in the night attacks.	30	3

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Destroyers, 1st–5th divisions

1st: Harusame, Fubuki, Ariake, Arare, Akatsuki (the captured Reshitelny). 2nd: Oboro, Inazuma, Ikazuchi, Akebono. 3rd: Shinonome, Usugumo, Kasumi, Sazanami. 4th: Asagiri, Murasame, Shirakumo, Asashio. 5th: Shiranui, Murakumo, Yugiri, Kagero.

First-class torpedo boats

Hayabusa class

9th, 14th, 15th and 19th divisions, including Chidori, Hayabusa, Manazuru, Aotaka, Kari, Tsubame, Hato, Kamome, Hibari and Sagi.

Numbered torpedo boats

1st, 5th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th divisions. Nos. 34, 35 and 69 were lost in the night attacks.

Imperial Russian Navy

39 ships, 26 lost

Ship	Type	Outcome
Knyaz Suvorov Rozhestvensky's flagship	Pre-dreadnought battleship Borodino class	Sunk
Imperator Aleksandr III	Pre-dreadnought battleship Borodino class	Sunk
Borodino	Pre-dreadnought battleship Borodino class	Sunk
Oryol Surrendered with Nebogatov	Pre-dreadnought battleship Borodino class	Captured
Oslyabya First Russian battleship lost	Pre-dreadnought battleship Peresvet class	Sunk
Sissoi Veliky	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Sunk
Navarin Torpedoed during the night	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Sunk
Imperator Nikolai I Nebogatov's flagship	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Captured
Admiral Ushakov Refused to surrender	Coast-defence battleship Admiral Ushakov class	Sunk
Admiral Seniavin	Coast-defence battleship Admiral Ushakov class	Captured
General-Admiral Apraksin	Coast-defence battleship Admiral Ushakov class	Captured
Admiral Nakhimov	Armoured cruiser	Scuttled
Dmitri Donskoi	Armoured cruiser	Scuttled
Vladimir Monomakh	Armoured cruiser	Scuttled
Oleg Reached Manila	Protected cruiser Bogatyr class	Interned
Aurora Reached Manila	Protected cruiser Pallada class	Interned
Zhemchug Reached Manila	Protected cruiser Izumrud class	Interned
Izumrud Broke out; wrecked in Vladimir Bay	Protected cruiser Izumrud class	Escaped
Svetlana	Protected cruiser	Sunk
Almaz Reached Vladivostok	Cruiser	Escaped
Ural Armed merchant cruiser with the scouting division	Armed merchant cruiser	Sunk
Buiny Took Rozhestvensky off the burning Suvorov; later sunk by Russian gunfire after her crew was taken off	Destroyer Buiny class	Scuttled
Bravy Reached Vladivostok	Destroyer Buiny class	Escaped
Bystry Ran aground on the Korean coast and was blown up	Destroyer Buiny class	Scuttled
Bedovy Surrendered with the wounded Rozhestvensky aboard	Destroyer Buiny class	Captured
Blestyashchy Foundered after battle damage	Destroyer Buiny class	Sunk
Bezuprechny	Destroyer Buiny class	Sunk
Bodry Reached Shanghai and was interned	Destroyer Buiny class	Interned
Gromky Sunk on the 28th after a fight with Shiranui and a torpedo boat	Destroyer	Sunk
Grozny Reached Vladivostok	Destroyer	Escaped

Flotillas and other craft	Number	Lost
Transports, tugs and hospital ships Repair ship Kamchatka, transport Irtysh and tug Rus were sunk; hospital ship Orel was captured. Transport Anadyr escaped south; Koreya and the tug Svir reached Shanghai; hospital ship Kostroma was detained and later released.	9	4

Flotillas and other craft

Number

Lost

Transports, tugs and hospital ships

Repair ship Kamchatka, transport Irtysh and tug Rus were sunk; hospital ship Orel was captured. Transport Anadyr escaped south; Koreya and the tug Svir reached Shanghai; hospital ship Kostroma was detained and later released.

Map

Second Pacific Squadron: Libau to Tsushima October 1904 – May 1905
Fölkersahm's detachment via Suez November 1904 – January 1905
Nebogatov's Third Pacific Squadron February – May 1905
Togo sails from Masampo 27 May 1905
Enqvist's cruisers to Manila 28 May – 3 June 1905
Almaz, Bravy and Grozny reach Vladivostok 28–29 May 1905