japanese naval training squadron, australian visit 1903. in march 1903 it was announced that the japanese naval training squadron, consisting of the , and , would be visiting australia. rear admiral kamimura was in command of the squadron. note that it was the practice of the squadron for the commander to regularly rotate ship to maximise training effectiveness for all crew, hence the flagship also would regularly rotate. all three cruisers were fitted with marconi wireless telegraphy equipment. the squadron had left yokosuka, japan on 15 february and the tour included hong kong, singapore, batavia, perth ("itsukushima", awaiting news of other two cruisers, 4 april to x april), onslow ("matsushima" and "hashidate", unscheduled due to damage to "matsushima" during cyclone, x april to x april), carnarvon (unscheduled due to cyclone dame & resultant need for recoaling, 19 april to 21 april), perth (22 april to 30 april), adelaide (7 may to 13 may), melbourne (16 may to 30 may), hobart (1 june to 2 june), sydney (5 june to 14 june), townsville (????), thursday island (1 july), manila, amoy, fusan, formosa, returning to yokosuka.