Editing Battle of Tsushima (section)

===Battle damage and casualties===
'''Source:'''{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|pp=445, 446}}

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[[File:Oryol after battle.JPG|thumb|Heavy damage to {{ship|Russian battleship|Oryol||2}}{{efn|name=Oryol}}]]
[[File:Фотографии к статье «Орел». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915).jpg|thumb|{{ship|Russian battleship|Oryol||2}} damages]][[File:Blank.jpg|frameless|link= |right]]
[[File:ImperatorNikolaiI1905.jpg|thumb|Light damage to {{ship|Russian battleship|Imperator Nikolai I||2}}.]]
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[[File:Wreck of Izumrud.JPG|thumb|The wreck of the cruiser {{ship|Russian cruiser|Izumrud||2}} off St. Vladimir Bay]]
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[[File:Zemtchug.jpg|thumb|Battle damage to the cruiser {{ship|Russian cruiser|Zhemchug||2}}, with shell hole in the stack]]
[[File:Oleg1905rescue.jpg|thumb|Battle damage to the cruiser {{ship|Russian cruiser|Oleg||2}}]]
[[File:Oleg-cruiser.jpg|thumb|Damage to the cruiser {{ship|Russian cruiser|Oleg||2}}, in Manila Bay]]
[[File:Aurora Battle Damage Manila 1905 - A.jpg|thumb|Battle damage to the cruiser {{ship|Russian cruiser|Aurora||2}}]]
[[File:Naval ships of Russia by Apostoli - 145. Floating hospital of the Red Cross "Oryol".jpg|thumb|Hospital ship ''Orel'']]
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!rowspan=2|Russian<br />2nd. & 3rd.<br />Pacific Fleet{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|loc=Chapters X, XI, XIII, XIV}}{{sfn|British Naval Attache Reports|2003|p=362}}
!rowspan=2|Primary Armament
!rowspan=2|Water Line/Turret Armour
!Disp./Length
!rowspan=2|Speed in Knots
!rowspan=2|Damage/Casualties/Remarks
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!Launched/Builder
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Oslyabya||2}},<br />battleship
|4 10-inch guns<br />11 6-inch guns
|9 inches<br />9 inches
|14,639tons/132.4m<br />{{center|1898/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|18.3
|First modern battleship '''sunk''' by gunfire alone, sunk at 15:10 27 May.{{efn|name=Oslyabya}} She was the flagship for the fleet's second in command, [[Dmitry Gustavovich von Fölkersahm|Rear Admiral von Fölkersahm]], who had died 3 days earlier.{{efn|See [[#Russian losses]]}} The Japanese and most of the Russian fleet were unaware of his death. Complement 771 officers and men.
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Imperator Aleksandr III|1901|2}},<br />battleship (''Borodino'' class)
|4 12-inch guns<br />12 6-inch guns
|7 5/8 inches<br />10 inches
|14,409tons/121m<br />{{center|1901/[[Baltic Works|Russia]]}}
|17.7
|'''Sunk''' by gunfire from Japanese 1st Battle Div. at 18:50 27 May, complement 830 officers and men.  30 officers and 806 men lost, 4 survivors.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=291}}{{efn|There are sources that claim there were no survivors.  However, Corbett (2015b) states "About 6.50 the Alexandr, which had been struggling on astern of the Senyavin, listed heavily to port, and with a signal of distress flying sheered out of the line to port.  Then, before anything could be done to assist her, she suddenly turned turtle and sank, carrying with her every man of her company except four." with a specific note: "The loss with her was 30 officers and 806 men." on page 291.  As Novikov-Priboy (1937) mentions "There were several of us on the battleship Alexander III in excess of the complement." in Part Four. SQUADRON FRAGMENTS 1. WHAT MISTAKE LEAD, this Corbett claim seems plausible.}}
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Knyaz Suvorov||2}},<br />battleship<br />(''Borodino'' class),<br />''fleet flagship''
|4 12-inch guns<br />12 6-inch guns
|7 5/8 inches<br />10 inches
|14,646tons/121m<br />{{center|1902/[[Baltic Works|Russia]]}}
|17.5
|Shot into a wreck. '''Sunk''' at 19:20 27 May. [[Destroyers]] were ordered to administer the [[coup de grace]], "while she had a gun above water she fired...[''Suvorov''{{'}}s] stubborn gallantry, no words can do justice. If there is immortality in naval memory it is hers and theirs."  Of her 40 officers and 888 men there were no survivors.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=291}}{{sfn|British Naval Attache Reports|2003|p=375}} (except the injured Admiral Rozhestvensky and his staff who were rescued from the burning ship at 17:30 by destroyer ''Buyniy'').{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|p=83}}{{efn|name=Suvorov}}
