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258:Complement
212:2 Ă— shafts
192:Propulsion
1516:HMS
1495:SMS
1470:Audacious
1468:HMS
1457:SMS
1436:HMS
1425:SMS
1418:SMS
1413:Takachiho
1407:Holland 4
1405:HMS
1394:HMS
1363:SMS
1288:Cancelled
620:20 August
610:"E Class"
571:Citations
554:periscope
532:north of
524:The wreck
469:Commander
461:North Sea
432:, in the
408:systems.
347:long tons
321:north of
297:submarine
278:torpedoes
250:Endurance
241:325
178:800
128:submarine
84:Laid down
1552:17 Oct:
1536:10 Oct:
1514:31 Oct:
1493:29 Oct:
1486:Zhemchug
1480:Mousquet
1477:28 Oct:
1466:27 Oct:
1455:22 Oct:
1445:20 Oct:
1434:18 Oct:
1403:17 Oct:
1392:15 Oct:
1382:11 Oct:
1372:10 Oct:
477:, under
266:Armament
92:Launched
1561:Ophelia
1555:Noordam
1507:Rohilla
1385:Pallada
1361:6 Oct:
1273:F class
1267:D class
459:in the
453:Harwich
436:of the
430:Harwich
422:Germany
372:ratings
337:, from
305:Vickers
294:E-class
253:24 days
199:Vickers
165:Draught
125:E-class
74:Vickers
70:Builder
39:History
1518:Hermes
1448:Glitra
1233:
808:
723:
648:
596:
457:Borkum
329:Design
301:Barrow
224:15.25
149:Length
1539:Akula
1497:Tiger
1459:Temes
1396:Hawke
740:(PDF)
565:'
518:'
416:When
390:stern
364:knots
238:Range
226:knots
219:Speed
1590:1915
1582:1914
1574:1913
1427:S119
1420:S115
1365:S116
721:ISBN
646:ISBN
622:2015
594:ISBN
547:bell
511:U-27
503:U-27
494:U-27
490:buoy
474:U-27
444:Loss
398:sail
359:beam
318:U-27
287:HMS
269:4 Ă—
206:2 Ă—
197:2 Ă—
157:Beam
108:Fate
60:Name
1252:AE2
1245:AE1
1217:E58
1210:E57
1203:E56
1196:E55
1189:E54
1182:E53
1175:E52
1168:E51
1161:E50
1154:E49
1147:E48
1140:E47
1133:E46
1126:E45
1119:E44
1112:E43
1105:E42
1098:E41
1091:E40
1084:E39
1077:E38
1070:E37
1063:E36
1056:E35
1049:E34
1042:E33
1035:E32
1028:E31
1021:E30
1014:E29
1008:E28
1002:E27
995:E26
988:E25
981:E24
974:E23
967:E22
960:E21
953:E20
946:E19
939:E18
932:E17
925:E16
918:E15
911:E14
904:E13
897:E12
890:E11
883:E10
486:Ems
418:war
386:bow
341:to
303:by
243:nmi
1624::
1558:.
1542:,
1483:,
1438:E3
1423:,
1416:,
1410:,
876:E9
869:E8
862:E7
855:E6
848:E5
841:E4
834:E3
827:E2
820:E1
674:^
630:^
579:^
562:E3
549:.
542:E3
538:E3
515:E3
507:E3
449:E3
440:.
426:E3
374:.
343:E8
339:E1
289:E3
180:hp
76:,
64:E3
32:E3
1339:e
1332:t
1325:v
1285:X
787:e
780:t
773:v
729:.
654:.
624:.
351:t
280:)
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