Knyaz Suvorov

After suffering battleship losses during the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Navy needed new warships. The characteristics of battleships Dreadnought and Michigan, which were under construction at that time, became known in 1906, so the Russian Admiralty considered building ships that would be on a par with them in terms of firepower. A preliminary design project of an armorclad with a displacement of 22,000 tons was developed in September 1907. The ship had ten 305 mm guns housed in five twin-gun turrets, fourteen 120 mm secondary guns, a 203 mm-thick main armored belt, and a cruising speed of 22 knots.