CHAPTER VI

4 P.M., fleets lose each other--5 P.M., Russian fleet steams northwards--Passes the _Suvoroff_--The _Borodino_ leads--The _Alexander_ heeling over-- Torpedo-boats ahead!--The _Buiny_--Admiral to be transferred--Attempts to collect the Staff--Death of all hands below--No boats available--Difficulty of the undertaking--Rozhdestvensky put aboard--The _Buiny_ steams off--Description of the flag-ship--The Admiral’s condition--Nebogatoff in command--Sinking of the _Alexander_--Overtaking the fleet--Sinking of the _Oslyabya_--Also of the _Borodino_--End of the _Suvoroff_ 136–162

COMPOSITION OF THE OPPOSING FLEETS 163

DIAGRAM OF MOVEMENTS _At end._

TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE HEROES WHO PERISHED!

THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

In memory of the _Suvoroff_!