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
naval squadron
battleResultAtTsushima most major units sunk or captured
commander Zinovy Rozhestvensky
component auxiliary vessel
battleship
cruiser
destroyer
conflict Russo-Japanese War
country Russian Empire
crewNationality Russian
dateOfBattleOfTsushima 27 May 1905
28 May 1905
destination Port Arthur
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
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
surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō
partOf Baltic Fleet (Russian Empire)
surface form: Baltic Fleet
politicalConsequence diplomatic crisis with the United Kingdom
resultingEffect contributed to Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War
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
Indian Ocean
North Sea
South China Sea
around Cape of Good Hope
through the Strait of Malacca

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Zinovy Rozhestvensky commanded Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Knyaz Suvorov flagshipOf Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
this entity surface form: Second Pacific Squadron
Knyaz Suvorov fleet Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
this entity surface form: Second Pacific Squadron
Knyaz Suvorov partOf Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
this entity surface form: Russian Baltic Fleet (detached Second Pacific Squadron)
Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft commanded Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
subject surface form: Wilgelm Vitgeft
this entity surface form: Pacific Squadron of the Russian Imperial Navy