Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet

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The Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet was a major Imperial Russian naval formation dispatched on a long voyage to the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War, culminating in its decisive defeat at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Russian Navy formation ⓘ
naval squadron ⓘ
battleResultAtTsushima most major units sunk or captured ⓘ
commander Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ
component auxiliary vessel ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
cruiser ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
conflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
crewNationality Russian ⓘ
dateOfBattleOfTsushima 27 May 1905 ⓘ
28 May 1905 ⓘ
destination Port Arthur ⓘ
Vladivostok ⓘ
endTime 1905 ⓘ
engagement Dogger Bank incident ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fate decisively defeated at the Battle of Tsushima ⓘ
flagship Knyaz Suvorov ⓘ
homePort Kronstadt ⓘ
incidentLocation Dogger Bank ⓘ
incidentWith British fishing vessels ⓘ
locationOfFormation Baltic Sea ⓘ
logisticalCharacteristic heavily dependent on foreign coaling stations ⓘ
longest major battleship voyage undertaken to that time ⓘ
mergedFormationName Combined Baltic Fleet squadron in the Far East ⓘ
mergedWith Third Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet ⓘ
mission reinforce Russian naval forces in the Far East ⓘ
namedAfter Pacific Ocean ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Tsushima ⓘ
opponent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opponentCommanderAtTsushima Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
linked to: Heihachiro Togo
partOf Baltic Fleet ⓘ
politicalConsequence diplomatic crisis with the United Kingdom ⓘ
resultingEffect contributed to Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
loss of Russian naval supremacy in the Far East ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
startTime 1904 ⓘ
strategicObjective break through to Vladivostok ⓘ
technologyLevel pre-dreadnought era warships ⓘ
voyageCharacteristic long-distance deployment from the Baltic to the Far East ⓘ
voyageRoute Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
around Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
through the Strait of Malacca ⓘ

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Zinovy Rozhestvensky → commanded → Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet ⓘ
Knyaz Suvorov → flagshipOf → Second Pacific Squadron ⓘ
linked to: Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Knyaz Suvorov → fleet → Second Pacific Squadron ⓘ
linked to: Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Knyaz Suvorov → partOf → Russian Baltic Fleet (detached Second Pacific Squadron) ⓘ
linked to: Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
Wilgelm Vitgeft → commanded → Pacific Squadron of the Russian Imperial Navy ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft
linked to: Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet