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s upper works, and the deaths of seven other crew members. It also caused her to be dragged from her moorings, despite the use of a concrete embedded anchor. Once re-secured, additional anchors were put in place. She remained in use as a depot ship until disposed of in 1920, and sold for scrap. She
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on either side of the ship. The foremost and aftermost guns on each side were mounted in two-story casemates, with the other eight in single-story casemates amidships. The class was criticised for the lack of heavier armament. The cruisers were given fourteen single-mounted
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began to wear out. Her final patrol was 4–17 July 1915, after which the cruiser returned to
Halifax. Her funnels were found to be rapidly deteriorating, her boilers were worn and her bulkheads were in poor shape. As a result of being worn out,
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1680:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
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1237:"The Duke of Cornwall´s visit to the colonies".
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2020:List of cruisers of the Royal Navy
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1652:"Niobe Day"
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344:3 × single
2056:1897 ships
2035:Categories
1931:Amphitrite
1894:Royal Navy
1670:References
1636:7 December
1610:21 October
1079:Mont-Blanc
1060:Mont-Blanc
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774:Home Fleet
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293:Propulsion
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126:In service
18:HMCS Niobe
1952:Spartiate
1924:Andromeda
1832:840569671
1369:1715-0213
1363:(3): 13.
1284:The Times
1269:The Times
1254:The Times
1239:The Times
1163:Citations
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954:Lancaster
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363:Armour
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161:Canada
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375:Decks
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1828:OCLC
1809:ISBN
1790:ISBN
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1660:2016
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