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had to lay her mines approximately 45 miles from the planned location. The
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was a German ferry commissioned as a minelayer during
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231:World War I
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180:World War I
175:Deutschland
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573:Categories
544:References
478:2012-04-07
184:Baltic Sea
137:Propulsion
445:Footnotes
405:kept the
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345:Riga Gulf
252:Magdeburg
204:Stralsund
192:AG Vulcan
164:420 mines
66:AG Vulcan
388:Seydlitz
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220:Aniva
216:Orion
145:Speed
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