▁ ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁morning , ▁but ▁the ▁Japanese ▁were ▁more ▁intent ▁on ▁loc ating ▁the ▁main ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁fleet ▁than ▁attack ing ▁a ▁single ▁isolated ▁ship . ▁Admir al ▁U sh akov ▁was ▁then ▁sp otted ▁at ▁ 1 4 : 1 0 , ▁well ▁after ▁Neb og at ov ' s ▁surrender , ▁by ▁Sh im am ura ▁who ▁received ▁permission ▁to ▁purs ue ▁her ▁with ▁I w ate ▁and ▁Y ak um o . ▁They ▁caught ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁Russian ▁ship ▁at ▁ 1 7 : 0 0 ▁and ▁demanded ▁her ▁surrender . ▁Admir al ▁U sh akov ▁attempted ▁to ▁close ▁the ▁range ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁Japanese ▁cru is ers ▁within ▁range ▁of ▁her ▁guns , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁fast ▁enough ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁range ▁open ▁and ▁the ▁Russian ▁ship ▁never ▁hit ▁either ▁one . ▁After ▁about ▁half ▁an ▁hour , ▁Admir al ▁U sh akov ▁was ▁listing ▁heavily ▁enough ▁that ▁her ▁guns ▁could ▁not ▁elev ate ▁enough ▁to ▁bear ▁and ▁her ▁commander ▁ordered ▁his ▁crew ▁to ▁abandon ▁ship ▁and ▁the ▁sc utt ling ▁charges ▁det on ated . ▁The ▁ship ▁s ank ▁in ▁three ▁minutes ▁and ▁ 1 2 ▁officers ▁and ▁ 3 2 7 ▁crew men ▁were ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese . ▁Between ▁them , ▁Y ak um o ▁and ▁I w ate ▁fired ▁ 8 9 ▁eight - ▁and ▁ 2 7 8 ▁six - inch ▁shell s ▁during ▁the ▁eng agement . ▁I w ate ▁was ▁struck ▁ 1 7 ▁times ,