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638:22 August
488:Sheerness
421:in 1932.
372:steamship
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211:Completed
80:Admiralty
21:HMS Argus
557:and the
555:Penzance
551:Peninnis
536:Woodford
515:In 1917
496:Victoria
425:Building
404:Peninnis
352:Armament
203:Launched
173:Guernsey
103:Operator
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263:Tonnage
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181:Builder
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576:Riduna
507:Humber
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376:cutter
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492:Adder
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450:screw
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390:Argon
367:Argus
331:Speed
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73:Owner
53:Argon
47:Argus
715:stub
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