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Borodino||2}},<br />battleship (''Borodino'' class)
|4 12-inch guns<br />12 6-inch guns
|7 5/8 inches<br />10 inches
|14,317tons/121m<br />{{center|1901/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|16.2
|'''Sunk''' at 19:30 27 May by a 12-inch [[Parthian shot]] from the battleship {{ship|Japanese battleship|Fuji||2}} which detonated the ammunition magazines, 1 survivor{{efn|name=yushchin}} from a complement of 32 officers and 822 men.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=291}}{{sfn|British Naval Attache Reports|2003|p=378}}
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Oryol||2}},{{efn|name=Oryol}}<br />battleship<br />(''Borodino'' class)
|4 12-inch guns<br />12 6-inch guns
|1-10 inches<br />5.7–7.64 inches
|14,378tons/121m<br />{{center|1902/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|18
|'''Damaged seriously'''. '''Captured''' at 10:30 on 28 May under the command of Rear Admiral [[Nikolai Nebogatov|Nebogatov]].  The ship commander, Captain [[Nikolay Yung]] was seriously injured during the battle on 27 May and died in the night of 29 May on battleship ''Asahi''.{{efn|''Oryol''{{'}}s officers and most of the crew were taken aboard battleship ''Asahi'', which towed and then accompanied ''Oryol'', after her engines were temporarily repaired, to Maizuru. The [[Burial at sea]] was conducted for Captain Nikolay Viktorovich Yung at 07:30 on 30 May 1905 onboard ''Asahi'', all hands on fore-deck with all Russians and Japanese lined up. [[Half-mast]] was flown on battleships ''Asahi'', ''Oryol'' and cruiser ''Asama''.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|pp=143–144}} After the funeral, a piece of cardboard with "35°56'13"North, 135°10'East" written on, was given by a Japanese officer to the junior navigator, Lieutenant Leonid Larionov who was personally close to the captain from his childhood.{{sfn|Novikov-Priboy|1937|loc=Book 2, Chapter 2}}|name=Yung}} Recommissioned as IJN ''Iwami'' after an extensive repair on 2 November 1907.  Stricken 1 September 1922.  Sunk as an air-raid target on 10 July 1924.{{sfn|Lengerer|2008|pp=64,66}}
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Navarin||2}},<br />battleship
|4 12-inch guns<br />8 6-inch guns
|16 inches<br />12 inches
|10,370tons/107m<br />{{center|1891/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|15.9
|'''Sunk''' in the night of 27 May by destroyer torpedoes, 3 survivors from a complement of 674 officers and men. 1 man picked up by local fishing boat, 2 picked up by a British merchantman.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=304}}
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Sissoi Veliky||2}},<br />battleship
|4 12-inch guns<br />6 6-inch guns
|16 inches<br />12 inches
|10,567tons/107.23m<br />{{center|1894/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|15.7
|Damaged heavily in the night of 27 May by destroyer torpedoes and could not keep up with Nebogatov group. Disabled by 06:00 on 28 May, '''Surrendered''' to armed merchant cruisers [[Shinano Maru (1900)|''Shinano Maru'']] and ''Dainan Maru'' at 08:15, capsized and '''Sank''' at 10:05.{{sfn|Bogdanov|2004|p=77}} 47 men lost, 42 officers and 571 men saved.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=308}}
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|{{ship|Russian battleship|Imperator Nikolai I||2}},<br />battleship<br />''flagship'' for 3rd Pacific Fleet
|2 12-inch guns<br />4 9-inch guns
|2.5–10 inches<br />6–14 inches
|9,748tons/105.61m<br />{{center|1889/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|14
|'''Captured''' at 10:30 28 May as the flagship for the commander of the 3rd Pacific Fleet, Rear Admiral [[Nikolai Nebogatov]], when he hoisted the flag signal "XGE P" meaning "Surrendered. Go still (proceeding slow)."{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|p=119}} Received one 12-inch, two 8-inch, and two 6-inch hits.  5 officers/men killed, 35 wounded. Recommissioned as IJN {{ship|Japanese battleship|Iki||2}}. Stricken 1 May 1915. Sunk as a gunnery target for IJN battleships {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kongō||2}} and {{ship|Japanese battleship|Hiei||2}} on 3 October 1915.
