 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Kureba kwerwendo rweBaltic Fleet kwaireva kuti Admiral Togo ainyatsoziva nezvekufambira mberi kweBaltic Fleet, uye akaronga kusangana nayo isati yasvika pachiteshi kuVladivostok. Akadzibata muTsushima Strait pakati peKorea neJapan, mangwanani-ngwanani aMay 27, 1905. Kunyange zvazvo zvikepe zvose zvehondo zvaiva pamwero wakaenzana maererano nekunyanya kwemazuva ano mune zvombo zvehondo, nemagadzirirwo eBritish ehondo achimiririra Imperial Japanese Navy, uye kunyanya maFrench mazano ari kufarirwa nemauto eRussia; yakanga iri ruzivo rwekurwa kuti Togo yakanga yawana muhondo dzezvikepe zve1904 zvePort Arthuruye Gungwa reYellow, izvo zvakamupa muganhu pamusoro peasina kuongororwa Admiral Rozhestvensky panguva yeHondo yeTsushima musi waMay 27. Pakupera kwezuva musi wa 27 Chivabvu, dzinenge ngarava dzehondo dzaRozhestvensky dzakanyudzwa, kusanganisira ngarava yake huru, ; uye zuva rakatevera, Admiral Nebogatov, uyo akanga abvisa Rozhestvensky nekuda kwekukuvara kwake, akaendesa zvakasara zvechikepe kuna Admiral Togo. 