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On 27 and 28 May 1905 the Japanese fleet of Admiral Togo Heihachiro met the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Tsushima Strait and destroyed it. The Russians had sailed some 18,000 miles from the Baltic over seven months to reach the fight.
In two days of superior gunnery and maneuver, most of the Russian ships were sunk or captured.1
Our article on the Battle of Tsushima covers the voyage and the battle. › Battle of Tsushima, 1905
It was fought on 27 to 28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait between Korea and Japan, during the Russo-Japanese War.
The Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo Heihachiro against the Russian Baltic Fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky.
Japan won an overwhelming victory, destroying or capturing almost the entire Russian fleet for very light losses.
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