An item referred to the Army and Naval Journal reporting that the building of the Russian battleships Pawel I (1) and Andrei Perwoswanny (2) was stopped due to the fact that the machinery was too large to be placed inside the hulls. A commissioned was ordered to investigate this problem. According to rumours occurred this same problem by the battleships Ioann Statoust (3) and Iefstafi (4) now being built at Black Sea shipyards.
Notes
1. Imperator Pavel I of the Andrei Pervozvanny-class. Building approved on 16 August 1903, baptized on 26 September 1903, actual building at the Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia started on 14 October 1904, ceremonial laid down was cancelled until her launching on 25 August 1907 and commissioned on 30 October 1911.
2. Andrei Pervozvanny of the Andrei Pervozvanny-class, building approved on 16 August 1903, baptized 22 August 1903, actual building at the Galeryni island Shipyard, St. Petersburg, Russia started on 2 March 1904, ceremonial laid down on 28 April 1905, launched on 7 October 1906, commissioned on 28 February 1911
3. Ioann Zlatoust of the Evstafi-class, laid down at Sevastolpol Shipyard, Sevastopol on 13 November 1904, launched on 13 May 1906 and commissioned on 1 April 1911.
4. Evstafi of the Evstafi-class, laid down at the Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard, Nikolayev on 23 November 1904, launched on 3 November 1906 and commissioned on 28 May 1911.
