London Times, 7 June 1909, p. 5: RUSSIA./THE FOUR DREADNOUGHTS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 6. According to the Novoe Vremya large orders have been placed by a Russian syndicate with an English shipbuilder. The four Dreadnoughts which are to be laid down in St. Petersburg on June 17 will be constructed under the supervision of British engineers.
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