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1008:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943
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716:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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750:Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980).
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967:List of submarines of Italy
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132:General characteristics
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854:Engineering
391:metric tons
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36:Sister ship
1631:1930 ships
1625:Categories
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1112:Marietta E
1084:Stag Hound
1060:Kembu Maru
1054:Doggerbank
1015:Shipwrecks
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501:. She was
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296:Complement
288:Test depth
228:2 shafts;
223:Propulsion
1532:USS
1521:HMS
1510:USS
1443:Suwa Maru
1407:HMS
1388:Bungsberg
1296:USS
1248:Turbulent
1246:HMS
1241:Lightning
1239:HMS
1218:Harvester
1216:HMS
1139:USS
1072:Shirayuki
1042:Aiyo Maru
507:Black Sea
487:laid down
453:torpedoes
395:long tons
387:displaced
164:long tons
158:920
147:submarine
100:Laid down
1534:Scorpion
1519:19 Mar:
1508:13 Mar:
1462:SS
1460:30 Mar:
1450:29 Mar:
1422:28 Mar:
1405:27 Mar:
1395:25 Mar:
1385:24 Mar:
1369:23 Mar:
1353:22 Mar:
1337:21 Mar:
1315:19 Mar:
1305:16 Mar:
1294:15 Mar:
1283:14 Mar:
1261:13 Mar:
1237:12 Mar:
1214:11 Mar:
1192:10 Mar:
1163:′s Jacob
1153:Murasame
1147:Minegumo
952:Bragadin
943:Bandiera
927:Tricheco
794:(2005).
772:(1968).
693:24 April
620:See also
503:launched
495:shipyard
460:deck gun
381:Bandiera
321:deck gun
304:Armament
108:Launched
80:Namesake
40:Tricheco
1598:17°00′E
1595:40°00′N
1523:Derwent
1498:8 Mar:
1372:Delfino
1182:9 Mar:
1160:8 Mar:
1141:Grampus
1131:5 Mar:
1100:Asashio
1097:4 Mar:
1048:Arashio
1039:3 Mar:
1023:2 Mar:
913:Narvalo
906:Delfino
828:Portals
614:Delfino
610:Taranto
602:Delfino
590:Delfino
580:Delfino
542:Delfino
534:Delfino
527:Messina
523:Red Sea
519:Delfino
493:(CRDA)
483:dolphin
479:Delfino
393:(1,107
385:. They
341:Delfino
90:Builder
84:Dolphin
74:Delfino
49:History
1501:Ro-103
1480:Sirène
1437:Masaya
1409:Dasher
1298:Triton
920:Squalo
892:Squalo
802:
780:
758:
739:
720:
485:, was
438:Squalo
376:Squalo
349:-class
347:Squalo
176:Length
144:-class
142:Squalo
1470:U-416
1431:Ceuta
1415:U-169
1398:U-469
1362:U-665
1356:U-524
1346:U-163
1330:U-384
1276:U-163
1254:U-130
1230:U-444
1224:U-432
1195:U-633
1175:U-156
954:class
945:class
842:Italy
585:Psara
552:Tinos
434:knots
403:draft
383:class
269:Range
257:knots
255:15.1
250:Speed
192:Draft
162:(905
63:Italy
1563:1944
1555:1943
1547:1942
1453:U-77
1285:HMS
1124:U-87
800:ISBN
778:ISBN
756:ISBN
737:ISBN
718:ISBN
695:2014
606:Pula
572:Elli
556:Elli
547:Elli
399:beam
374:The
316:1 ×
240:2 ×
234:2 ×
184:Beam
124:Fate
94:CRDA
70:Name
1512:R-6
1340:K-3
1324:U-5
565:as
497:at
276:nmi
207:bhp
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1467:,
1440:,
1434:,
1428:,
1412:,
1375:,
1359:,
1343:,
1327:,
1321:,
1273:,
1267:,
1251:,
1244:,
1227:,
1221:,
1204:,
1198:,
1172:,
1166:,
1150:,
1144:,
1137:,
1121:,
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1109:,
1103:,
1087:,
1081:,
1075:,
1069:,
1063:,
1057:,
1051:,
1045:,
1029:,
681:.
652:^
638:^
575:.
517:,
420:)
418:kW
299:53
211:kW
1001:e
994:t
987:v
883:e
876:t
869:v
830::
808:.
786:.
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745:.
726:.
697:.
160:t
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