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124:914 long tons (929 t) surfaced
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167:(1,800 kW) (diesel)
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379:Construction and career
104:General characteristics
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298:Design and description
232:150 feet (45.7 m)
1371:Royal Navy ship names
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481:Harrison, Chapter 25
472:Harrison, Chapter 11
369:18-inch (45 cm)
367:in the bow and two
344:, each driving one
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500:"News in Brief".
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1332:March 1939
1223:Lightburne
1211:HMAS
1191:Shipwrecks
1079:Bezbozhnik
644:Royal Navy
512:References
237:Complement
229:Test depth
177:Propulsion
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1277:HMS
1270:HMS
1228:USS
1213:Swordsman
1126:Cancelled
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502:The Times
395:at their
389:laid down
323:displaced
294:in 1939.
259:2 × beam
80:Laid down
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1230:Monocacy
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134:Length
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319:draft
292:scrap
217:Range
198:Speed
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416:Bute
387:was
383:HMS
315:beam
313:, a
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142:Beam
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47:Name
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