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463:On 22 June
367:Home waters
228:(66.7 km/h)
2327:1939 ships
2311:Categories
2298:April 1942
2168:China Maru
2158:Takao Maru
2146:HMAS
1937:E.M. Clark
1841:Tenyo Maru
1835:Kongō Maru
1819:Smyshlyony
1789:Nyggjaberg
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1535:Shipwrecks
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241:Complement
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529:U-201
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282:Mk.IX
233:Range
221:Speed
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