French minister of navy stated that fitting out battleships with turbines would delay their building according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1906-1907 no. 7

An item referred to a statement of the French minister of navy Thomson (1) who stated for the Navy Commission of the parliament during the budget discussions for 1906 that 3 of the six battleships allowed to built that year were to be fitted out with turbine machinery despite it would delay the building.

Note
1. Gaston Thomson (29 January 1848 Oran, French Algeria-14 May 1932, Bône, Algeria), minister of navy 24 January 1905-22 October 1908.