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624:Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M, eds. (1979).
368:of 19 feet 5 inches (5.92 m) and a
241:Thornycroft boilers, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW)
699:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
626:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
356:Fairfield's design was 197 feet (60.05 m)
347:Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
325:As part of the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates, the
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372:of 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m).
1098:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy
873:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy
609:. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.
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360:and 194 feet (59.13 m)
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331:torpedo-boat destroyers
321:Design and construction
233:194 ft (59 m)
207:General characteristics
55:more precise citations.
1124:Handy-class destroyers
667:Crowe, George (1903).
575:Brassey, T.A. (1897).
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362:between perpendiculars
216:Torpedo boat destroyer
737:The British Destroyer
577:The Naval Annual 1897
553:Friedman 2009, p. 40.
544:Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.
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36:references
1061:Swordfish
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364:, with a
191:Completed
186:1895–1914
131:Operators
1053:Sturgeon
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411:See also
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117:Builders
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246:Speed
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