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|{{ship|Russian coast defense ship|Admiral Ushakov||2}},<br />battleship{{sfn|British Naval Attache Reports|2003|p=441}} (coastal battleship, or armoured coast defense vessel.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=420}})
|4 10-inch guns<br />4 4.7-inch guns
|10 inches<br />8 inches
|5,081tons/87.3m<br />{{center|1893/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|16.1
|Arrived late at 15:00 28 May to the Nebogatov surrender site.  She did not accept the signaled news of surrender and started firing while fleeing from the site. Shot into a wreck by {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Iwate||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yakumo||2}}, '''scuttled''' at 19:00 as she was already sinking. 12 officers and 339 men saved from her complement of 422 officers and men.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|pp=125-126}}  Her commander, Captain [[Vladimir Nikolaevich Miklukha]], refused help from the Japanese and went down with his ship.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=327}}{{efn|See [[:ru:Адмирал Ушаков (броненосец)]].}}
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|{{ship|Russian coast defense ship|Admiral Seniavin||2}},<br />battleship{{sfn|British Naval Attache Reports|2003|p=441}} (Coastal battleship, or armoured coast defense vessel.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=420}})
|4 10-inch guns<br />4 4.7-inch guns
|9.8 inches<br />3–7.9 inches
|4,232tons/84.6m<br />{{center|1894/[[Baltic Works|Russia]]}}
|16
|'''Captured''' at 10:30 28 May following the surrender together with her sister-ship ''General-Admiral Apraksin'', flagship ''Imperator Nikolai I'', and the battleship ''Oryol''.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|p=124}} ''Admiral Seniavin'' became IJN ''Mishima'', stricken 10 October 1935. Sunk as an air-raid target for IJN {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō||2}} on 5 May 1936.
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|{{ship|Russian coast defense ship|General-Admiral Apraksin||2}},<br />battleship{{sfn|British Naval Attache Reports|2003|p=441}} (Coastal battleship, or armoured coast defense vessel.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=420}})
|3 10-inch guns<br />4 4.7-inch guns
|9.8 inches<br />3–7.9 inches
|4,165tons/80.62m<br />{{center|1896/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|15
|'''Captured''' at 10:30 28 May following the surrender together with her sister-ship ''Admiral Seniavin'', flagship ''Imperator Nikolai I'', and the battleship ''Oryol''.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|p=119}} ''General-Admiral Apraksin'' became IJN ''Okinoshima'', decommissioned 1 April 1922, used as a training ship for [[Sasebo Naval District|Sasebo Marine Corps]]{{efn|In IJN, the training facilities for new recruits were called {{Nihongo|海兵団|かいへいだん|kaiheidan}} "Sea Soldier Corps" which is translated as marine corps today.}} until stricken in 1924. Sold in 1925, scrapped in 1939.
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|{{ship|Russian cruiser|Admiral Nakhimov|1885|2}},<br />[[armored cruiser|armoured cruiser]]
|8 8-inch guns<br />10 6-inch guns
|10 inches<br />8 inches
|7,906tons/103.3m<br />{{center|1885/[[Baltic Works|Russia]]}}
|16.6
|'''Sunk''' in the night of 27 May by destroyer torpedoes.  Over 600 men saved by lifeboats, local fishing boats, and armed merchant cruiser ''Sado Maru''.<ref name="corb307">{{harvnb|Corbett|2015b|p=307}}</ref>
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|{{ship|Russian cruiser|Vladimir Monomakh||2}},<br />armoured cruiser
|5 6-inch guns<br />6 4.7-inch guns
|6 inches<br />–
|5,683tons/90.3m<br />{{center|1882/[[Baltic Works|Russia]]}}
|15.8
|'''Sunk''' in the night of 27 May by destroyer torpedoes. 32 officers and 374 men rescued by armed merchant cruiser IJN [[:ja:満州 (通報艦)|''Manshu'']] (IJN ''Manshu'' was the Austrian-built cruise ship ''Manchuria''{{Efn|Built by [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]] in [[Trieste]] as {{langx|ru|Маньчжурия|Manijurya}} in 1901.}} owned and operated by the Russian [[Chinese Eastern Railway]] before the war). Complement of 493 officers/men.<ref name="corb307"/>
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|{{ship|Russian cruiser|Dmitrii Donskoi||2}},<br />armoured cruiser
|6 6-inch guns<br />10 4.7-inch guns
|6 inches<br />–
|5,976tons/93.4m<br />{{center|1883/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|16.5
|The Japanese 3rd and 4th battle divisions found and engaged ''Donskoi'' on 28 May. Shot into a wreck in the afternoon but survived through nightfall. '''Scuttled''' in the early morning 29 May by her crew who rowed to [[Ulleungdo|Matsushima Island]].{{efn|{{coord|37.4915276|N|130.9197994|E}}}}{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|pp=331, 332}} The survivors, including the saved crew of ''Oslyabya'', were taken prisoner that afternoon by landing parties from destroyer ''Fubuki'' and ''[[Order of battle at the Battle of Tsushima#Special Duty Squadron|Kasuga Maru]]''.{{sfn|Wright|1976|pp=142, 144}}{{efn|{{cite web | title=Russian ship sunk in 1905 discovered, said to have $130 Billion in gold aboard | first=Roberta | last=Naas | date=21 July 2018 | website=[[Forbes]] | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertanaas/2018/07/21/russian-ship-sunk-in-1905-discovered-said-to-have-130-billion-in-gold-aboard/}}}} Her commander, Captain 1st rank [[Ivan Lebedev]], died in a hospital in Sasebo.
