Russian and French shipyards building for Russian navy large number of destroyers and an armoured cruiser according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1905-1906 no. 4

An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht reporting that the Russian government ordered at the French shipyards Forges etc Chantiers de la Méditerranée one armoured cruiser of the Bayan type and 2 destroyers. Russian shipyards were building 18-500 ton destroyers with a speed of 25 miles.