Japanese battleship Tango
- Japanese battleship Tango
"Tango" (丹後) was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. She was built as the Russian "Petropavlovsk"-class battleship "Poltava", and was commissioned into the Imperial Russian Navy in 1898. She was one of three ships in her class: her sister ships "Petropavlovsk" and "Sevastopol" were both sunk during the Russo-Japanese War.
History
The "Poltava" fought in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, but failed to escape and was scuttled during the Siege of Port Arthur. Salvaged after the war in October 1905, she was refloated, repaired, and taken into service in the Imperial Japanese Navy as the "Tango", taking her name from the ancient Japanese province of Tango, now a part of Kyoto-fu.On 28 August 1912, the "Tango" was re-classified as a 1st class Coastal Defence Vessel.
During World War I, Japan and Russia became allies, and the "Tango" was returned to the Russian navy on 4 April 1916, where she was renamed the "Chesma", and transferred to the Arctic. Captured by the British during the Allied invasion of northern Russia during the Russian Civil War and damaged beyond repair, she was scrapped in 1923.
References
* Gibbons, Tony: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers"
* Burt, R.A.: "Japanese Battleships, 1897–1945"
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