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453:The Times
438:The Times
371:Gutenfels
367:Gutenfels
359:Gibraltar
324:Euphrates
286:Euphrates
281:Euphrates
260:Euphrates
254:Euphrates
224:Sail plan
139:Troopship
127:Euphrates
61:Euphrates
1684:Snaefell
1586:Chishima
1478:Gallatin
1229:Manistee
1205:Far West
1169:Taitsing
1121:Grappler
1085:Ashuelot
845:Key West
808:Maeander
782:Cremorne
770:Normandy
423:52620555
365:steamer
242:Armament
194:At build
94:Launched
1680:c. Aug:
1672:Fazilka
1668:27 Jul:
1606:20 Dec:
1598:Bokhara
1594:18 Dec:
1582:30 Nov:
1558:29 Oct:
1534:27 Sep:
1522:17 Sep:
1498:30 Aug:
1486:c. Jul:
1384:29 Dec:
1372:10 Dec:
1364:Triumph
1360:29 Nov:
1348:29 Oct:
1336:27 Aug:
1323:25 Aug:
1310:13 Jul:
1298:11 May:
1249:27 Dec:
1237:25 Dec:
1225:c. Nov:
1213:21 Nov:
1201:c. Oct:
1189:18 Oct:
1177:26 Sep:
1165:20 Sep:
1141:22 Jul:
1117:29 Apr:
1080:18 Feb:
971:Triumph
967:28 Nov:
955:25 Apr:
947:Blanche
942:12 Apr:
917:28 Feb:
904:11 Feb:
878:15 Dec:
870:Saginaw
865:29 Oct:
857:Cambria
853:19 Oct:
841:12 Oct:
821:Captain
803:c. Jul:
795:Forward
790:17 Jun:
778:c. Jun:
766:17 Mar:
758:Euryale
722:Lavinia
718:20 Feb:
705:24 Jan:
598:Malabar
591:Serapis
482:24 June
320:Malabar
312:Orontes
302:History
292:Malabar
75:Builder
67:Ordered
37:History
1708:1893 โ
1701:โ 1891
1656:1 Jul:
1643:6 Feb:
1622:Danube
1610:Nubian
1570:2 Nov:
1550:Sirene
1546:9 Oct:
1526:Vienna
1510:8 Sep:
1490:Beaver
1474:6 Jan:
1413:1884 โ
1406:โ 1882
1302:Gaelic
1133:Daphne
1129:3 Jul:
1105:5 Mar:
1068:7 Jan:
1007:1871 โ
1000:โ 1869
959:Sappho
883:Psyche
829:8 Oct:
816:6 Sep:
754:4 Mar:
742:2 Mar:
710:Oneida
421:
411:
363:German
351:Bombay
340:Bombay
322:, and
276:Design
228:Barque
164:Length
1618:Unkn:
1328:Jumna
1265:Agnes
983:Syren
833:Aigle
584:Jumna
470:(PDF)
355:India
316:Jumna
288:class
262:class
234:Speed
1574:Howe
1277:Mona
1273:Unk:
1261:Unk:
1153:Jul:
1093:Feb:
979:Dec:
930:Feb:
730:Feb:
484:2009
419:OCLC
409:ISBN
377:Fate
252:HMS
172:Beam
135:Type
102:Fate
70:1865
59:HMS
56:Name
349:at
338:to
89:325
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417:.
393:^
353:,
318:,
314:,
158:BM
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1441:t
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1042:e
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