 Complete the following phrase:  The Petropavlovsk class, sometimes referred to as the Poltava class, was a group of three pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1890s. They were transferred to the Pacific Squadron shortly after their completion in 18991900 and were based at Port Arthur before the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 19041905. All three ships participated in the 