Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
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The Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a major Imperial Russian naval formation dispatched on a long voyage to the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War, culminating in its decisive defeat at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Russian Navy formation
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naval squadron ⓘ |
| battleResultAtTsushima | most major units sunk or captured ⓘ |
| commander | Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ |
| component |
auxiliary vessel
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battleship ⓘ cruiser ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| conflict | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| crewNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| dateOfBattleOfTsushima |
27 May 1905
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28 May 1905 ⓘ |
| destination |
Port Arthur
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Vladivostok ⓘ |
| endTime | 1905 ⓘ |
| engagement | Dogger Bank incident ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | decisively defeated at the Battle of Tsushima ⓘ |
| flagship | Knyaz Suvorov ⓘ |
| homePort | Kronstadt ⓘ |
| incidentLocation | Dogger Bank ⓘ |
| incidentWith | British fishing vessels ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| logisticalCharacteristic |
heavily dependent on foreign coaling stations
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longest major battleship voyage undertaken to that time ⓘ |
| mergedFormationName | Combined Baltic Fleet squadron in the Far East ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Third Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet ⓘ |
| mission | reinforce Russian naval forces in the Far East ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Tsushima ⓘ |
| opponent | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| opponentCommanderAtTsushima |
Heihachiro Togo
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surface form:
Tōgō Heihachirō
|
| partOf |
Baltic Fleet (Russian Empire)
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surface form:
Baltic Fleet
|
| politicalConsequence | diplomatic crisis with the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| resultingEffect |
contributed to Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
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loss of Russian naval supremacy in the Far East ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ |
| startTime | 1904 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | break through to Vladivostok ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | pre-dreadnought era warships ⓘ |
| voyageCharacteristic | long-distance deployment from the Baltic to the Far East ⓘ |
| voyageRoute |
Atlantic Ocean
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Indian Ocean ⓘ North Sea ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ around Cape of Good Hope ⓘ through the Strait of Malacca ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Second Pacific Squadron
this entity surface form:
Second Pacific Squadron
this entity surface form:
Russian Baltic Fleet (detached Second Pacific Squadron)
subject surface form:
Wilgelm Vitgeft
this entity surface form:
Pacific Squadron of the Russian Imperial Navy