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====Destroyers and auxiliaries====
Imperial Russia also lost six of its nine destroyers in the battle, had one interned by the Chinese, and the other two reached Vladivostok. ''Buyniy'' ("Буйный"),  ''Bezuprechniy'' ("Безупречный"), ''Gromkiy'' ("Громкий") and ''Blestyashchiy'' ("Блестящий") were sunk on 27 May. ''Bistriy'' ("Быстрый") was beached and destroyed by her crew the next day. ''Byedoviy'' ("Бедовый") surrendered also on 28 May. Destroyer ''Bodriy'' ("Бодрый"){{efn|name=Bodriy}} ran out of coal, and was interned in [[Shanghai]].<ref name=Bodriypic>{{cite web|url=https://war-book.ru/eskadrennye-minonostsy-tipa-bujnyj/#photos-32|access-date=28 March 2024|title=Picture of ''Bodriy'' in Shanghai.}}</ref> ''Grozniy'' ("Грозный") and ''Braviy'' ("Бравый") reached Vladivostok.{{sfn|Thiess|1954|page=435ff}}

Of the auxiliaries, repair ship ''Kamchatka'', auxiliary cruiser {{ship|Russian merchant cruiser|Ural|1904|2}} and ocean tug ''Rus'' were sunk on 27 May, auxiliary cruiser ''Irtysh'' was disabled, abandoned on 28 May, then sank on 29 May. Ammunition ship ''Koreya'' and ocean tug ''Svir'' reached Shanghai and returned home. After being ordered to separate from the fleet on 22 May,{{efn|name=terek}} 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 on 9 June 1905 after raiding a British and a Danish steamer destined for Japan. Transports ''Yaroslavl'', ''Vladimir'', ''Kuronia'', ''Voronezh'', ''Livonia'' and ''Meteor'' were detached from the fleet on 25 May, reached Shanghai and returned home. Auxiliary cruisers ''[[Smolensk (1901 ship)|Rion]]'' and ''[[SS Petersburg (1894)|Dniepr]]''<ref name=dniepr>{{cite web|title=TYNE BUILT SHIPS -A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built|url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/P-Ships/petersburg1894.html}}</ref> escorted the transports to Shanghai, engaged in [[commerce raiding]] activities in the [[Yellow Sea]], and returned to [[Kronstadt]] on 31 July 1905.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steamboat-cruiser "Smolensk"|url=https://retroflot.com/dobrovoljnyj_flot/parohodkrejser_smolensk.html|language=ru}}</ref> Transports ''Mercury'', ''Tambov'', ''Herman Lerke'', ''Count Stroganov'' and repair ship ''Ksenia'', which accompanied the Third Pacific Fleet to [[Cam Ranh Bay]], had been sent home via [[Saigon]].{{sfn|Novikov-Priboy|1937|loc=Book 1, Chapter 4}} Merchant cruiser [[SS Dekabrist|''Anadyr'']] escaped to [[Madagascar]] and then returned home. The [[hospital ship]]s ''Orel'' and ''Kostroma'' were captured during the battle; ''Kostroma'' was released afterwards.{{efn|name=oldhamire}}