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1242:Cleopatra
716:INS Delhi
697:PNS Babur
637:Mauritius
635:HMS
524:Bulkheads
518:Magazines
395:4 geared
351:full load
209:Completed
193:Laid down
142:at anchor
106:July 2016
1399:Jahangir
1365:Royalist
1291:Royalist
1270:Argonaut
1228:Euryalus
1221:Hermione
1095:(1995).
1073:(2005).
1032:(1998).
1010:(2010).
806:Jahanqir
791:Jahangir
712:Euralyus
706:(ex-HMS
662:Royalist
619:Brittany
460:Armament
345:standard
302:Jahangir
282:Acquired
265:Pakistan
201:Launched
1358:Bellona
1319:Bellona
1312:Spartan
1281:Bellona
760:Karachi
708:Nigeria
681:Nigeria
606:Tirpitz
564:turrets
552:Bellona
550:of the
490:triple
382:Draught
298:Renamed
179:Builder
148:History
90:scholar
1404:Diadem
1381:
1339:
1298:Diadem
1263:Sirius
1249:Scylla
1207:Phoebe
1178:
1103:
1081:
1059:
1040:
1018:
996:
972:
943:
778:Yarram
744:Dwarka
704:Mysore
675:Diadem
652:Diadem
596:Diadem
545:-class
540:was a
537:Diadem
428:32.25
359:Length
329:-class
304:, 1982
173:Diadem
140:Diadem
92:
85:
78:
71:
63:
1393:Babur
1283:group
1200:Naiad
1192:group
802:Babur
787:Babur
782:Babur
774:Babur
756:Babur
740:Babur
720:Babur
500:Armor
437:Range
430:knots
425:Speed
404:Four
276:Babur
97:JSTOR
83:books
1402:(ex-
1235:Dido
1190:Dido
1163:Dido
1101:ISBN
1079:ISBN
1057:ISBN
1038:ISBN
1016:ISBN
994:ISBN
970:ISBN
941:ISBN
679:HMS
670:NATO
660:HMS
628:off
568:Dido
560:Dido
543:Dido
535:HMS
512:Deck
506:Belt
486:2 ×
479:3 ×
472:6 ×
465:8 ×
374:Beam
327:Dido
309:Fate
272:Name
244:Fate
239:: 84
220:1950
169:Name
69:news
647:Z31
574:at
455:530
412:shp
185:, (
52:by
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580:UK
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