Russian ship Tsesarevich

At least three ships of the Imperial Russian Navy have been named Tsesarevich after the Tsesarevich, the title of the male heir apparent.

Russian ship of the line Tsesarevich (1841) – 44-gun Speshnyi-class frigate that served with the Baltic Fleet; participated in the Crimean War and was hulked in 1858.
Russian ship of the line Tsesarevich (1857) – 135-gun steam-powered ship of the line that served with the Baltic Fleet; stricken in 1871.
Russian battleship Tsesarevich – pre-dreadnought battleship that participated in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I before she was scrapped in 1923–24.

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