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|{{ship|Russian cruiser|Svetlana|1896|2}},<br />[[protected cruiser]]
|6 6-inch guns<br />10 47mm Hotchkiss guns
|2 inches<br />–
|3,924tons/101m<br />{{center|1896/[[Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée|France]]}}
|21
|'''Sunk''' at 10:50, 28 May by gunfire from IJN cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Niitaka||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Otowa||2}} and destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murakumo|1898|2}} east of Jukbyeon Bay on the east coast of Korea.{{efn|{{Coord|37.6|N|129.8|E}} See [[Russian cruiser Svetlana (1896)#Russo-Japanese War]].}} Estimated 169 men lost. 290 men (23 wounded) rescued by IJN ''[[America Maru|Amerika Maru]]''.{{sfn|Kowner|2006|p=365}}
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|{{ship|Russian cruiser|Izumrud||2}},<br />protected cruiser
|8 4.7-inch guns<br />4 47mm Hotchkiss guns
|1.3–3.0 inches<br />1.3 inches
|3,153tons/111m<br />{{center|1903/[[Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|24
|Ran aground outside of St. Vladimir Bay (300&nbsp;km ENE of Vladivostok){{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=445}}{{efn|{{Coord|40.4639063|N|133.0362708|E|type:event}}}} in the night of 29 May. '''Destroyed''' by her crew. Complement of 350 eventually reached Vladivostok by land.
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|''Bezuprechni'',<br />[[torpedo boat destroyer]]
|3 torpedo tubes (carried 6 torpedoes)<br />1 3-inch gun<br />5 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|350tons/64m<br />{{center|1902/[[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|26
|'''Sunk''' by gunfire on 28 May from IJN protected cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}} which expended 68 120mm, and 39 3-inch shells; joined later by IJN torpedo boat destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ariake|1904|2}}, which expended 12 rounds of her 3-inch shells at ''Bezuprechni''.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=313}}
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|''Buyniy'',<br />torpedo boat destroyer
|3 torpedo tubes (carried 6 torpedoes)<br />1 3-inch gun<br />5 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|350tons/64m<br />{{center|1901/[[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|26
|Shot into a wreck during the day 27 May.{{efn|Destroyer ''Buyniy'', after saving over 130 ''Oslyabya'' crew in the water, made a heroic rescue of the injured Admiral Rozhestvensky and his staff from the destroyed and burning battleship ''Knyaz Suvorov'' at 17:30 on 27 May, but she suffered severe damage in doing so. Admiral Rozhestvensky and the staff were transferred to destroyer ''Byedoviy'' before she was abandoned and sunk.|name=Buyniy}} [[Kingston valve]]s opened, and then she was '''sunk''' by gunfire from the armoured cruiser {{ship|Russian cruiser|Dmitrii Donskoi||2}} on 28 May.{{sfn|Chesneau|Kolesnik|1979|p=207}} Survivors of ''Buyniy'' onboard ''Dmitrii Donskoi'' paddled ashore with the rest of the men to Matsushima Island when ''Donskoi'' was scuttled on 29 May.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=330}}
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|''Gromkiy'',<br />torpedo boat destroyer
|3 torpedo tubes (carried 6 torpedoes)<br />1 3-inch gun<br />5 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|420tons/64m<br />{{center|1904/[[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|26
|IJN torpedo boat destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiranui|1899|2}} dueled with ''Gromkiy'' on 28 May for over an hour at ranges from 4,000 to 5,000 meters. Destroyer ''Shiranui'' was equipped with 2 3-inch guns and 4 6-pounder guns, 2 torpedo tubes and 4 torpedoes, with a complement of 52 men.  IJN Torpedo Boat #63 arrived, and ''Gromkiy'' '''surrendered'''. Japanese [[prize crew]] boarded ''Gromkiy'', but she was so heavily damaged that she began to sink, forcing the prize crew to quickly abandon ship.  She rolled over and '''sank''' at 12:43.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|pp=308, 309}}
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|''Blestyashchiy'',<br />torpedo boat destroyer
|3 torpedo tubes (carried 6 torpedoes)<br />1 3-inch gun<br />5 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|440tons/64m<br />{{center|1901/[[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|26
|Took active role in rescuing survivors of ''Oslyabya'', and received an 8-inch hit while doing so during the day action 27 May. This hit killed the commander, [[Alexander Sergeevich Shamov]]. '''Scuttled''' after the crew and eight ''Oslyabya'' survivors were transferred to destroyer ''Bodriy'' on 28 May.{{efn|Destroyers ''Blestyashchiy'' and ''Bodriy'' accompanied cruisers ''Oleg'', ''Zhemchug'' and ''Aurora''. ''Bodriy'' was left behind when ''Blestyashchiy'' crew needed to be picked up when ''Blestyashchiy''{{'}}s damages made her no longer seaworthy in the escape. ''Bodriy'' ran out of coal and was later rescued by a British transport vessel, which towed her to Shanghai to be interned.<ref>{{cite web|title=Japanese Navy, Russo-Japanese War|date=15 August 2017 |url=https://waterline.hatenablog.com/entry/0004|language=ja}}</ref>|name=Bodriy}}   3 men lost.{{efn|See [[:ru:Блестящий (миноносец)]]}}
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|''Bistriy'',<br />torpedo boat destroyer
|3 torpedo tubes (carried 6 torpedoes)<br />1 3-inch gun<br />5 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|350tons/64m<br />{{center|1901/[[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|26
|Accompanied {{ship|Russian cruiser|Svetlana||2}} to the end.  Fired upon and chased by cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Niitaka||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Otowa||2}} and destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Murakumo|1898|2}}. '''Destroyed''' after running ashore{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|p=445}} north of Jukbyeon Bay{{efn|{{Coord|36.751956|N|129.468349|E}}}} on 28 May by her crew, who surrendered to the Japanese Jukbyeon signal station guards.
