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New Vessel for
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544:New Train Ferry for Harwich-Zebrugge Service
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719:"NORFOLK FERRY - IMO 5255985"
597:(in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg
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448:IMO numbers
338:Description
320:train ferry
252:3,157
243:Train ferry
173:Yard number
915:1951 ships
909:Categories
885:Saint Eloi
493:References
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214:IMO number
200:April 1983
837:Vortigern
683:The Times
668:The Times
653:The Times
487:Ouwerkerk
470:in 1979.
441:Dunkerque
418:North Sea
402:Zeebrugge
351:Clydebank
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137:Dunkerque
132:(1951–67)
130:Zeebrugge
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414:Tagomago
181:Launched
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135:Harwich–
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390:Harwich
381:History
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249:Tonnage
218:5255985
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464:Dublin
412:yacht
410:German
356:Sulzer
318:was a
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268:Length
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304:Speed
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