Kammala wannan jumla: A ƙarshen Mayu, Squadron na biyu na Pacific ya kasance a ƙarshen tafiya zuwa Vladivostok, yana ɗaukar gajeren hanya, mafi haɗari tsakanin Koriya da Japan, kuma yana tafiya da dare don kauce wa ganowa. Abin takaici ga 'yan Rasha, yayin da suke bin ka'idojin yaƙi, jiragen ruwa biyu na asibiti sun ci gaba da haskaka fitilun su, wanda jirgin ruwan Japan mai dauke da makamai mai suna "Shinano Maru" ya gani. An yi amfani da sadarwa mara waya don sanar da hedkwatar Togo, inda aka umarci Rundunar Sojan Ruwa da ta tashi nan da nan. Har yanzu suna karɓar rahotanni daga rundunonin leken asiri, Jafananci sun sami damar sanya jirginsu don "ƙetare "T" na jirgin ruwan Rasha. Jafananci sun yi yaƙi da Rasha a Tsushima Straits a ranar 27 zuwa 28 ga Mayu, 1905. Rundunar jiragen ruwa na Rasha sun kusan hallaka, sun rasa jiragen ruwa guda takwas, da ƙananan jiragen ruwa da yawa, da kuma mutane fiye da 5,000, yayin da Jafananci suka rasa jiragen ruwa uku da mutane 116. Jiragen ruwa uku ne kawai na Rasha suka tsere zuwa Vladivostok, yayin da wasu shida aka tsare su a tashar jiragen ruwa masu tsaka tsaki. Bayan yakin Tsushima, rundunar sojojin Japan da rundunar sojan ruwa
mamaye tsibirin Sakhalin don tilasta wa Rasha ta yi zaman lafiya.