Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Russo-Japan, jiragen ruwa uku na aji "Matsushima", a lokacin da ba su da bege, an sanya su a cikin rundunar ta 5 na ajiyar IJN 3rd Fleet), tare da irin wannan tsohon jirgin ruwa mai suna ironclad karkashin umurnin Admiral Shichiro Kataoka. Dukkansu suna nan a lokacin da aka kewaye Port Arthur, a yakin Yellow Sea
da kuma yakin Tsushima na karshe. Daga bisani aka sanya su zuwa IJN 4th Fleet, duk sun kasance wani ɓangare na flotilla wanda ya ba da kariya ga mamayewar Japan na Sakhalin.