An item dated St. Petersburg, Russia 22nd reported that the financial commission of the Russian State Council again approved a budget of 11 million rubles needed for the building of new battleships.
Note
1. The 24.900 tons Gangut-class battleships built at Russian shipyards between 1909-1914, consisting of the Gangut, Petropavlovsk, Sevastopol and Poltava. The international design contest was win by the German ship Blohm un Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
