'' Admiral Makarov '' was built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer , France . The ship was laid down in April 1905 , and she was launched on 28 May 1906 . '' Admiral Makarov '' was completed in April 1908 . The ship sailed for the Baltic on 27 May and reached Tallinn , Estonia on 11 June where she was assigned to the Baltic Fleet . A few months later , she returned to the Mediterranean and provided assistance to the survivor of the Messina earthquake in December . The ship then rejoined the Baltic Fleet , but she was transferred back to Mediterranean in 1910 where she represented the Russian Empire , together with the battleship , the armored cruiser , and the protected cruiser , at the coronation of Nicholas I of Montenegro in August 1910 . '' Admiral Makarov '' was back in the Baltic during 1911 and she made a port visit to Copenhagen in 1912 . The following year , the ship was one of a group of cruisers that visited Brest , France , the Isle of Portland in Great Britain , and Stavanger , Norway
Messina earthquake
1908 Messina earthquake
Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov