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for exercises with the rest of the German fleet, which lasted until 14 September. She was decommissioned again that day.
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the following year. While under tow in
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363:that drove a pair of 4-bladed
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269:Sketch the
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111:1,098
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655:References
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526:Salamander
483:sea trials
474:Salamander
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411:armor belt
379:(790
329:Salamander
226:Salamander
201:3 officers
196:Complement
177:Propulsion
168:(790
71:Salamander
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887:Albatross
850:Crocodill
843:Camaeleon
706:310653560
542:Castricum
481:to begin
454:laid down
408:waterline
357:full load
353:long tons
345:displaced
335:, with a
316:corvettes
312:North Sea
164:800
128:long tons
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925:Category
836:Basilisk
829:Scorpion
575:Sondhaus
550:scrapped
520:division
466:launched
458:AG Weser
415:magazine
396:barbette
292:gunboats
289:ironclad
231:ironclad
211:Armament
81:AG Weser
553:in situ
456:at the
369:boilers
351:(1,081
321:Sachsen
318:of the
236:of the
234:gunboat
229:was an
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347:1,098
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255:Design
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889:class
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283:Wespe
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742:ISBN
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702:OCLC
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