An item dated Batavia, Dutch East Indies 21th reported that the budget commission of the Russian Doema disapproved the budget needed for building new battleships. The Doema demanded a reorganisation of the navy and that fleet program were to be approved by law, now and in the future.(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.
