 Construction of Evstafi began on 13 July 1904 , well before the formal keel @-@ laying ceremony on 23 November 1904 . Progress was relatively quick , despite the disruptions caused by the 1905 Revolution , and she was launched on 3 November 1906 . Fitting @-@ out , however , was considerably delayed by a number of changes made as the navy digested the lessons of the Russo @-@ Japanese War and she was not completed until 28 May 1911 . Shortly after completion she ran aground off the Romanian port of Constanţa in October 1911 , but was only slightly damaged . 
