Some 70 men were able to abandon ship before she sank, but only three were alive when they were found 16 hours later. One man was rescued by a Japanese torpedo boat while the other two were rescued by a British merchant ship. The rest of her crew of 674 officers and enlisted men were lost. The rescued men had said that when they called out for help, they were fired on by Japanese torpedo boats. Notes Footnotes References External links Russian navy encyclopaedia Russo-Japanese War battleships of Russia 1891 ships Battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy Ships built at Admiralty Shipyard Maritime incidents in 1905 Shipwrecks in the Tsushima Strait Shipwrecks of the Russo-Japanese War