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|''Byedoviy'',<br />torpedo boat destroyer
|3 torpedo tubes (carried 6 torpedoes)<br />1 3-inch gun<br />5 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|350tons/64m<br />{{center|1903/[[Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|26
|Surrendered and '''captured''' by IJN Destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sazanami|1899|2}} in the late afternoon on 28 May with Admiral Rozhestvensky and the members of Russian Second Pacific Fleet command.{{efn|name=Buyniy}}{{efn|''Byedoviy'' had over 80 personnel onboard at the time of surrender according to a Japanese Navy record.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|p=152}}|name=Byedoviy}} ''Byedoviy'' became IJN ''Satsuki'', stricken 1 April 1913, BU 1921.{{efn|See [[:ja:皐月 (戦利駆逐艦)]] for details.}}
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|{{ship|Russian merchant cruiser|Ural||2}},<br />[[auxiliary cruiser]]
|2 4.7-inch<br />4 76mm&nbsp;guns<br />8 57mm Hotch. Guns{{efn|See [[:ru:Урал (вспомогательный крейсер)]]}}
|N/A
|7,840tons/160m<br />{{center|1890/[[AG Vulcan Stettin|Germany]]}}
|20
|'''Sunk''' by the Japanese 1st Div. bombardment and a torpedo by battleship {{ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}} at 17:51 on 27 May.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|pp=88–90}}
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|''Irtysh'',<br />auxiliary cruiser
|8 3-pounder guns
|N/A
|7,661tons/-<br />{{center|1899/[[Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company|Great Britain]]{{efn|Purchased from [[Hamburg America Line|HAPAG]] in 1904. ex-''Belgia''<ref>{{cite web|title=Hamburg-American Line (theshipslist.com)|url=https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/hamburg.shtml}}</ref>}}
}}
|10.5
|Disabled by battle damage and '''abandoned''' 4&nbsp;km off the Japanese coast of [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]] on 28 May. '''Sank''' before dawn 29 May. All 235 onboard including Captain Egormyshev were rescued by the residents of [[Gōtsu, Shimane|Waki]] town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Irtysh (Иртыш) (+1905)|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148874}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Irtysh surrender incident|url=https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history/The%20Irtysh%20surrender%20incident.html|access-date=21 April 2022|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531014815/https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history/The%20Irtysh%20surrender%20incident.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|{{cite web|title=Ceremony is held to mark 110th anniversary of rescue involving Russian ship|url=https://www.hiroshimapeacemedia.jp/?p=45471|author=Teru Matsumoto|date=10 June 2015}}}}{{efn|{{Coord|35.002558|N|132.193921|E|type:event}}}}
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|[[Kamchatka (ship)|''Kamchatka'']],<br />[[Repair ship]]
|6 47mm<br />Hotchkiss guns
|N/A
|7,200tons/76.25m<br />{{center|1902/[[New Admiralty Shipyard|Russia]]}}
|12
|Shot into a wreck by the Japanese 1st Div. at 17:36, '''sunk''' by Sixth Div.{{efn|name=order}} at 19:30 on 27 May.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|p=89}}
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|''Orel'',<ref name=Orel>{{cite web|title=Tyne built ships, OREL|url=https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/O-Ships/orel1890.html}}</ref>{{efn|name=Oryol}}<br />[[Hospital ship]]
|N/A
|N/A
|5,073tons/131.7m<br />{{center|1889/[[R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company|Great Britain]]{{efn|Built for Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa as a passenger ship, and then converted to a hospital ship.}}}}
|19
|'''Captured''' by IJN merchant cruiser [[Order of battle at the Battle of Tsushima#Special Duty Squadron|''Sado Maru'']] at 15:30 on 27 May.<ref>{{cite web|title=On captured Russian hospital ships Angara and Oryol|url=https://www.jacar.archives.go.jp/das/image/B08090039600|language=ja}}{{rp|page 2/9 or 0042/0049}}</ref>{{efn|name=oldhamire}} Converted back to ocean liner, renamed [[:File:Russian hospital ship Orel 1890 In later KusuhoMaru.JPG|''Kusuho Maru'']] and operated by [[Toyo Kisen Line|Tōyō Kisen Kaisha]] on Tokyo-Honolulu route.{{sfn|Usami|2007|page=138}} Engines and other equipment gutted at Port of Osaka in 1910,<ref>{{cite web|title=On captured Russian hospital ships Angara and Oryol|url=https://www.jacar.archives.go.jp/das/image/B08090039600|language=ja}}{{rp|page 6/9 or 0046/0049}}</ref> and returned to Russia in 1916, scrapped shortly after.
