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915:References
871:destroyer
825:coral reef
810:had sunk.
784:Carnarvon
672:Strassburg
596:submarines
551:seakeeping
543:Devonshire
534:. Her two
409:Cape Verde
374:Royal Navy
365:Devonshire
257:Complement
228:2 × Shafts
223:Propulsion
150:Devonshire
1340:Hampshire
1326:Carnarvon
1283:Carnarvon
885:Carnarvon
877:Carnarvon
841:Carnarvon
804:Gneisenau
800:Carnarvon
795:Gneisenau
778:Carnarvon
764:Carnarvon
760:Carnarvon
699:Gibraltar
684:Carnarvon
663:Devonport
652:at their
646:laid down
638:Carnarvon
592:Carnarvon
589:drydocked
565:bulkheads
558:waterline
522:3-pounder
515:Carnarvon
510:casemates
480:Niclausse
448:Carnarvon
439:in 1921.
417:Carnarvon
359:Carnarvon
346:Bulkheads
328:Barbettes
131:Sold for
120:Completed
104:Laid down
74:Carnarvon
44:at anchor
42:Carnarvon
1363:Monmouth
1347:Roxburgh
1236:(n.d.).
1166:(2003).
845:Montreal
827:off the
743:colliers
710:Freetown
703:SS
658:launched
452:displace
398:flagship
265:Armament
112:Launched
80:Namesake
881:Stewart
865:Bermuda
856:in the
833:beached
816:Dresden
773:Leipzig
755:Canopus
675:in the
654:Dalmuir
633:in 1915
529:18-inch
484:boilers
464:draught
423:at the
400:of the
394:reserve
388:of the
380:of the
334:Turrets
299:18-inch
215:boilers
189:Draught
98:Dalmuir
90:Builder
50:History
1319:Argyll
1312:Antrim
1263:
1244:
1217:21 May
1195:
1176:
1152:
1133:
1114:
1095:
861:colony
644:, was
627:, and
367:-class
310:Armour
169:Length
152:-class
1374:class
1365:class
891:Notes
697:from
476:knots
437:scrap
322:Decks
250:knots
245:Speed
133:scrap
1281:HMS
1261:ISBN
1242:ISBN
1219:2014
1193:ISBN
1174:ISBN
1150:ISBN
1131:ISBN
1112:ISBN
1093:ISBN
587:The
569:deck
460:beam
357:HMS
316:Belt
231:2 ×
181:Beam
128:Fate
72:HMS
69:Name
863:of
648:by
630:H10
260:610
248:22
209:17
204:ihp
174:o/a
1404::
1209:.
1021:^
1007:^
995:^
947:^
922:^
723:.
624:H9
621:,
618:H8
615:,
612:H7
609:,
606:H6
603:,
600:H5
96:,
1269:.
1250:.
1221:.
1201:.
1182:.
1158:.
1139:.
1120:.
1101:.
176:)
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