Turning now to the question of material of war, the story of the Russian naval squadrons in Far Eastern waters since the war commenced may be shown as follows in tabular form:
| Engaged | Sunk | Captured | Interned | Remaining | ||||||
Nature of Vessel |
No. | Displace- ment |
No. | Displace- ment |
No. | Displace- ment |
No. | Displace- ment |
No. | Displace- ment |
Battle- ships |
15 | 180,980 | 12 | 144,958 | 2 | 23,110 | 1 | 12,912 | . . | . . . . . . |
Armored cruisers |
7 | 63,533 | 5 | 38,979 | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . | 2 | 24,554 |
Sea going
coast defence iron-clads |
3 | 13,212 | 1 | 4,126 | 2 | 9,086 | . . | . . . . . . | . . | . . . . . . |
| Cruisers | 13 | 65,416 | 6 | 26,341 | . . | . . . . . . | 5 | 29,115 | 2 | 9,960 |
Other kinds,
excluding converted cruisers |
21 | 76,793 | 14 | 25,222 | 1 | 11,700 | 2 | 11,449 | *4 | 28,422 |
| Destroyers | 24 | 10,290 | 6 | 5,666 | 2 | 590 | 11 | 3,334 | 2 | 700 |
| Totals | 83 | 410,224 | 57 | 245,292 | 7 | 44,476 | 19 | 56,810 | 10 | 63,636 |
In this table torpedo boats, special service steamers, as well as converted cruisers, are not included, and the asterisk indicates that the number to which it is attached comprises some vessels whose fate is uncertain. Further, under the heading, "captured," only vessels taken in fight are shown, not those subsequently raised and added to the Japanese navy. The broad result is very striking; out of a total of 83 ships, with a displacement of 410,224 tons, sent by Russia into the war zone, only ten, with a displacement of 63,636 tons, remain in her fighting line. She has lost 73, representing 346,588 tons.
If a similar table is compiled for the Japanese navy the result is as follows:
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