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Ships of the Royal Navy: The
Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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508:(reprint of the 1989 ed.). Penzance, Cornwall: Periscope Publishing.
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547:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
549:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
320:of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). They
551:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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532:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
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1129:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
431:was sold in February 1931 and broken up in
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178:1,600 hp (1,200 kW) (electric)
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145:231 ft 1 in (70.4 m)
132:891 long tons (905 t) surfaced
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161:13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
153:23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
107:Sold for scrapping, February 1931
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377:Construction and career
112:General characteristics
421:4th Submarine Flotilla
351:. They could reach 17
300:Design and description
240:100 feet (30.5 m)
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482:Harrison, Chapter 27
473:Harrison, Chapters 3
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389:on 21 June 1916 by
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413:HMS Ambrose (1903)
406:Falmouth, Cornwall
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1065:Bezbozhnik
630:Royal Navy
498:References
245:Complement
237:Test depth
185:Propulsion
1112:Cancelled
570:. RN Subs
427:in 1923.
425:Hong Kong
417:Hong Kong
393:at their
387:laid down
322:displaced
296:in 1931.
80:Laid down
402:launched
398:shipyard
371:deck gun
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253:Armament
211:17
88:Launched
1091:M class
1085:J class
391:Vickers
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326:ratings
310:overall
306:E class
158:Draught
66:Builder
36:History
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353:knots
318:draft
294:scrap
225:Range
206:Speed
1068:(ex-
576:2022
553:ISBN
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385:was
381:HMS
314:beam
312:, a
283:HMS
268:1 ×
258:6 ×
196:2 ×
190:2 ×
150:Beam
104:Fate
58:HMS
55:Name
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