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]

Flagship of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, Battleship Mikasa

First Squadron

(Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō)

First Division (Vice Admiral Misu Sōtarō)
- Mikasa (Fleet Flagship) (variant of Formidable-class battleship) Captain Ijichi Hikojirō
- Shikishima (Shikishima-class battleship) Captain Teragaki Izō
- Fuji (Fuji-class battleship) Captain Matsumoto Kazu
- Asahi (Variant of Shikishima class) Captain Nomoto Tsunaaki
- Nisshin (Flagship for Misu) (Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser) Captain Heitarō Takenouchi
- Kasuga (Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser) Captain Katō Sadakichi
- Tatsuta (Dispatch Vessel) Commander Yamagata Bunzō
Third Division (Vice Admiral Dewa Shigetō)
- Kasagi (Flagship) (Kasagi-class protected cruiser) Captain Yamaya Tanin
- Chitose (Kasagi-class protected cruiser) Captain Takagi Sukekazu
- Niitaka (Niitaka-class protected cruiser) Captain Shōji Yoshimoto
- Otowa (variant of Niitaka-class protected cruiser) Captain Arima Ryōkitsu
First Destroyer Division (Captain Fujimoto Shūshirō)
- Harusame (Harusame-class destroyer) Captain Fujimoto Shūshirō
- Fubuki (Harusame-class destroyer) Lieutenant Tōjima Otsukichirō
- Ariake (Harusame-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Kutsumi Tsuneo
- Arare (Harusame-class destroyer) Lieutenant Watanabe Shingo
- Akatsuki (Ex-Russian destroyer Reshitel'nyi) Lieutenant Harada Shōsaku
Second Destroyer Division (Captain Yajima Junkichi)
- Oboro (Ikazuchi-class destroyer) Lieutenant Fujiwara Eizaburō
- Inazuma (Ikazuchi-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Suga Tetsuichirō
- Ikazuchi (Ikazuchi-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Saitō Hanroku
- Akebono (Ikazuchi-class destroyer) Lieutenant Yamanouchi Shirō
Third Destroyer Division (Captain Yoshijima Jyūtarō)
- Shinonome (Shinonome-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Yoshida Mōshi
- Usugumo (Shinonome-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Masuda Chūkichirō
- Kasumi (Akatsuki-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Shiraishi Naosuke
- Sazanami (Ikazuchi-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Aiba Tsunezō
14th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Seki Shigetaka)
- Chidori (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Commander Seki Shigetaka
- Hayabusa (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Ebihara Keiichi
- Manazuru (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Tamaoka Yoshirō
- Hashitaka (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Miyamoto Matsutarō

Second Squadron

(Vice Admiral Kamimura Hikonojō)

Second Division (Rear Admiral Shimamura Hayao)
- Izumo (Squadron Flagship) (Izumo-class armoured cruiser) Captain Ijichi Suetaka
- Iwate (Flagship for Shimamura) (Izumo-class armoured cruiser) Captain Kawashima Reijirō
- Azuma (Armoured cruiser) Captain Murakami Kakuichi
- Tokiwa (Asama-class armoured cruiser) Captain Shigetarō Yoshimatsu
- Yakumo (Armoured cruiser) Captain Matsumoto Arinobu
- Asama (Asama-class armoured cruiser) Captain Yashiro Rokurō
- Chihaya (Dispatch Vessel) Commander Eguchi Rinroku
Fourth Division (Vice Admiral Uryū Sotokichi)
- Naniwa (Flagship) (Naniwa-class protected cruiser) Captain Wada Kensuke
- Takachiho (Naniwa-class protected cruiser) Captain Mōri Ichihei
- Akashi (Suma-class protected cruiser) Captain Ushiki Kōshirō
- Tsushima (Niitaka-class protected cruiser) Captain Sentō Takenaka
Fourth Destroyer Division (Captain Suzuki Kantarō)
- Asagiri (Harusame-class destroyer) Lieutenant Iida Nobutarō
- Murasame (Harusame-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Kobayashi Kenzō
- Shirakumo (Shirakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Kamata Masamichi
- Asashio (Shirakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Nanri Dan'ichi
Fifth Destroyer Division (Commander Hirose Juntarō)
- Shiranui (Murakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Kuwashima Shōzō
- Murakumo (Murakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Shimanouchi Kanta
- Yūgiri (Murakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Commander Tashiro Miyoharu
- Kagerō (Murakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Yoshikawa Yasuhira
9th Torpedo-Boat Division (Commander Kawase Hayaharu)
- Aotaka (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Commander Kawase Hayaharu
- Kari (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Awaya Gazō
- Tsubame (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Tajiri Yuiji
- Hato (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Iguchi Daijirō
19th Torpedo-Boat Division (Commander Matsuoka Shūzō)
- Kamome (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Commander Matsuoka Shūzō
- Ōtori (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Ōtani Kōshirō
- Kiji (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Kanzai Uemon

