Imperial Russian designers sometimes got the concept right, yet slow construction could make the completed ship obsolete. One contemporary criticism held that an 8,000-ton design could emerge above 9,000 or even 10,000 tons. Schedule delay, displacement growth, and cost overruns therefore eroded the value of an otherwise promising design. The nearby submerged-belt problem shows how excess weight could also defeat the intended protection scheme.
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Russian warship delays and displacement growth
Promising Russian warship designs could arrive obsolete, overweight, late, and over budget.