 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeRusso-Japanese Hondo, Fölkersam akagadzwa semutungamiriri we2nd battleship division ye2nd Pacific Squadron, iine hondo yehondo seye mureza. Chikwata ichi chakabva kuGungwa reBaltic musi wa15 Gumiguru 1904 pasi pehutungamiri hwaAdmiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky parwendo rwakapoteredza kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica, kuyambuka Indian Ocean uye kuchamhembe kuenda kuTsushima Strait mukuyedza kubvisa kurambidzwa kweJapan kwePort Arthur. Fölkersam akanga atova nechirwere chakakomba chegomarara. Rozhestvensky aiziva nezvemamiriro ezvinhu aFölkersam, uye apo ngarava dzakasvika kuTangier, akapa Fölkersahm kutungamira kwakazvimiririra kunosanganisira ngarava dzehondo shanu dzekare uye kutakura kwakawanda, izvo zvakapfuura neSuez Canal ndokusanganazve nemapoka makuru kuNossi Be muMadagascar. Zvisinei, Fölkersam akaremara kubva pakutanga kwaApril 1905. Musi waMay 24, 1905, nguva pfupi asati asvika kuGungwa reJapan, akafa. Rozhestvensky, ane hanya nemigumisiro yorufu rwaFölkersam pamwoyo, akarayira kuti nhau idzi dzichengetwe dzakavanzika kubva kuvashandi uye navamwe vose vechikepe. Mutumbi waFölkersam wakaiswa muchitoro chinotonhora chechikepe, uye mureza wake wakaramba uchibhururuka paOslyabya. Munguva yeHondo yeTsushima mazuva matatu gare gare, Oslyabya yakanga iri ngarava yokutanga kunyudzwa neImperial Japanese Navy, uye muviri waFölkersam wakanyura pamwe chete nengarava yake. 