 The surviving Russian ships were spotted the next morning and the Japanese ships opened fire and stayed beyond the range at which the Russian ships could effectively reply . Rear Admiral Nikolai Nebogatov therefore decided to surrender his ships as he could neither return fire nor close the range . Well after Nebogatov 's surrender , the coast defense ship Admiral Ushakov was spotted well south of Nebogatov 's ships and Iwate and the armored cruiser , Yakumo , were tasked to pursue her . The Japanese ships demanded that the Russians surrender when they came within range , but her captain refused . Admiral Ushakov attempted to close the range to bring the Japanese cruisers within range of her guns , but they were fast enough to keep the range open and the Russian ship could not hit either of them . After about half an hour , Admiral Ushakov had been heavily damaged to bear and her commander ordered his crew to abandon ship and the scuttling charges detonated . Both Iwate and Izumo were struck several times during the battle , but neither was significantly damaged and casualties were light . After the battle , the division covered amphibious landings in northeastern Korea in July and August before the war ended . 
