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

First Squadron


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
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Mikasa (Capt. Ijichi Hikojirō)
 * 2 Shikishima-class
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Shikishima (Capt. Teragaki Izō)
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Asahi (variant) (Capt. Nomoto Tsunaaki)
 * 1 Fuji-class
 * JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Fuji (Capt. Matsumoto Kazu)
 * 2 armored cruisers: both Giuseppe Garibaldi-class variants
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kasuga (Capt. Katō Sadakichi)
 * (forward: 1 × 10-inch (254 mm), aft: 2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Nisshin (Capt. Takenouchi Heitarō)
 * (4 × 8-inch (203 mm), 20 knots)
 * 1 dispatch vessel (2 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Tatsuta (Cmdr. Yamagata Bunzō)


 * Third Division
 * Vice Admiral Dewa Shigetō in Kasagi
 * 4 protected cruisers
 * 2 Kasagi-class (2 × 8-inch (203 mm), 22.5 knots)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Kasagi (Capt. Yamaya Tanin)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Chitose (Capt. Takagi Sukekazu)
 * 2 Niitaka-class (6 × quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 20 knots)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Niitaka (Capt. Shōji Yoshimoto)
 * JAPANESE CRUISER Otowa (Capt. Arima Ryōkitsu)


 * 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) (Lt. Harada Shōsaku)


 * 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)


 * 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)


 * 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)

Second Squadron


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)
 * 1 dispatch vessel (2 × quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm), 21 knots)
 * Chihaya (Cmdr. Eguchi Rinroku)


 * 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)




 * 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)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Shirakumo (Lt. Cmdr. Kamata Masamichi)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Asashio (Lt. Cmdr. Nanri Dan'ichi)


 * 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)


 * 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)


 * 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) (Lt. Kanzai Uemon)

Third Squadron
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)


 * 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)


 * 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)


 * 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)
 * 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)

Divisions outside of the Combined Fleet
Kure Naval District
 * 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)

Takeshiki Guard District
 * 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

Battle Fleet



 * 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)


 * Second Division
 * Captain 1st rank Vladimir Baer 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)


 * 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 )
 * Admiral Ushakov (Capt. 1st rank Vladimir Miklukha)


 * 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)
 * Vladimir Monomakh (Capt. 1st rank Vladimir Popov)


 * Second Scouting Division
 * 1 protected cruiser
 * Svetlana (Capt. 1st rank Sergei Shein)
 * 1 armed merchant cruiser
 * Ural (Capt. 2nd rank Mikhail Istomin)

Destroyer Flotilla

 * First Destroyer Division
 * Byedovy (Capt. 2nd rank Nikolai Baranov)
 * Bystryy (1902) (Lt. Otto Theodor von Richter)
 * Buiny (Capt. 2nd rank Nikolai Kolomeytsev)
 * 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)
 * 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)