Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Tango" yakaiswa pasi sechikepe chehondo cheRussia "Poltava" (), chechipiri chevatatu pre-dreadnought battleships. Ngarava yacho yakapiwa kuPacific Squadron nokukurumidza pashure pokupedzwa kwayo uye yakavakirwa paPort Arthur kubva muna 1901. Munguva yeHondo yeRussia neJapan, akapinda muhondo yePort Arthur uye akakuvadzwa zvikuru muhondo yeGungwa reYellow. Yakanyura neJapan pfuti panguva yakatevera Siege of Port Arthur muna December 1904, iye refloated neIJN pashure pehondo uye gare gare akatumidzwa "Tango". Mukati meHondo Yenyika I, yakarova nhare dzeGermany munguva yeHondo Yenyika I.
Kukombwa kweTsingtao. Hurumende yeJapan yakatengesazve "Tango" kuvaRussia muna 1916. Yakapiwa zita rokuti "Chesma" () sezvo zita rayo rekare rakanga rakapiwa chikepe chitsva. Vashandi vake vakazivisa kuti vaBolshevik muna Gumiguru 1917, asi havana kuona chiito muHondo yeVanhu yeRussia nekuda kwechimiro chake chakaipa, uye pakupedzisira akazobviswa muna 1924.