at nightfall, the japanese torpedo boats engaged the surviving russian warships and the cruiser claimed to have sunk one of her attackers at 8:25 p.m. "vladimir monomakh", mistaking one of her attackers for a russian destroyer, was hit around 8:40 by a single torpedo which ruptured her hull near the no. 2 coal bunker, but sank the torpedo boat. the damage was severe but her crew kept her afloat and her engines operational, although she continued to take on water. the next morning, however, "vladimir monomakh" headed towards tsushima island and began to unload her wounded into her surviving boats. captain vladimir aleksandrovich popov gave the order to abandon ship, and ordered the seacocks to be opened to scuttle the vessel rather than surrender it to the japanese. the ship sank at 10:20 a.m. and the crew was captured by the japanese auxiliary cruisers and . "vladimir monomakh" was officially removed from the navy list on 28 september 1905.