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1393:Koerver, Hans Joachim (2008).
1378:. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe.
1359:. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe.
1338:A Naval History of World War I
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383:Part of:
345:(2 each
336:Armament
323:1 dinghy
262:paraffin
253:2 shafts
144:Stricken
124:Launched
100:Goldmark
1487:Room 40
994:Romulus
977:Denmark
746:Desabla
729:Denmark
602:Desabla
496:during
258:Körting
240:Draught
171:Hamburg
157:Struck
85:Builder
75:Ordered
58:Germany
44:History
1420:
1401:
1382:
1363:
1344:
1325:
1293:
1074:1,418
1070:Sweden
1067:
1056:Rumina
1043:1,218
1039:Norway
1036:
1008:Norway
1005:
974:
950:3,538
946:Sweden
943:
912:
901:Gloria
881:
870:Utopia
857:3,676
853:Sweden
850:
826:1,092
819:
788:
764:6,047
757:
726:
702:4,590
698:France
695:
664:
653:Glitra
560:ferry
558:French
545:Glitra
492:was a
428:Kptlt.
256:2 Ă— 2
232:Height
216:Length
1438:Photo
1089:Notes
1046:Sunk
1025:Tello
1015:Sunk
984:Sunk
963:Marie
922:Sunk
891:Sunk
860:Sunk
829:Sunk
798:Sunk
777:Ailsa
767:Sunk
736:Sunk
715:Cocos
674:Sunk
643:Fate
631:Date
351:stern
295:Range
280:Speed
202:(555
1522:U-18
1515:U-17
1418:ISBN
1399:ISBN
1380:ISBN
1361:ISBN
1342:ISBN
1323:ISBN
1291:ISBN
1268:2014
1189:2015
1163:2015
1109:for
1012:819
981:158
919:130
888:155
795:876
671:866
618:U-17
607:U-17
596:U-17
588:U-17
580:U-24
554:U-17
539:U-17
535:U-17
502:U-17
489:U-17
362:1 Ă—
349:and
224:Beam
163:Kiel
154:Fate
95:Cost
69:U-17
65:Name
36:U-17
733:85
577:to
520:On
487:SM
476:GRT
467:GRT
458:GRT
347:bow
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