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325:minesweeper
290:4 × single
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119:Honours and
21:HMS Bramble
1551:1938 ships
1545:Categories
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1325:Choyo Maru
1070:HMAS
1060:Shipwrecks
953:Salamander
679:References
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385:Scapa Flow
373:sea trials
329:Royal Navy
257:Complement
216:Propulsion
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540:Convoys
515:30°06′E
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320:Halcyon
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225:Parsons
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85:Builder
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71:Bramble
47:History
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1002:Sphinx
995:Speedy
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911:Hazard
760:20 May
699:. 2011
668:JW 51B
556:Dates
553:Convoy
493:Hipper
464:Lützow
424:Humber
322:-class
317:was a
189:Length
157:-class
121:awards
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1459:Donau
1315:U-336
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1188:Blean
1160:U-611
1154:U-254
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1199:P222
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939:Leda
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