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He did not rise and I saw that he was involuntarily immobile, but his eyes which had never left mine were alive with the familiar look of trying to make me understand; when I spoke his whole face broke into his sweetest and most endearing dark smile. I felt not fear—I had none when I first drew my
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750:"Astraea class second class cruisers"
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298:Engine hatch: 5 in (130 mm)
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1029:List of cruisers of the Royal Navy
851:True Ghosts & Spooky Incidents
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170:21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
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335:Construction and commissioning
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234:QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns
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180:Triple expansion engines
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118:General characteristics
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89:August 1890
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1060:1893 ships
1044:Categories
877:Royal Navy
801:References
756:26 October
729:26 October
625:26 October
598:Colledge.
504:Challenger
479:Königsberg
468:Königsberg
450:colony of
442:bombarded
325:Royal Navy
219:Complement
183:Two shafts
175:Propulsion
142:4,360 tons
961:Charybdis
875:From the
702:The Times
687:The Times
672:The Times
657:The Times
642:The Times
567:Scrapping
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532:Armistice
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383:Singapore
379:Hong Kong
260:3-pounder
253:6-pounder
86:Laid down
989:Hermione
954:Cambrian
889:project.
776:Khatri.
495:invasion
399:Plymouth
227:Armament
94:Launched
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870:Sources
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561:Astraea
536:Astraea
517:Astraea
515:One of
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491:Astraea
482:in the
473:Astraea
456:Astraea
440:Astraea
429:at the
423:Colombo
412:Chatham
387:Colombo
363:Astraea
344:Astraea
340:Astraea
323:of the
321:cruiser
315:Astraea
312:was an
309:Astraea
167:Draught
133:cruiser
128:Astraea
76:Builder
70:Astraea
46:History
39:Astraea
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968:Flora
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395:Malta
211:Range
196:Speed
855:ISBN
819:ISBN
758:2008
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391:Suez
307:HMS
293:Deck
268:3 ×
258:1 ×
255:guns
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244:1 ×
238:8 ×
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159:Beam
110:Fate
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65:Name
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