At least seven ships of the Imperial Russian Navy have been named Chesma () after the victory during the Battle of Chesma in 1770: – 11-gun galley renamed to commemorate the victory; destroyed by fire in 1796 – 80-gun ship of the line 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; hulked 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 captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Tsushima 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.