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Battle of Tsushima

Battle of Tsushima was a naval engagement fought in 1905 at Tsushima Strait, in what is now Japan. It was part of the Russo-Japanese War, which ran from 1904 to 1905. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Fought1905
WhereTsushima Strait, Japan34.450N, 130.150E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstRussian Empire
Part ofRusso-Japanese War1904 to 1905

Where it sits in the Russo-Japanese War

Bombardment of Vladivostok, 1904Battle of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904Battle of Yalu River, 1904Battle of Nanshan, 1904Battle of Te-li-Ssu, 1904Hitachi Maru Incident, 1904Battle of Motien Pass, 1904Battle of Tashihchiao, 1904Battle of Hsimucheng, 1904Siege of Port Arthur, 1904Battle of the Yellow Sea, 1904Battle off Ulsan, 1904Battle of Korsakov, 1904Battle of Liaoyang, 1904Battle of Shaho, 1904Raid on Yingkou, 1905Battle of Sandepu, 1905Battle of Mukden, 1905Battle of Tsushima, 1905Japanese invasion of Sakhalin, 190519041905Battle of Tsushima, 1905
21 placed engagements of the Russo-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1905 (year precision)
to 1905
PlaceTsushima Strait, Japan
34.450N, 130.150E
KindNaval engagement, nineteenth century
Commanders
  • Tōgō Heihachirō
  • Kamimura Hikonojō
  • Kataoka Shichirō
  • Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Battle of TsushimaBattle of TsushimaBattle off UlsanBattle of AshiyauraBattle of Iki (1274)Siege of TachibanaSiege of Tachibanayama CastleBattle off UlsanBattle of AshiyauraBattle of Iki (1274)Siege of TachibanaSiege of Tachibanayama CastleBusanUlsanŌitaChangwon100 km34.450N, 130.150E
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Battle of Tsushima is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 604 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q208127, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tsushima, revision 1384652403, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.