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after touching her bow the beach for a better position from which to engage the guns. She provided fire support for forces near Anzac Cove for the next several months, particularly during the
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507:. On their
283:2 × single
109:Yard number
1469:1901 ships
1448:Categories
762:Suez Canal
700:submarines
696:destroyers
530:in single
509:sea trials
387:Royal Navy
270:Complement
245:2 × shafts
240:Propulsion
1365:Bacchante
1305:Bacchante
1038:The Times
1023:The Times
1008:The Times
993:The Times
882:Footnotes
848:Bacchante
836:Irish Sea
797:Bacchante
789:Gaba Tepe
785:artillery
781:Bacchante
754:Bacchante
748:Gibraltar
727:Bacchante
702:based at
692:North Sea
680:Bacchante
643:Bacchante
639:Andromeda
630:Andromeda
628:HMS
612:Clydebank
606:at their
600:laid down
592:Bacchante
577:bulkheads
556:3-pounder
540:casemates
517:lead ship
473:Bacchante
464:in 1920.
458:Bacchante
434:Bacchante
411:Bacchante
372:Bacchante
359:Bulkheads
341:Barbettes
152:Sold for
133:Completed
117:Laid down
103:Clydebank
81:Bacchante
71:Bacchante
41:at anchor
39:Bacchante
1379:Euryalus
1251:(2004).
852:paid off
831:Achilles
758:Euryalus
739:Euryalus
732:s three
616:launched
608:shipyard
477:displace
415:flagship
399:squadron
395:flagship
278:Armament
125:Launched
77:Namesake
1358:Aboukir
834:in the
819:captain
712:England
704:Harwich
690:of the
596:Bacchus
563:18-inch
489:draught
417:of the
413:became
403:reserve
347:Turrets
312:18-inch
273:725–760
210:Draught
95:Builder
87:Ordered
47:History
1409:Diadem
1393:Sutlej
1372:Cressy
1344:Cressy
1280:
1261:
1237:
1218:
1199:
1180:
1161:
1139:
807:Bodrum
802:Kennet
716:France
598:, was
513:Cressy
380:-class
378:Cressy
375:was a
323:Armour
190:Length
173:-class
171:Cressy
1420:class
1418:Drake
1411:class
1386:Hogue
858:Notes
730:'
526:(BL)
501:knots
462:scrap
438:Anzac
335:Decks
263:knots
258:Speed
154:scrap
1303:HMS
1278:ISBN
1259:ISBN
1235:ISBN
1216:ISBN
1197:ISBN
1178:ISBN
1159:ISBN
1137:ISBN
850:was
756:and
714:and
698:and
581:deck
485:beam
370:HMS
329:Belt
301:3 ×
202:Beam
149:Fate
69:HMS
66:Name
37:HMS
842:at
647:3rd
610:in
602:by
393:as
261:21
230:30
225:ihp
195:o/a
112:338
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974:^
920:^
908:^
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