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260:25th Minesweeping Flotilla
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197:1 × 4 inch gun, 2 × 20mm
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419:Gale-class minesweepers
350:McDougall, R J (1989)
149:8.2 m (27 ft)
118:General characteristics
73:Scott and Sons, Glasgow
223:Royal New Zealand Navy
113:Returned to owner 1944
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371:Harker, Jack (2000)
251:Operational history
375:Silver Owl Press.
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170:Complement
154:Propulsion
329:in 1966.
291:USS
199:Oerlikons
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194:Armament
86:Acquired
78:Launched
327:Balabac
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