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512:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
514:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
320:of 13 feet 4 inches (4.1 m). They
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497:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
364:The boats were intended to be armed with one
221:9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
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300:The G-class submarines were designed by the
30:A G-class submarine before bow modification.
742:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
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134:703 long tons (714 t) surfaced
328:. They had a partial double hull.
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482:References
340:two-stroke
286:Royal Navy
240:Complement
191:Propulsion
104:Sunderland
725:Cancelled
444:uboat.net
397:North Sea
322:displaced
302:Admiralty
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406:U-78
314:beam
312:, a
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