JAPANESE NAVY
FIRST SQUADRON
Commander in chief-Vice-Admiral BARON G. IJUIN
Commander Vice-Admiral H. YAMADA
SECOND SQUADRON
Commander in chief - Vice-Admiral BARON S. Dewa
THIRD SQUADRON Commander-Rear-Admiral I. TERAGAKI
TRAINING SQUADRON
Commander-Rear-Admiral H. IJICHI
The ships in commission or launched consist of 13 battleships; 13 1st class cruisers; 9 2nd class cruisers; 8 3rd class cruisers; 2 1st class coast defence ships; 2 2nd class coast defence ships; 7 3rd class coast defence ships; 4 2nd class gun boats; 8 despatch boats; 2 torpedo depot ships; 55 destroyers; 77 torpedo-boats and 7 submarines. The following is a list of the larger vessels of the Fleet :-
Vessels
*Aki *Satsuma
Kashima
*Tsukuba
Katori
Asahi
Mikasa
Shikishima.
*Ibuki
*Ikoma
Iwami (Orel).
Hizen (Retizan)
Sagami (Peresviet)
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Indicated Number H. P. of Guns
Tons Displace. ment
19800 24000 28 19350 17300 28
16400 15600 41 13750 20500 34 15950 16000 39 14765 15207 50 15362 15207 58 14580 14700 58 14600 24000 31 13750 20500 34 13516 16500 56 12700 16000 36 12674 14500 58 12674 14500 58 12649 13687 38 10960 11000 56 9826 14700 38 9826 14700 38 9885 18248 38 9885 18248 38 9594 8000 34
Kasuga Nisshin
Vessels
Anegawa (Angara) Tsugaru (Pallada) Soya (Varyag)....
Itsukushima *Hashidate..
Tons Displace-
ment
7700
Indicated Number Indicated
H. P. of Guns-
14696 35 7700 14696 36 11700 12500
6630 11600 34
6500 20000 30
Mishima (Seniavin) Kasagi Chitose
4960 6000 22
5503 17235 30
4992 15714 30
4278 5400 34
4278 5400 34
Okinoshima Apraxine
Naniwa.
4126 6000 29
Takachiho
20 3709
7604 3709 7604 20
Suo (Pobieda)
*Niitaka
3420 9400
20
Fuji
*Tsushima
3420 $400
20
Tango (Poltava)
*Akitsushima
3172 8516
20
Iwate
Suzuya, (Novic)
3000
6000
19
Idzumo
*Otowa
3000 10000
14
Asama
Idzumi
2967 5576
16
Tokiwa
*Akashi
2800 8000
24
Iki (Nicolai)
*Suma
2700 8500
20
Yakumo
9735 15500 36
Chiyoda
2439 5678
27
Adzuma
Aso (Bayan) Chinyen
9426 16600 36 *Mogami...
1350 8000
7800 17000 34
*Yayeyama
1609 5400
9
7335 6000 20
The ships with names in italics against them are ships captured from the Russians. An asterisk indicates that the ships were built in Japanese yards.