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|''Rus'',<br />Ocean tug
|N/A
|N/A
|611tons/51.4m<br />{{center|1903/[[:de:Eiderwerft|Germany]]<ref>Ex-German ''Roland''  built by Schömer & Jensen. {{cite web|title=Russian Tugboat Rus - 1903|url=https://www.scalemates.com/kits/combrig-70165-rus-1903--1399681}}</ref>}}
|10
|'''Sunk''' by Japanese cruisers after being rammed by auxiliary cruiser [[SS Dekabrist|''Anadyr'']] (On her way to save the crew of the sinking ''Ural'') on 27 May.<ref>{{cite web|title=SS Rus (Руси) (+1905)|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148873}}</ref>
|}

The {{ship|Russian cruiser|Almaz}} (imperial yacht) and two torpedo boat destroyers ''Grozniy'' and ''Braviy'' reached Vladivostok.<ref name="corb333">{{harvnb|Corbett|2015b|p=333}}</ref> Protected cruisers, {{ship|Russian cruiser|Aurora||2}}, {{ship|Russian cruiser|Zhemchug||2}}, and {{ship|Russian cruiser|Oleg||2}}, escaped to the [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay]] in the [[Philippines]], and were interned.{{sfn|Willmott|2009|p=118}} Ammunition ship ''Koreya'', transports ''Yaroslavl'', ''Vladimir'', ''Kuronia'', ''Voronezh'', ''Livonia'' and ''Meteor'' as well as ocean tug ''Svir'' went to Shanghai and eventually returned home. Destroyer ''Bodriy''{{efn|name=Bodriy}} was interned in Shanghai.<ref name=Bodriypic /> Transports ''Mercury'', ''Tambov'', ''Herman Lerke'', ''Count Stroganov'' and repair ship ''Ksenia'' were sent home via [[Saigon]].{{sfn|Novikov-Priboy|1937|loc=Book 1, Chapter 4}} Auxiliary cruisers ''[[Smolensk (1901 ship)|Rion]]'' and ''[[SS Petersburg (1894)|Dniepr]]''<ref name=dniepr /> eventually reached back home after some raiding activities in the [[Yellow Sea]].  Auxiliary cruisers [[SS Augusta Victoria (1888)|''Kuban'']] and [[Spanish cruiser Rapido|''Terek'']] were interned at [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in [[Dutch East Indies]] by the Netherlands. Auxiliary (merchant) cruiser [[SS Dekabrist|''Anadyr'']] escaped to [[Madagascar]]. [[Hospital ship]]s ''Orel''<ref name=Orel />{{efn|name=Oryol}} and ''Kostroma'' were captured by the Japanese. ''Kostroma'' was released afterwards.{{efn|name=oldhamire|At 22:45 on 18 May 1905, the Baltic Fleet spotted and conducted a boarding inspection on a British transport vessel, SS ''Oldhamire'', that was sailing alongside the fleet.  As ''Oldhamire'' was carrying 150,000 cans of oil destined for Japan, she became subject of a maritime capture, and was forced to join the fleet with Russian officers onboard. The removed captain, the chief engineer, and two more British personnel were kept in captivity onboard the hospital ship ''Orel''.  This imprisonment of 3rd-country nationals violated the international maritime agreements for hospital ships;{{efn|Convention (III) for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864. The Hague, 29 July 1899.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=2B134D111958C73AC12563CD002D66C8|title=Convention (III) for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864. The Hague, 29 July 1899|access-date=24 May 2022|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524152635/https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=2B134D111958C73AC12563CD002D66C8|url-status=live}}</ref> which defines Hospital Ships to be "solely for the purpose of assisting the wounded, sick or shipwrecked".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/9ac284404d38ed2bc1256311002afd89/384bbc2743762318c12563cd00516062|title=Article 1|access-date=24 May 2022|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524152601/https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/9ac284404d38ed2bc1256311002afd89/384bbc2743762318c12563cd00516062|url-status=live}}</ref> See [[Hague Convention on Hospital Ships]] for signatory countries (note the absence of the UK).}} consequently, ''Orel'' was kept as a prize of war by Japan.<ref name=rngs />}}
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[[File:Nisshin1905.jpg|thumb|Battle damage to the cruiser ''Nisshin'']]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2|Japanese Combined Fleet{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907}}
!rowspan=2|Primary Armament
!rowspan=2|Water Line/Turret Armour
!Disp./Length
!rowspan=2|Speed In Knots
!rowspan=2|Damage/Casualties/Remarks
|-
!Launched/Builder
|-
