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169:300 hp (220 kW) electric
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283:Design and description
228:100 feet (30.5 m)
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95:Sold, 2 February 1920
431:Harrison, Chapter 27
422:Harrison, Chapters 3
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343:18-inch (45 cm)
62:HM Dockyard Chatham
363:on 1 June 1908 by
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71:1 June 1908
895:1909 ships
879:Categories
438:References
269:Royal Navy
233:Complement
225:Test depth
176:Propulsion
510:. RN Subs
367:at their
361:laid down
302:displaced
279:in 1920.
216:910
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68:Laid down
376:launched
372:shipyard
241:Armament
199:13
76:Launched
846:D class
840:B class
365:Vickers
317:Vickers
306:ratings
290:overall
146:Draught
58:Builder
28:History
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165:petrol
130:Length
390:Notes
332:knots
298:draft
277:scrap
213:Range
194:Speed
516:2022
493:ISBN
474:ISBN
450:ISBN
359:was
294:beam
292:, a
258:HMS
248:bow
244:2 ×
184:1 ×
138:Beam
92:Fate
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