The Russian battleship Poltava was launched in 1894, transferred to Port Arthur in 1901, and fought in the Russo-Japanese War, where she was heavily damaged in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and sunk by Japanese artillery during the Siege of Port Arthur in December 1904. After being raised and renamed Tango, she served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and participated in the Battle of Tsingtao during World War I. In 1916, she was sold back to Russia, renamed Chesma, and later captured by the British