| RUSSIAN. | JAPANESE. |
|---|---|
| 1st Armoured Squadron. | 1st Squadron. |
| Knyaz Suvoroff. (Flag.) | Mikasa. (Flag.) |
| Imperator Alexander. | Shikishima. |
| Borodino. | Fuji. |
| Orel. | Asahi. |
| Kasuga. | |
| Nisshin. | |
| 2nd Armoured Squadron. | 2nd Squadron. |
| Oslyabya. | Idzumo. |
| Sissoy Veliki. | Yakumo. |
| Navarin. | Asama. |
| Admiral Nakhimoff. | Adzuma. |
| Tokiwa. | |
| Iwate. | |
| 3rd Armoured Squadron. | |
| Imperator Nicolay. | |
| Admiral Senyavin. | |
| Admiral Apraxin. | |
| Admiral Ushakoff. | |
| CRUISERS | |
| Cruiser Squadron. | 3rd Squadron. |
| Oleg. | |
| Aurora. | 1st Division. |
| Dmitri Donskoy. | Itsukushima. |
| Vladimir Monomakh. | Matsushima. |
| Hasidate. | |
| Chin Yen. | |
| 2nd Division. | |
| Suma. | |
| Chiyoda. | |
| Idzumi. | |
| Akitsushu. | |
| 3rd Division. | |
| Kasagi | |
| Chitose. | |
| Otawa. | |
| Niitaka. | |
| 4th Division. | |
| Naniwa. | |
| Takachiho. | |
| Scout Division. | Tsushima. |
| Svietlana. | Akashi. |
| AUXILIARY CRUISERS. | |
| Almaz. | 16 Cruisers. |
| Ural. | |
| CRUISERS DETAILED FOR CO-OPERATION WITH TORPEDO-BOATS. | |
| Zemtchug. | Toyohashi. |
| Izumrud. | Maya. |
| Takao. | |
| Chihaya. | |
| Tatsuta. | |
| Uji. | |
| Yaeyama. | |
| Chokai. | |
| Yamato. | |
| Tsukushi. | |
| DESTROYERS AND TORPEDO-BOATS. | |
| 9 Destroyers. | 25 Destroyers. |
| 12 Torpedo-Boats, 1st Class. | |
| 55 Torpedo-Boats, 2nd Class. | |
| 18 Torpedo-Boats, 3rd Class. | |
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9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET.
FOOTNOTES
[1] These cruisers had no armour protection for their guns.
[2] All, except the naval transports carrying war stores, were left at Shanghai.—A.B.L.
[3] Evidently the Oslyabya was omitted by a printer’s error. She should come in as the fifth ship, i.e. after the Orel, and leading the 2nd armoured squadron.—A.B.L.
[4] Cruel irony! We were attempting to force our way through to our base, and had been ordered to take with us, if possible, everything in the way of materials and supplies that we might require, so as not to overtax it. The railway was only able with difficulty to supply the army, and we were under no circumstances to count upon its help.
[5] “Together” has a literal meaning: the ships all change direction simultaneously to the same side and at the same angle. By doing this they take up a new formation, parallel to their former line, and to starboard or to port of it, moving ahead or not according to the size of the angle of turning. Shortly after changing direction the order is again given to turn “together” at the same angle, but to the opposite side, and the ships thus find themselves once more in single column line ahead, but at some distance to starboard or to port of their original course.
“Together” is the direct opposite to “in succession,” when each ship changes direction as she comes to the spot in which the leading ship has turned—i.e. follows her.
[6] “Samotopy” literally “self-sinkers.”—A.B.L.