 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava dzehondo dzesimbi dzokutanga kwema1880 dzinoratidzira dzimba dzinoputika. France zvikurukuru yakasimudzira magadzirirwo acho, ichitsigira kuderedza uremu hwepadenga repamusoro, pamwe nokuita kuti ngarava ive yakakodzera kufamba mugungwa uye kugadzira nzvimbo huru. Chikepe cheFrance chakabvumirana kuvaka ngarava yehondo yepre-dreadnought Tsesarevich mumitsara yeFrance Jauréguiberry, iyo yakaendeswa kuRussia Imperial Navy munguva yekuti irwe seAdmiral Wilgelm Vitgefts flagship paHondo yeGungwa reMuchena musi wa10 Nyamavhuvhu 1904. Hondo yeRusso-Japanese yakaratidza kuti magadzirirwo engarava dzehondo dzomumba akanga akanaka kwazvo pakufamba kwemakiromita marefu, asi aigona kuva asina kugadzikana zvine ngozi apo kutendeseka kwemvura kwakaputsika. Makomo mana, ayo akanga avakwa muzvivako zveRussia kuTsesarevichgadziriro huru, akarwa musi wa 27 May 1905 paTsushima. Chokwadi chokuti matatu mana akarasika muhondo iyi zvakaguma nokurambidzwa kwegadziriro ye tumblehome muzvikepe zvehondo zvenguva yemberi kwechikamu chikuru chezana remakore rechi20. 