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aircraft from her steel flight deck, which was 461 ft (140.5 m) long and 62 ft (18.9 m) wide. She continued to carry normal cargoes, with capacity about 90% of that pre-conversion, although this was restricted to crude oil to minimise the potential fire hazard. Only her aircrew
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603:Categories
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325:References
160:Complement
130:Propulsion
267:and 4752
138:one shaft
306:cannon.
284:Falmouth
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168:Armament
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74:Launched
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531:Ancylus
523:Amastra
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135:Diesel
106:Length
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192:Four
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148:Speed
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418:ISBN
374:2020
243:beam
179:8 ×
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