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in 1901 and sold in 1918. Her name was later used as the
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732:List of troopship classes of the Royal Navy
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467:may be requested from the author.
300:Her Majesty's Naval Base Bermuda
210:: 4,893 ihp (3,649 kW)
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608:Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
557:Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004).
561:. London: Chatham Publishing.
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1276:Troop ships of the Royal Navy
288:Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
528:at William Loney RN website"
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439:was sold in January 1918.
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290:in 1897. She was renamed
251:15 kn (28 km/h)
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377:whilst on a voyage from
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131:General characteristics
79:Thames Shipbuilding Co.
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259:Three 4-pounder guns
124:Sold in January 1918
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391:Benjamin Whitworth
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159:Displacement
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117:Renamed HMS
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796:King Philip
446:HMS Malabar
170:4,189 tons
93:Yard number
18:HMS Malabar
1296:1866 ships
1270:Categories
1230:Red Jacket
808:Metropolis
783:Shipwrecks
718:Tenasserim
709:Amberwitch
595:0907771432
475:References
425:depot ship
379:Portsmouth
357:Royal Navy
326:barque-rig
284:depot ship
280:Royal Navy
223:Propulsion
162:6,186 tons
1178:Cleopatra
1176:HMS
1165:Thunderer
1163:HMS
1138:HMS
1127:Britannic
1053:SMS
1042:Cormorant
1040:HMS
1027:HMS
990:HMS
979:Alexandra
977:HMS
917:Iserbrook
831:SMS
716:HMS
707:HMS
692:Crocodile
664:Euphrates
650:Euphrates
395:Admiralty
383:Hampshire
338:Euphrates
316:Euphrates
286:) at the
274:Euphrates
238:Sail plan
216:: unknown
214:From 1873
153:Troopship
141:Euphrates
1079:Adriatic
1004:Royalist
966:Royalist
857:Hydrabad
845:Loch Ard
820:Eurydice
577:52620555
402:Plymouth
256:Armament
208:As built
101:Launched
83:Leamouth
1186:21 Dec:
1173:18 Dec:
1152:Djemnah
1140:Malabar
1123:26 Oct:
1111:15 Sep:
1075:18 Jul:
1063:23 Jun:
1050:31 May:
1037:21 May:
1029:Monarch
1024:29 Apr:
1000:20 Feb:
992:Raleigh
987:15 Feb:
962:21 Jan:
954:Traffic
950:10 Jan:
929:Alabama
925:24 Dec:
913:21 Dec:
905:Livadia
901:21 Oct:
889:18 Oct:
865:30 Jun:
853:24 Jun:
828:31 May:
816:24 Mar:
804:31 Jan:
792:25 Jan:
685:Malabar
678:Serapis
533:23 June
526:Malabar
433:Malabar
342:Malabar
322:Malabar
311:Malabar
268:Malabar
75:Builder
67:Ordered
61:Malabar
37:History
1254:1879 →
1247:← 1877
1206:s Isle
1148:4 Nov:
1135:2 Nov:
1103:Utopia
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1087:3 Sep:
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974:9 Feb:
877:3 Sep:
841:1 Jun:
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465:Errata
437:Terror
429:Terror
351:Career
306:Design
292:Terror
276:-class
271:was a
242:Barque
178:Length
119:Terror
87:London
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1115:Comus
671:Jumna
524:"HMS
451:Notes
387:India
375:Devon
345:'
318:class
248:Speed
1226:Unk:
1218:Fusō
1214:Unk:
1202:Mona
1198:Dec:
1190:Mona
1160:Nov:
591:ISBN
573:OCLC
563:ISBN
535:2009
499:ISBN
419:Fate
398:tugs
336:The
266:HMS
186:Beam
149:Type
109:Fate
70:1865
59:HMS
56:Name
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