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999:. History of the Great War: Based on Official Documents. Vol. I (2nd, reprint of the 1938 ed.). London and Nashville, Tennessee: Imperial War Museum and Battery Press.
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1075:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth.
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1341:Shipwrecks
1239:Devonshire
1204:Devonshire
737:destroyers
555:seakeeping
547:Devonshire
538:. Her two
366:Royal Navy
357:Devonshire
249:Complement
224:2 Ã Shafts
219:Propulsion
146:Devonshire
21:HMS Argyll
1421:USS
1410:HMS
1399:HMS
1388:HMS
1372:Marquette
1246:Hampshire
1232:Carnarvon
1166:0043-0374
1064:0043-0374
895:The Times
783:Footnotes
689:Bell Rock
644:Good Hope
632:Hampshire
617:at their
611:laid down
569:bulkheads
562:waterline
526:3-pounder
514:casemates
435:Model of
338:Bulkheads
320:Barbettes
129:Bell Rock
116:Completed
100:Laid down
1441:28 Oct:
1423:Stranger
1408:31 Oct:
1397:28 Oct:
1386:25 Oct:
1369:23 Oct:
1359:17 Oct:
1269:Monmouth
1253:Roxburgh
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705:2°23.5âēW
677:Shetland
638:Roxburgh
623:launched
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451:displace
421:salvaged
390:George V
257:Armament
108:Launched
94:Greenock
76:Namesake
1362:Isfahan
1349:3 Oct:
1041:6 March
941:6 March
935:Canmore
728:U-boats
702:56°26âēN
533:18-inch
483:boilers
463:draught
439:at the
380:of the
372:of the
326:Turrets
291:18-inch
211:boilers
185:Draught
86:Builder
47:History
1456:Hvalen
1454:HSwMS
1445:Sarnia
1401:Argyll
1225:Argyll
1218:Antrim
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742:Hornet
732:Argyll
693:Dundee
685:Argyll
661:Medina
627:Argyll
609:, was
603:Argyll
592:Argyll
519:Argyll
487:Argyll
447:Argyll
437:Argyll
413:Argyll
398:Argyll
359:-class
351:Argyll
302:Armour
165:Length
148:-class
80:Argyll
70:Argyll
39:Argyll
1412:Louis
1390:Velox
1280:class
1271:class
1158:XXVII
955:Daysh
759:Notes
691:near
475:knots
314:Decks
242:knots
237:Speed
1485:1916
1477:1915
1469:1914
1443:HMS
1377:SMS
1179:ISBN
1162:ISSN
1139:ISBN
1115:ISBN
1096:ISBN
1077:ISBN
1060:ISSN
1056:XLIX
1043:2014
1020:ISBN
1001:ISBN
979:ISBN
943:2014
745:and
679:and
641:and
573:deck
459:beam
349:HMS
308:Belt
177:Beam
124:Fate
66:Name
37:HMS
1352:Iki
613:at
252:610
240:22
205:16
200:ihp
170:o/a
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