Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Tango" an shimfiɗa shi a matsayin jirgin yaƙi na Rasha "Poltava" (), na biyu daga cikin jiragen yaƙi na pre-dreadnought uku. An sanya jirgin zuwa Pacific Squadron jim kadan bayan kammalawarta kuma ya kasance a Port Arthur daga 1901. A lokacin yakin Russo-Japan, ya shiga cikin yakin Port Arthur kuma ya lalace sosai a lokacin yakin Yellow Sea. Jirgin ruwan Japan ya nutsar da shi a lokacin da aka kewaye Port Arthur a watan Disamba na 1904, IJN ya sake dawo da shi bayan yakin kuma daga bisani ya sake suna "Tango". A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I, ta yi ruwan bama-bamai a kan sansanonin Jamus a lokacin kewaye da Tsingtao
Ka yi haƙuri. Gwamnatin Japan ta sayar da "Tango" ga Rasha a 1916. An sake masa suna "Chesma" () kamar yadda aka ba da sunan da ta gabata ga sabon jirgin ruwa. Ma'aikatanta sun bayyana ga Bolsheviks a watan Oktoba na 1917, amma ba su ga wani aiki a cikin yakin basasa na Rasha ba saboda rashin lafiyarsa, kuma a ƙarshe an rushe shi a 1924.