Third Squadron

(Vice Admiral Kataoka Shichirō)

Fifth Division (Rear Admiral Taketomi Kunikane)
- Itsukushima (Squadron Flagship) (Matsushima-class protected cruiser) Captain Tsuchiya Tamotsu
- Hashidate (Flagship for Taketomi) (Matsushima-class protected cruiser) Captain Fukui Masayoshi
- Chin'en (Rebuilt ex-Chinese turret ship Zhenyuan) Captain Imai Kanemasa
- Matsushima (Matsushima-class protected cruiser) Captain Okumiya Mamoru
- Yaeyama (Dispatch Vessel) Commander Nishiyama Sanechika
Sixth Division (Rear Admiral Tōgō Masamichi)
- Suma (Flagship) (Suma-class protected cruiser) Captain Tochiuchi Sōjirō
- Chiyoda (protected cruiser) Captain Higashifushimi Yorihito
- Akitsushima (2nd class protected cruiser) Captain Hirose Katsuhiko
- Izumi (2nd class protected cruiser, Ex-Chilean cruiser Esmeralda) Captain Ishida Ichirō
Seventh Division (Rear Admiral Hikohachi Yamada)
- Fusō (Flagship) (Ironclad cruiser) Captain Nagai Gunkichi
- Takao (Unprotected cruiser) Captain Yashiro Yoshinori
- Tsukushi (Unprotected cruiser) Commander Tsuchiyama Tetsuzō
- Chōkai (Maya-class gunboat) Commander Ushida Jūzaburō
- Maya (Maya-class gunboat) Commander Fujita Sadaichi
- Uji (Gunboat) Lieutenant Commander Kaneko Mitsuyoshi
15th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Kondō Tsunematsu)
- Hibari (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Commander Kondō Tsunematsu
- Sagi (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Yokoo Nao
- Hashitaka (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Mori Shunzō
- Uzura (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Suzuki Ujimasa
10th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Ōtaki Michisuke)
- No. 43 Lieutenant Commander Ōtaki Michisuke
- No. 40 Sub-lieutenant Nakahara Yahei
- No. 41 Lieutenant Mizuno Hironori
- No. 39 Lieutenant Ōgane Minoru
11th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Fujimoto Umejirō)
- No. 73 Lieutenant Commander Fujimoto Umejirō
- No. 72 Lieutenant Sasao Gennojō
- No. 74 Lieutenant Ōtawara Tōru
- No. 75 Lieutenant Kawai Taizō
20th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Kubo Kimata)
- No. 65 Lieutenant Commander Kubo Kimata
- No. 62 Lieutenant Tona Genzaburō
- No. 64 Lieutenant Tominaga Torajirō
- No. 63 Lieutenant Eguchi Kinma
1st Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Fukuda Masateru)
- No. 69 Lieutenant Commander Fukuda Masateru Lost in battle
- No. 70 Lieutenant Nangō Jirō
- No. 67 Lieutenant Nakamuta Takemasa
- No. 68 Lieutenant Teraoka Hyōgo

Special Duty Squadron

(Rear Admiral Ogura Byōichirō)

Special Duty Division
- Taichū Maru (Squadron Flagship) (Transport ship) Captain Matsumura Naoomi
- Amerika Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Ishibashi Hajime
- Sado Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Kamaya Tadamichi
- Shinano Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Narikawa Hakaru
- Manshū Maru (Dispatch boat) Commander Nishiyama Yasukichi
- Yawata Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Kawai Shōgo
- Tainan Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Takahashi Sukeichirō
- Kumano Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Asai Shōjirō
- Nikkō Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Kimura Kōkichi
- Kasuga Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Obana Sangō
- Taijin Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Arakawa Noriyuki
- Heijō Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Chayama Toyoya
- Keijō Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Hanafusa Yūshirō
- Ehime Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Yonemura Sueki
- Kōryū Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Karashima Masao
- Kōsaka Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Kawamura Tatsuzō
- Mukogawa Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Tachikawa Tsuneji
- 5th Uwajima Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Yonehara Sueo
- Kaijō Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Ishimaru Tōta
- Fusō Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Nakamura Kumazō
- Kantō Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Sata Naomichi
- Miike Maru (Armed merchantman) Commander Kunieda Katsusaburō
- Kōbe Maru (Hospital ship) Medical Inspector Ishikawa
- Seikyō Maru (Hospital ship) Medical Inspector Oota

Divisions outside of the Combined Fleet

Kure Naval District

5th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Ogawa Mizumichi)
- Fukuryū (Torpedo boat) Lieutenant Commander Ogawa Mizumichi
- No. 25 Lieutenant Moritsugu Kumashirō
- No. 26 Lieutenant Tanaka Yoshitarō
- No. 27 Lieutenant Nakayama Tomojirō

