Bitrus ya koma Moscow a watan Nuwamba 1695 kuma ya fara gina babban sojojin ruwa.Ya kaddamar da jiragen ruwa kimanin talatin da Ottoman a shekara ta 1696, inda ya kama Azov a watan Yuli na wannan shekarar.A ranar 12 ga Satumbar 1698, Peter bisa hukuma ya kafa sansanin sojan ruwan Rasha na farko, Taganrog wanda ya zama Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Rasha.A lokacin Babban Yaƙin Arewa na 1700-1721, Rashawa sun gina jirgin ruwa na Baltic.Ginin jiragen ruwa na oared (gilashin jiragen ruwa) ya faru a cikin 1702-1704 a wurare da yawa na jiragen ruwa (Estuaries na kogin Syas, Luga da Olonka).Domin kare gabar tekun da aka ci da yaki da kuma kai hari kan hanyoyin sadarwa na ruwa na abokan gaba a cikin tekun Baltic, Rashawa sun kirkiro wani jirgin ruwa na ruwa daga jiragen ruwa da aka gina a Rasha da wasu da ake shigo da su daga ketare.