Russian ship Chesma

At least seven ships of the Imperial Russian Navy have been named Chesma (Чесма) after the victory during the Battle of Chesma in 1770:
 * RUSSIAN GALLEY Chesma – 11-gun galley renamed to commemorate the victory; destroyed by fire in 1796
 * RUSSIAN SHIP OF THE LINE Chesma – 80-gun ship of the line that participated in the Battle of Patras in 1772; scrapped in 1781
 * RUSSIAN SHIP OF THE LINE Chesma – 74-gun ship of the line; broken up 1828
 * RUSSIAN SHIP OF THE LINE Chesma – 84-gun ship of the line of the Black Sea Fleet; hulked after 1841
 * RUSSIAN SHIP OF THE LINE Chesma – 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
 * RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Chesma – Ekaterina II-class battleship of the Black Sea Fleet; stricken in 1907
 * RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Poltava – Petropavlovsk-class battleship predreadnought battleship captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. Renamed RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP Chesma 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.