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 (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)
  • Sixth Division (Rear Admiral Tōgō Masamichi)
  • 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

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
  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)
  2. Novikov-Priboy, Alexey Silych (1937). "Tsushima" (in Russian).
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