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303:triple expansion engine
266:Design and construction
187:2 Ă— cylindrical boilers
113:General characteristics
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311:was laid down for the
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234:QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns
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317:A. McMillan and Sons
230:BL 4 inch Mk IX guns
226:QF 4 inch Mk IV guns
74:A. McMillan and Sons
1510:Ships sunk by mines
1495:Shipwrecks of Malta
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88:1 July 1915
1490:1915 ships
1469:Categories
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1330:Hephaestus
1323:Cominoland
1291:St. Angelo
1242:Hellespont
1210:Polynesien
1203:Nasturtium
1115:March 1916
1014:Nasturtium
949:Shipwrecks
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725:Wallflower
704:Snapdragon
669:Pentstemon
648:Nasturtium
634:Mignonette
627:Marguerite
564:Delphinium
550:Cornflower
485:Royal Navy
411:References
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384:forecastle
364:Nasturtium
333:Nasturtium
313:Royal Navy
309:Nasturtium
291:Nasturtium
277:Nasturtium
249:Nasturtium
213:Complement
179:Propulsion
137:1,250 tons
80:, Scotland
64:Nasturtium
31:Nasturtium
1400:Tug No. 2
1351:Levant II
1298:Southwold
1080:HMS
1019:HMS
1012:HMS
1001:HMS
900:RepĂşblica
837:Cassiopée
823:Bellatrix
795:Aldébaran
606:Hydrangea
592:Gladiolus
543:Celandine
536:Campanula
529:Buttercup
501:Amaryllis
321:Dumbarton
104:Sunk off
85:Laid down
78:Dumbarton
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1071:Hai Yung
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711:Valerian
697:Rosemary
641:Myosotis
585:Geranium
522:Berberis
515:Asphodel
351:Valletta
224:2 Ă— 1 -
221:Armament
93:Launched
60:Namesake
1439:Camadan
1344:Karwela
1277:Olympus
1217:Russell
1021:Russell
981:Hsin-Yu
957:5 Apr:
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816:Antares
718:Verbena
690:Primula
676:Petunia
655:Nigella
613:Lobelia
599:Godetia
578:Gentian
571:Genista
494:Alyssum
404:Theseus
372:Russell
357:Russell
327:History
252:was an
190:1 screw
171:Draught
70:Builder
41:History
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1270:Margit
1249:Jersey
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508:Arabis
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390:Aegusa
380:Sliema
376:Prompt
281:Arabis
257:-class
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216:79 men
142:Length
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123:Arabis
1263:Maori
1169:Malta
1061:Tirol
1039:Bakio
992:UB-13
971:Libau
961:UB-26
872:Teseo
830:Rigel
802:Algol
683:Poppy
662:Pansy
620:Lupin
337:Malta
260:sloop
205:Range
197:Speed
128:sloop
106:Malta
1379:Rozi
1305:X127
1284:S-31
1235:Eddy
1173:list
1111:1917
1103:1916
1095:1915
1028:UC-5
402:HMS
396:The
388:HMY
355:HMS
342:U-73
331:HMS
247:HMS
163:Beam
101:Fate
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1037:SS
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