An item dated St. Petersburg, Russia 23rd reported that the Russian cabinet accepted the proposals of a firm from Hamburg, Germany to built 20.000 tons battleships with a speed of 21,5 miles and a main armament of 12” guns.(1)
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.