|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Mikasa||2}},<br />battleship<br />''fleet flagship''
|4 12-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns
|9 inches<br />14 inches
|15,140tons/131.7m<br />{{center|1900/[[Vickers, Sons & Maxim|Great Britain]]}}
|18.5
|Took over 30 large-calibre hits; ventilators and funnels holed, armour penetrated in several places, top part of rear mast lost; over 100 casualties, complement of 875 officers/men.{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|pp=283, 287}}
|-
|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Shikishima||2}},<br />battleship
|4 12-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns
|9 inches<br />14 inches
|14,850tons/133.5m<br />{{center|1898/[[Thames Iron Works|Great Britain]]}}
|19
|Several large-calibre hits in the total of nine times. Lost one 12-inch gun barrel to a "burst" (barrel exploded).<ref name="corb283">{{harvnb|Corbett|2015b|p=283}}</ref>
|-
|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Fuji||2}},<br />battleship
|4 12-inch guns<br />10 6-inch guns
|18 inches<br />14 inches
|12,533tons/114m<br />{{center|1896/[[Thames Iron Works|Great Britain]]}}
|18.5
|Several large-calibre hits in the total of 12 times. Lost eight men and nine wounded.{{sfn|Campbell|1978|page=263}} One 12-inch gun barrel shot off by a 12-inch shell from ''Imperator Nikolai I''.<ref name="corb283"/>
|-
|{{ship|Japanese battleship|Asahi||2}},<br />battleship
|4 12-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns
|9 inches<br />14 inches
|15,200tons/129.62m<br />{{center|1899/[[John Brown & Company|Great Britain]]}}
|18.3
|A few large-calibre hits in the total of 6 hits.{{sfn|Campbell|1978|pages=128–35, 260, 262}} Complement of 835 officers/men, lost 1 officer and 6 men, 5 men seriously wounded, 1 officer and 18 men lightly wounded.{{sfn|Tsukamoto|1907|pp=98–106}}
|-
|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasuga||2}},<br />[[armored cruiser|armoured cruiser]]
|1 10-inch gun<br />2 8-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns
|5 1/2 inches<br />5 1/2 inches
|7,700tons/105m<br />{{center|1902/[[Gio. Ansaldo & C.|Italy]]}}
|20.1
|One 12-inch, one 6-inch, and one unidentified hits.{{sfn|Campbell|1978|pages=258, 260, 263}} Complement of 609 officers/men.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Nisshin||2}},<br />armoured cruiser<br />''flagship'' of 1st Div.{{efn|name=order|See [[Order of battle at the Battle of Tsushima]].}}
|4 8-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns
|5.9 inches<br />5.9 inches
|7,700tons/105m<br />{{center|1903/[[Gio. Ansaldo & C.|Italy]]}}
|20.2
|Hit by 6 twelve-inch, 1 nine-inch, 2 six-inch and 4 unidentified shells.{{sfn|Campbell|1978|pages=260, 262–263}}{{efn|These were the most hits received after ''Mikasa''. {{ship|Russian battleship|Imperator Nikolai I||2}} is the only Russian ship with nine-inch guns in this battle.}} Two 8-inch gun barrels shot off, another 8-inch gun lost to a "burst". The 1st Div. command, Vice Admiral [[Misu Sōtarō]], seriously injured, his chief of staff, Commander [[Matsui Kenkichi]] killed.  Complement 609 officers/men; 50 casualties.<ref name="corb283"/>
|-
|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Asama||2}},<br />armoured cruiser<br />(2nd Div.)
|4 8-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns<br />5 torpedo tubes
|3.5-7 inches<br />6.3 inches
|9,710tons/134.7m<br />{{center|1898/[[Armstrong Whitworth|Great Britain]]}}
|22.1
|Hit by a 12-inch shell at 14:27 on 27 May, which took her steering mechanism out of order, and she fell out of formation.  Received three 12-inch, two 8-inch, and about seven smaller hits.  Lost 11 men, injured 13 out of the complement of 676.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Iwate||2}},<br />armoured cruiser<br />(2nd Div.)
|4 8-inch guns<br />14 6-inch guns<br />4 torpedo tubes
|3.5–7 inches<br />6.3 inches
|9,423tons/132.3m<br />{{center|1900/[[Armstrong Whitworth|Great Britain]]}}
|20.75
|2nd Div. initially fired on ''Oslyabya'', then the Russian 3rd Pacific Squadron, and faced the damaged ''Knyaz Suvorov'' who appeared out of a mist at about 2,000m range at 15:35 on 27 May.   Hit by two 12-inch, three 8-inch, two 6-inch, and four smaller/unidentified shells. One of them hit the starboard forward upper 6" casemate, igniting the ready-use ammunition inside. 40 officers/men killed and 37 wounded out of the Complement of 672.
