Tsushima Strait order of battle

The fleets at the Battle of Tsushima, 27/28 May 1905.

First Squadron

 * First Division (Admiral Heihachirō Tōgō)
 * Mikasa (Flagship) (variant of Majestic-class battleship) Captain Hihajiro Ijichi
 * Shikishima (Shikishima-class battleship) Captain Izo Teregaki
 * Fuji (Fuji-class battleship) Captain Kazu Matsomoto
 * Asahi (Variant of Shikishima class) Captain Hikohachi Yamada
 * Kasuga (Kasuga-class armoured cruiser)
 * Nisshin (Kasuga-class armoured cruiser)
 * Tatsuta (Dispatch Vessel)


 * First Destroyer Division
 * Harusame (Harusame-class destroyer)
 * Fubuki (Harusame-class destroyer)
 * Ariake (Harusame-class destroyer)
 * Akatsuki (Ex-Russian destroyer Reshitel‘nyi)


 * Second Destroyer Division
 * Oboro (Ikazuchi-class destroyer)
 * Inazuma (Ikazuchi-class destroyer)
 * Ikazuchi (Ikazuchi-class destroyer)
 * Akebobo (Ikazuchi-class destroyer)


 * Ninth Torpedo-Boat Division
 * Aotaka (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)
 * Kari (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)
 * Tsubame (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)
 * Hato (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)


 * Third Division (Vice-Admiral Shigetō Dewa)
 * Kasagi (Kasagi-class protected cruiser) Captain Tanin Yamaya
 * Chitose (Kasagi-class protected cruiser)
 * Niitaka (Niitaka-class protected cruiser)
 * Otowa (variant of Niitaka-class protected cruiser)

Each carrying 8 x 100 lb Mines
 * Fourth Destroyer Division
 * Asagiri (Harusame-class destroyer)
 * Murasame (Harusame-class destroyer)
 * Shirakumo (Shirakumo-class destroyer)
 * Asahio (Shirakumo-class destroyer)

Second Squadron

 * Second Division (Vice-Admiral Hikonojō Kamimura)
 * Izumo (Flagship) (Izumo-class armoured cruiser)
 * Azuma (Armoured cruiser) Rokuro Yashiro
 * Tokiwa (Asama-class armoured cruiser) Captain Reijiro Kawashima
 * Yakumo (Armoured cruiser)
 * Asama (Asama-class armoured cruiser)
 * Iwate (Izumo-class armoured cruiser)
 * Chinaya (Dispatch Vessel)


 * Fifth Destroyer Division
 * Shiranui (Murakumo-class destroyer)
 * Murakumo (Murakumo-class destroyer)
 * Yugiri (Murakumo-class destroyer)
 * Kagero (Murakumo-class destroyer)


 * Third Destroyer Division
 * Shinonome (Murakumo-class destroyer)
 * Usugumo (Murakumo-class destroyer)
 * Kasumi (Akatsuki-class destroyer)
 * Sazanami (Ikazuchi-class destroyer)


 * Fourth Division (Rear-Admiral Sotokichi Uryu)
 * Naniwa (Naniwa-class protected cruiser)
 * Takachiho (Naniwa-class protected cruiser)
 * Akashi (Suma-class protected cruiser)
 * Tsushima (Niitaka-class protected cruiser)

Third Squadron

 * Fifth Division (Vice-Admiral Shichirō Kataoka)
 * Itsukushima (Flagship) (Matsushima-class protected cruiser)
 * Chin'en (Rebuilt ex-Chinese turret ship Zhenyuan)
 * Matsushima (Matsushima-class protected cruiser)
 * Hashidate (Matsushima-class protected cruiser)
 * Yaeyama (Dispatch Vessel)


 * Eleventh Torpedo-Boat Division
 * No. 73
 * No. 72
 * No. 74
 * No. 75


 * Sixth Division (Rear-Admiral Togo Masaji)
 * Suma (Suma-class protected cruiser)
 * Chiyoda (protected cruiser)
 * Akitsushima (2nd class protected cruiser)
 * Izumi (2nd class protected cruiser)


 * Tenth Torpedo-Boat Division
 * No. 43
 * No. 42
 * No. 40
 * No. 41


 * Fifteenth Torpedo Boat Division
 * Hibari (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)
 * Sagi (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)
 * Hashitaki (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)
 * Uzura (Hayabusa-class torpedo boat)

Battle Fleet

 * First Division (Vice-Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky)
 * Knyaz Suvorov (Flagship) (Borodino-class battleship) Captain Vasily V. Ignatsius
 * Imperator Aleksandr III (Borodino-class battleship) Captain Nikolai M. Bukhvostov
 * Borodino (Borodino-class battleship) Captain Petr. I. Serebrennikov
 * Oryol (Borodino-class battleship) Captain Nikolai V. Jung


 * Second Division (Rear-Admiral Baron Dmitry von Fölkersam - deceased before the battle)
 * Oslyabya (Peresvet-class battleship) Captain Vladimir I. Bir
 * Sissoi Veliky (Battleship) Captain Mikhail V. Oserov
 * Navarin (Variant of Trafalgar-class battleship) Captain Baron B.A. Fitingof
 * Admiral Nakhimov (Variant of Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser)


 * Third Division (Rear-Admiral Nikolai Nebogatov)
 * Imperator Nikolai I (Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship) Captain V. V. Smirnov
 * General Admiral Graf Apraksin (Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defence ship) Captain N. G. Liwin
 * Admiral Seniavin (Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship) Captain S. J. Grogoryev
 * Admiral Ushakov (Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship) Captain V.N. Miklukha-Maklai


 * Attached Cruisers
 * Zhemchug (Izumrud-class protected cruiser)
 * Izumrud (Izumrud-class protected cruiser)


 * First Cruiser Division
 * Oleg (Bogatyr-class protected cruiser)
 * Aurora (Pallada-class protected cruiser)
 * Dmitrii Donskoi (Armoured cruiser)
 * Vladimir Monomakh (Armoured cruiser)


 * Second Scouting Division
 * Svetlana (Protected cruiser)
 * Ural (Armed merchant cruiser)

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)