The
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from ...
named at least five of its ships ''Retvizan''. The name comes from the Swedish ship of the line ''Rättvisan'' (meaning "The Justice") which the Russians captured at the
Battle of Vyborg Bay in 1790.
* - Ex-Swedish 62-gun ship of the line, sold in 1813.
* - 74-gun ship of the line, hulked in 1824 and broken up in 1833.
* - 74-gun ship of the line, hulked in 1852.
* - Steam-powered, 81-gun ship of the line, stricken in 1880.
* - Sunk in 1904 during the Siege of Port Arthur; salvaged and put into service by the Japanese as ''Hizen''. Sunk as a target in 1924.
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Russian Navy ship names