|-
|{{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kasagi||2}},<br />armoured cruiser<br />3rd&nbsp;Div. flagship{{efn|name=order}}
|2 8-inch guns<br />10 12&nbsp;cm guns<br />5 torpedo tubes
| - <br />4.5 inches
|4,862tons/114.1m<br />{{center|1898/[[William Cramp & Sons|U.S.A.]]}}
|22.5
|Japanese 3rd Div. engaged {{ship|Russian cruiser|Oleg||2}}, {{ship|Russian cruiser|Aurora||2}} and {{ship|Russian cruiser|Zhemchug||2}} at about 14:30 27 May, and the flagship ''Kasagi'' received a 6" hit below waterline where she does not have armour plates.  This hit flooded a boiler room and a coal bunker, killing one and injuring nine men, which necessitated a repair.  ''Kasagi'' and her American-built sister {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}} withdrew from the battle and Vice Admiral [[Dewa Shigetō]] moved his flag to ''Chitose''.  Complement of 405.
|-
|[[:ja:春雨 (春雨型駆逐艦)|''Harusame'']],<br />torpedo boat destroyer<br />First Destroyer Div. lead&nbsp;ship{{efn|name=order}}
|2 3-inch guns<br />4 57mm guns<br />2 torpedo tubes
|N/A
|375tons/69.2m<br />{{center|1902/[[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal|Japan]]}}
|29
|In the confusion of the night attack on 27 May, ''Harusame'' collided with ''Yūgiri'' and incurred serious flooding but avoided sinking.  Complement 62.
|-
|[[:ja:夕霧 (東雲型駆逐艦)|''Yūgiri'']],<br />torpedo boat destroyer<br />(Fifth Destroyer Div.){{efn|name=order}}
|1 8&nbsp;cm gun<br />5 57mm guns<br />2 torpedo tubes
|N/A
|322tons/63.6m<br />{{center|1899/[[John I. Thornycroft & Company|Great Britain]]}}
|30
|During the night of 27 May, ''Yūgiri'' collided with the fellow destroyer ''Harusame'', seriously damaging the bow.  She avoided sinking and limped back to Sasebo on 28 May.  Complement 58.
|-
|[[Torpedo Boat]] #34
|1 3-pounder gun<br />3 torpedo tubes
|N/A
|83tons/39m<br />{{center|1899/Germany}}
|24
|'''Sunk''' by Russian gunfire, 27 May. This boat belonged to [[Takeshiki Guard District]] outside of the Combined Fleet.
|-
|Torpedo Boat #35
|1 3-pounder gun<br />3 torpedo tubes
|N/A
|83tons/39m<br />{{center|1899/Germany}}
|24
|'''Sunk''' by Russian gunfire, 27 May. This boat belonged to [[Takeshiki Guard District]] outside of the Combined Fleet.
|-
|Torpedo Boat #69
|2 3-pounder guns<br />3 torpedo tubes
|N/A
|89tons/40.1m<br />{{center|1902/[[Japan]]}}
|24
|'''Sank''' during a torpedo attack on the night of 27 May, after colliding with IJN torpedo boat destroyer ''Akatsuki''.  ''Akatsuki'' (later renamed ''Yamabiko'') was a Russian prize from [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]], captured on 12 August 1904, the [[Russian destroyer Reshitel‘nyi|ex-''Reshitel‘nyi'']].{{efn|The original {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akatsuki|1901|6|up=yes}} sank after striking a mine in the [[siege of Port Arthur]] on 17 May 1904. IJN concealed the loss and gave the 'Akatsuki' name to the captured ''Reshitel‘nyi'' as if the original returned to service. At the beginning of this battle, there was a plan to dispatch ''Akatsuki'', being indistinguishable from other Russian destroyers, in front of the Baltic Fleet to lay chained floating mines.{{efn|The composition of Shimose Powder, director-controlled salvo firing, the use of Ijuin Fuse and the shells not being [[Armour-piercing ammunition|armour-penetrating]]/delayed-detonation, and this chained floating mines on the Japanese side, and Makarov Tip, the death of [[Dmitry Gustavovich von Fölkersahm|Rear Admiral von Fölkersahm]], which strait the fleet was headed going into the Sea of Japan, and the use of Barr and Stroud rangefinders by ''Oslyabya'' and ''Navarin'' on the Russian side were top secrets at the time. Most of the official records were not kept on these items.|name=mines}} Tōgō did not use this ploy, and the destroyer was added to the Navy list as ''Yamabiko'' (and ''Akatsuki'' struck) after the war.{{sfn|Tikowara|Grant|2008}}}}{{sfn|Corbett|2015b|pp=29, 446}}
|}