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263: in (4.1 m)
186:Overall: 137 ft
42:Edward Pelham Brenton
617:"HMS Shannon (1803)"
369:, on patrol off the
367:Edward Leveson-Gower
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113:August 1801
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1263:1803 ships
1257:Categories
1181:Victorious
1148:Suffisante
981:Resistance
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733:Inconstant
626:8 February
551:References
375:privateers
335:Frindsbury
331:Royal Navy
312:The third
297:carronades
276:Complement
268:Propulsion
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118:Launched
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327:frigate
316:Shannon
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92:Builder
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924:Active
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798:Doris
471:Notes
361:Wreck
271:Sails
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990:HMS
740:Leda
655:ISBN
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