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Ex Russian ships taken or salvaged by Japanese forces in 1905. Many of these battleships and smaller vessels were taken at the Battle of Tsushima. |
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Sagami (ex - Russian Peresviet) | Japanese hands 2nd January 1905 | Sunk in Port Arthur as Peresviet 6th December 1904. Salvaged June 1905 by Japanese. Returned to Russians and renamed Peresviet 1916. Sunk 4th January 1917 |
Suo (ex - Russian Pobieda) | Japanese hands 2nd January 1905 | Sunk in Port Arthur as Pobieda 7th December 1904. Salvaged October 1905 by Japanese to serve as training ship. Broken Up after 1946 |
Hizen (ex - Russian Retvizan) | Japanese hands 2nd January 1905 | Sunk at moorings as Retvizan. Raised 22nd September 1905 by Japanese. Disarmed and stricken 1923. Sunk as target July 1924. |
Tango (ex - Russian Poltava) | Japanese hands 2nd January 1905 | Sunk as Poltava, 5th December 1904, raised at Port Arthur and fell into Japanese hands. Training ship 1909. Returned to Russia 1916, renamed Poltava. Renamed Tchesma 1917, Broken Up 1923. |
Iki (ex - Russian Imperator Nikolai I) | Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905 | Gunnery training ship 1905 - 1910, coast defence ship 1910 - 1915. Stricken 1st May 1915. Sunk as target by Kongo and Hiei. |
Iwami (ex - Russian Orel) | Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905 | Taken at the Battle of Tsushima by Japanese. Disarmed April 1922 and stricken 1st September 1922. Sunk as target July 1924 |
Mishima (ex - Russian Admiral Ushakov) | Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905 | Damaged by ammunition explosion and repaired 1907. Stricken 1928. Sunk as target 1936. |
Okinoshima (ex - Russian coast defence ship General Admiral Apraxin) | Taken at Battle of Tsushima, 28th May 1905 | Training ship 1905 - 1915, disarmed and used as an accommodation ship 1915. Stricken and hulked 1922, Broken Up 1939. |
Hizen |
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Tango c.1907 |
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Mishima, c.1905 |
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Okinoshima |
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