Tsushima and the cost of taking a fleet across the world

The Royal Navy had to consider how to move a fleet between distant stations while keeping it protected along the way. The Russian deployment during the Russo-Japanese War offered a warning about the logistical compromises such a voyage could impose. In this interpretation, logistical difficulties had effectively defeated the Russian fleet before it reached Tsushima. The Russian commander improved his fleet's training and gunnery while overcoming the logistical demands of the voyage. Longer inherent range and deeper magazines offered other navies a way to reduce some of the same problems.