At least seven ships of the
Imperial Russian Navy have been named ''Chesma'' (russian: Чесма) after the victory during the
Battle of Chesma in 1770:
* – 11-gun
galley
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renamed to commemorate the victory; destroyed by fire in 1796
* – 80-gun
ship of the line
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that participated in the
Battle of Patras in 1772; scrapped in 1781
* – 74-gun ship of the line; broken up 1828
* – 84-gun ship of the line of the
Black Sea Fleet
Chernomorskiy flot
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, caption = Great emblem of the Black Sea fleet
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;
hulk
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ed after 1841
* – 84-gun ship of the line that fought in the
Battle of Sinop in 1853 and was scuttled at Sevastopol two years later during the
Crimean War
* – of the Black Sea Fleet; stricken in 1907
* –
predreadnought battleship
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captured by the Japanese during the
Battle of Tsushima
The Battle of Tsushima (Japanese:対馬沖海戦, Tsushimaoki''-Kaisen'', russian: Цусимское сражение, ''Tsusimskoye srazheniye''), also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait and the Naval Battle of Sea of Japan (Japanese: 日 ...
in 1905. Renamed when she was purchased from Japan during
World War I as her original name had been given to a new battleship; broken up in 1924.
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Russian Navy ship names