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1561:23 November
1505:23 November
1475:"No. 36634"
1407:"No. 36572"
1387:"No. 36561"
1331:"No. 36390"
1311:"No. 36169"
1291:"No. 35648"
1271:"No. 35407"
1236:"No. 34925"
1171:in May 1944
1022:Description
687:Type IX/C40
598:Captain (D)
358:battleship
187:(1943–1944)
182:(1943–1944)
174:(1941–1942)
169:(1941–1942)
161:(1933–1935)
92:9 July 1944
79:3 June 1896
61:Nickname(s)
1796:Categories
1776:Walker, RN
1724:Walker, RN
1224:required.)
1180:References
977:Tom Murphy
837:Lend-Lease
796:Woodpecker
624:Max Horton
613:Black Swan
560:, and two
536:which was
503:) and six
333:midshipman
315:Royal Navy
283:Royal Navy
262:Three Bars
230:Three Bars
120:Royal Navy
106:Allegiance
75:1896-06-03
1579:FJ Walker
1139:Atlantic.
1039:Commander
944:Pier Head
915:Successes
884:(sonar).
854:sank the
845:HMS
828:Milwaukee
826:USS
820:U.S. Navy
801:Admiralty
794:HMS
712:HMS
588:HMS
517:Gibraltar
505:corvettes
492:HMS
462:. He was
426:When the
389:commander
383:, on the
323:Dartmouth
275:and some
267:Frederick
177:HMS
164:HMS
156:HMS
148:HMS
129:1909–1944
101:, England
84:, England
64:"Johnnie"
1535:9 August
992:Starling
949:Hesperus
874:Murmansk
852:Starling
727:Starling
714:Parthian
663:type XIV
641:Starling
607:Starling
590:Starling
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547:Audacity
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460:Brittany
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400:Shoreham
344:Sarpedon
311:Plymouth
179:Starling
158:Falmouth
144:Commands
114:Service/
82:Plymouth
1089:Captain
1082:to the
1069:forces.
899:Methods
557:Stanley
476:Bittern
448:Dunkirk
432:captain
394:Shikari
361:Valiant
338:Mermaid
269:in the
243:Captain
150:Shikari
138:Captain
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963:Legacy
847:Diadem
833:Russia
803:. The
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634:Tannoy
615:-class
566:Allied
524:U-boat
509:Bootle
488:sloops
480:sloop
478:-class
456:France
416:Osprey
404:sloop
402:-class
380:Osprey
356:-class
260:&
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218:Awards
153:(1933)
116:branch
1168:U-473
1045:staff
923:Death
882:ASDIC
878:RA 58
869:U-288
863:U-360
857:U-961
789:U-264
783:U-424
777:U-734
771:U-238
765:U-762
759:U-592
753:U-842
747:U-226
692:U-461
682:U-504
676:U-462
658:U-449
652:U-119
646:U-202
533:U-574
494:Stork
483:Stork
331:as a
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166:Stork
1756:ISBN
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1043:For
1019:Rank
1013:Date
866:and
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738:Kite
736:HMS
685:, a
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341:and
328:Ajax
321:and
134:Rank
89:Died
69:Born
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