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518:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
310:of 13 feet 2 inches (4.0 m). They
520:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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501:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
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1098:List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy
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162:1,600 hp (1,200 kW) (electric)
119:1,150 long tons (1,170 t) submerged
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91:Sold for scrapping, 2 February 1939
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62:William Denny and Brothers
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159:(1,800 kW) (diesel)
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296:21-inch (53.3 cm)
287:Design and description
224:150 feet (45.7 m)
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333:, each driving one
376:on 14 May 1917 by
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1113:Categories
1034:Bezbozhnik
599:Royal Navy
467:References
277:Royal Navy
229:Complement
221:Test depth
169:Propulsion
1081:Cancelled
539:. RN Subs
382:Dumbarton
380:at their
374:laid down
358:deck guns
312:displaced
283:in 1939.
256:deck guns
72:Laid down
66:Dumbarton
389:launched
385:shipyard
242:6 × bow
237:Armament
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80:Launched
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323:Vickers
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300:overall
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407:Notes
343:knots
308:draft
281:scrap
209:Range
190:Speed
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545:2022
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503:ISBN
479:ISBN
387:and
372:was
368:HMS
304:beam
302:, a
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251:2 ×
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134:Beam
88:Fate
50:HMS
47:Name
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