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)

Second Squadron

(Vice Admiral Kamimura Hikonojō)

  • Second Division (Rear Admiral Shimamura Hayao)
  • Fourth Division (Vice Admiral Uryū Sotokichi)
  • Fourth Destroyer Division (Commander Suzuki Kantarō)
    • Asagiri (Harusame-class destroyer) Major Iida Nobutarō
    • Murasame (Harusame-class destroyer) Major Kobayashi Kenzō
    • Shirakumo (Shirakumo-class destroyer) Major Kamata Masamichi
    • Asashio (Shirakumo-class destroyer) Major Nanri Dan-ichi
  • Fifth Destroyer Division (Major Hirose Juntarō)
    • Shiranui (Murakumo-class destroyer) Captain Kuwashima Shōzō
    • Murakumo (Murakumo-class destroyer) Major Shimanouchi Kanta
    • Yugiri (Murakumo-class destroyer) Major Tashiro Miyoharu
    • Kagero (Murakumo-class destroyer) Lieutenant Yoshikawa Yasuhira
  • 9th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • Aotaka (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant 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
    • Kamome (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Matsuoka Shūzō
    • Õtori (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Õtani Kōshirō
    • Kiji (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Lieutenant Kanzai Uemon

Third Squadron

(Vice Admiral Kataoka Shichirō)

  • Fifth Division (Rear Admiral Taketomi Kunikane)
    • Hashidate (Flagship) (Matsushima-class protected cruiser) Captain Fukui Masayoshi
    • Itsukushima (Matsushima-class protected cruiser) Captain Tsuchiya Tamotsu
    • Chin'en (Rebuilt ex-Chinese turret ship Zhenyuan) Captain Imai Kanemasa
    • Matsushima (Matsushima-class protected cruiser) Captain Okumiya Mamoru
    • Yaeyama (Dispatch Vessel) Major Nishiyama Sanechika
  • Sixth Division (Rear Admiral Tōgō Masamichi)
  • Seventh Division (Rear Admiral Yamada Hikohachi)
    • Fusō (Flagship) (Ironclad cruiser) Captain Nagai Gunkichi
    • Takao (Unprotected cruiser) Captain Yashiro Yoshinori
    • Tsukushi (Unprotected cruiser) Major Tsuchiyama Tetsuzō
    • Chōkai (Maya-class gunboat) Major Ushida Jūzaburō
    • Maya (Maya-class gunboat) Major Fujita Sadaichi
    • Uji (Gunboat) Lieutenant Kaneko Mitsuyoshi
  • 15th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • Hibari (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat) Major 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
    • No. 43 Captain Õtaki Michisuke
    • No. 40 Lieutenant Nakahara Yahei
    • No. 41 Major Mizuno Hironori
    • No. 39 Lieutenant Õgane Minoru
  • 11th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • No. 73 Captain Fujimoto Umejirō
    • No. 72 Lieutenant Sasao Gennojō
    • No. 74 Lieutenant Õtawara Tōru
    • No. 75 Lieutenant Kawai Taizō
  • 20th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • No. 65 Captain Kubo Kimata
    • No. 62 Lieutenant Tona Genzaburō
    • No. 64 Lieutenant Tominaga Torajirō
    • No. 63 Lieutenant Eguchi Kinma
  • 1st Torpedo-Boat Division
    • No. 69 Major 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 (Flagship) (Transport ship) Captain Matsumura Naoomi
    • Amerika Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Ishibashi Hajime
    • Sado Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Kamaya Chūdō
    • Shinano Maru (Armed merchantman) Captain Narukawa Hakaru
    • Manshū (Dispatch boat) Major Nishiyama Yasukichi
    • Other ships: Yawata Maru, Tainan Maru, Kumano Maru, Nikkō Maru, Kasuga Maru, Taijin Maru, Heijō Maru, Keijō Maru, Ehime Maru, Kōryū Maru, Kōsaka Maru, Mukogawa Maru, 5th Uwajima Maru, Kaijō Maru, Fusō Maru, Kantō Maru, Miike Maru

 

Divisions outside of the Combined Fleet

Kure Naval District

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

Takeshiki Guard District

  • 16th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • Shirataka (Torpedo boat) Lieutenant Wakabayashi Kin
    • No. 66 Lieutenant Kakuta Kanzō
  • 17th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • No. 34 Lieutenant Aoyama Yoshie Lost in battle
    • No. 31 Lieutenant Yamaguchi Sōtarō
    • No. 32 Lieutenant Hitomi Saburō
    • No. 33 Lieutenant Kawakita Kazuo
  • 18th Torpedo-Boat Division
    • No. 36 Lieutenant 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

Destroyer Flotilla
  • First Destroyer Division
    • Byedovy
    • Buiny
    • Bravy
    • Buistry
  • Second Destroyer Division
    • Blestyashchy
    • Bezuprechny
    • Bodry
    • Gromky
    • Grozny

Transport Squadron
  • Auxiliaries
    • Almaz (Armed Yacht classified as 2nd class cruiser)
    • Anadyr (Transport/Merchant Ship)
    • Irtuish (Transport/Merchant Ship)
    • Kamchatka (Repair Ship)
    • Koreya (Ammunition Ship)
    • Rus (Fleet Tug)
    • Svir (Fleet Tug)
    • Oryol (Hospital Ship)
    • Kostroma (Hospital Ship)

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