1907-10-02 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

London Times, 2 October 1907, p. 8: NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. (Excerpt) According to a Reuter telegram from St. Petersburg, Russ states that the Russian Admiralty has decided upon the construction at the Baltic Works of two battleships of 25,000 tons. The vessels are to be completed in two years, and their armament will include ten 12in. and six 8in. guns, while their crews will number over a thousand men each.