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1386:Dreadnought
1372:Devastation
1257:Bellerophon
714:12-inch MLR
690:10-inch MLR
501:The Graphic
352:box battery
324:Bellerophon
41:painted by
2085:1868 ships
2069:Categories
1853:Lord Clyde
1632:Monticello
1582:Shipwrecks
1393:Inflexible
1222:Enterprise
1188:Lord Clyde
937:1861760221
856:16 October
757:References
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605:Fisgard II
598:Fisgard II
594:Portsmouth
538:guard ship
516:Bantry Bay
400:Pearl Rock
329:forecastle
298:Royal Navy
260:added 1892
222:Complement
184:Propulsion
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2014:HMS
2003:Cambridge
1978:Terribile
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1951:HMS
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1877:HMS
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1838:HMS
1742:Henrietta
1704:USS
1620:El Majidi
1606:USS
1532:Cancelled
1496:Abyssinia
1469:Conqueror
1421:Trafalgar
1333:Temeraire
1313:Belleisle
1299:Alexandra
1285:Swiftsure
1278:Audacious
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977:cite book
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817:The Times
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613:Morecambe
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497:Hercules,
448:HMS
429:Gibraltar
424:Agincourt
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395:Agincourt
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192:Sail plan
117:Completed
101:Laid down
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1940:Charkieh
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1489:Cerberus
1480:Monitors
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1414:Victoria
1407:Colossus
1271:Hercules
1264:Penelope
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346:Armament
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109:Launched
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1953:Serapis
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1879:Defence
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1827:Silesia
1766:Mohican
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559:Warrior
548:Revenge
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296:of the
169:Draught
91:Builder
51:History
2053:1873 →
2046:← 1871
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1928:Sappho
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