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Updated: May 28, 2025

Of the 37 ships all told that entered Tsushima Straits, only the following escaped: the cruisers Oleg, Aurora, and Jemschug reached Manila on June 3; a tug and a supply ship entered Shanghai, and another transport with plenty of coal went clear to Madagascar; only the fast cruiser Almaz and two destroyers made Vladivostok.

William Oliver Stevens - A History of Sea Power

Of the remaining twelve, three the small cruiser Almaz and the Grosny and Bravy, destroyers, succeeded in making their way to Vladivostock, while the remainder escaped to Manilla, Shanghai, and Madagascar, where with the exception of the auxiliary cruiser Anadyr, at Madagascar they were duly disarmed and interned.

Harry Collingwood - Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War