She was launched earlier than even Gangut (Gangut was laid down first). She was completed after all three of them though. But only a matter of months after Warspite and Gangut. Kongo was finished over a year earlier.

Spiko and Bongou expected a dignified lady or a stereotypical Italian granny. They got a lolibaba instead.

Shebadotfr said:

Spiko and Bongou expected a dignified lady or a stereotypical Italian granny. They got a lolibaba instead.

Which reminds me: there aren't that many shipgirls who seem to be past their twenties, aren't there?