The ship found herself between the two fleets at 16:08 and was fired at by most of the Japanese ships at short range. Observers aboard those ships noted that she resembled "an island volcano in eruption". "Mikasa" fired two torpedoes and "Shikishima" fired one torpedo at "Knyaz Suvorov" during this time without effect. Captain William C. Pakenham, the Royal Navy's official military observer aboard "Asahi" under the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, noted that "Knyaz Suvorov" was hit by a 12-inch shell near the rear 6-inch turret around 16:30 that caused an explosion and caused flames to spout in the air. At 17:05 the 4th Destroyer Division attacked with three destroyers; only one of the six torpedoes hit "Knyaz Suvorov". The ship immediately took on a 10° list, but showed no signs of sinking. One shell from "Knyaz Suvorov" struck the destroyer , but did not inflict much damage.