Takeshiki Guard District

16th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Wakabayashi Kin)
- Shirataka (Torpedo boat) Lieutenant Commander Wakabayashi Kin
- No. 66 Lieutenant Kakuta Kanzō
17th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Aoyama Yoshie)
- No. 34 Lieutenant Commander Aoyama Yoshie Lost in battle
- No. 31 Lieutenant Yamaguchi Sōtarō
- No. 32 Lieutenant Hitomi Saburō
- No. 33 Lieutenant Kawakita Kazuo
18th Torpedo-Boat Division (Lieutenant Commander Kawada Katsuji)
- No. 36 Lieutenant Commander Kawada Katsuji
- No. 60 Lieutenant Kishina Masao
- No. 61 Lieutenant Miyamura Rekizō
- No. 35 Lieutenant Soejima Murahachi Lost in battle

Russian Fleet (Second and Third Pacific Squadrons)

Battle Fleet

Flagship of the Imperial Russian Fleet, Battleship Knyaz Suvorov

First Division (Vice-Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky)
- Knyaz Suvorov (Fleet Flagship) (Borodino-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Vasily Ignatius
- Imperator Aleksandr III (Borodino-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Nikolai Bukhvostov
- Borodino (Borodino-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Pyotr Serebrennikov
- Oryol (Borodino-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Nikolay Yung
- Zhemchug (Izumrud-class protected cruiser) Captain 2nd rank Pavel Levitsky

Second Division (Captain 1st rank Vladimir Baer)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
- Oslyabya (Flagship) (Peresvet-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Vladimir Baer
- Sissoi Veliky (Battleship) Captain 1st rank Manuil Ozerov
- Navarin (Variant of Trafalgar-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Baron Bruno von Vietinghoff
- Admiral Nakhimov (Variant of Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser) Captain 1st rank Aleksandr Rodionov
- Izumrud (Izumrud-class protected cruiser) Captain 2nd rank Hans William von Fersen

Third Division (Rear-Admiral Nikolai Nebogatov)
- Imperator Nikolai I (Flagship) (Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship) Captain 1st rank Vladimir Smirnov
- General Admiral Graf Apraksin (Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defence ship) Captain 1st rank Nikolai Lishin
- Admiral Seniavin (Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship) Captain 1st rank Sergei Grogoryev
- Admiral Ushakov (Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship) Captain 1st rank Vladimir Miklukha
First Cruiser Division (Rear-Admiral Oskar Enkvist)
- Oleg (Flagship) (Bogatyr-class protected cruiser) Captain 1st rank Leonid Dobrotvorsky
- Aurora (Pallada-class protected cruiser) Captain 1st rank Evgeny Egoriev, Captain 2nd rank Arkady Nebolsin
- Dmitrii Donskoi (Armoured cruiser) Captain 1st rank Ivan Lebedev^[2]
- Vladimir Monomakh (Armoured cruiser) Captain 1st rank Vladimir Popov
Second Scouting Division
- Svetlana (Protected cruiser) Captain 1st rank Sergei Shein
- Ural (Armed merchant cruiser) Captain 2nd rank Mikhail Istomin

Destroyer Flotilla

First Destroyer Division
- Byedovy Captain 2nd rank Nikolai Baranov^[2]
- Bystryy Lieutenant Otto Theodor von Richter
- Buiny Captain 2nd rank Nikolai Kolomeytsev^[2]
- Bravyy Lieutenant Pavel Durnovo

Second Destroyer Division
- Blestyashchiy Captain 2nd Rank Aleksandr Shamov
- Gromky Captain 2nd rank Georgy Kern
- Grozny Captain 2nd rank Konstantin Andrzhievsky^[2]
- Bezuprechny Captain 2nd rank Iosif Matusevich II
- Bodryy Captain 2nd rank Pyotr Ivanov

Transport Squadron

Auxiliaries
- Almaz (Armed Yacht classified as 2nd class cruiser) Captain 2nd rank Ivan Chagin
- Anadyr (Transport/Merchant Ship) Captain 2nd rank Vladimir Ponomarev
- Irtuish (Transport/Merchant Ship) Captain 2nd rank Konstantin Egormyshev
- Kamchatka (Repair Ship) Captain 2nd rank Andrey Stephanov
- Koreya (Ammunition Ship) Captain 1st rank Bakanov
- Rus (Fleet Tug) Captain 1st rank V. V. Pernits
- Svir (Fleet Tug) Enisgn Gustav Rosenfeld
- Oryol (Hospital Ship) Captain 2nd rank Yakov Lakhmatov
- Kostroma (Hospital Ship) Colonel Nikolai Smelsky

Notes

↑ The Second Division's original Commander, 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)
1 2 3 4 Novikov-Priboy, Alexey Silych (1937). "Tsushima" (in Russian).

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[2] The Second Division's original Commander, Rear-Admiral Baron Dmitry von Fölkersam, had died of natural causes during the voyage.

[1] :日本海海戦における連合艦隊幹部(Combined Fleet Command for Battle of Tsushima)

[Novikov-3] 1 2 3 4 Novikov-Priboy, Alexey Silych (1937). "Tsushima" (in Russian).

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