japanese naval training squadron, australian visit 1906. in march 1906 it was announced that the japanese naval training squadron, consisting again of the , and , would again be visiting australia. rear admiral shimamura was in command of the squadron. all three cruisers were fitted with marconi wireless telegraphy equipment. the squadron had left yokosuka, japan on 15 february and the tour schedule included korean ports, chinese ports, manila, thursday island (18 april to 20 april), townsville, melbourne (9 may to 17 may), sydney (21 may to 28 may), goode island (thursday island) (10 june), batavia, singapore, formosa, returning to yokosuka.