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to evade one torpedo at 6:47. The ship reported a submarine sighting at 7:01, although no German submarines were operating in the area. She fired at another false submarine contact between 7:45 and 8:15.
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of 27 feet (8.2 m). She was powered by four-cylinder
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441:Description
420:Grand Fleet
254:8,130
1428:1904 ships
1407:Categories
1368:Devonshire
1049:References
940:4 February
762:Sunderland
754:Scapa Flow
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263:Complement
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1294:Crew List
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282:10 × 1 -
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679:flagship
652:infantry
628:and her
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502:Armament
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271:Armament
119:Stricken
103:Launched
63:Namesake
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692:Warrior
685:Defence
622:Breslau
520:Vickers
512:turrets
469:draught
412:Red Sea
408:Ottoman
403:Breslau
384:pursuit
364:of the
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231:boilers
191:Draught
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618:Goeben
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369:-class
308:Armour
175:Length
147:-class
1379:class
1370:class
930:(PDF)
817:Notes
811:Blyth
614:Malta
606:Delhi
548:class
481:knots
435:scrap
320:Decks
251:Range
244:knots
239:Speed
1270:ISBN
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1155:ISSN
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942:2011
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122:1919
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