One problem among many was that Russia only had WW1 dreadnaught battle ships while Japan just built modern battleships. No match.
Another problem was that Russia had to send a single battleship all the way from the Baltic IIRC.
“One problem among many was that Russia only had WW1 dreadnaught battle ships while Japan just built modern battleships. No match.”
The war was in 1905, 9 years before world war one.
OOPS as it was pointed out I was wrong about the years involved but the Japanese did have an enormous advantage with their much newer navy.