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242:2 Ă— 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) propellers
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564:8.8 cm (3.5 in) Uk L/30
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117:General characteristics
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503:6-cylinder two-stroke
395:2 merchant ships sunk
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762:Helgason, GuĂ°mundur.
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18:German submarine U-37
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546:, two fitted in the
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453:Type U 31 submarines
430:Imperial German Navy
295:Boats & landing
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865:"WWI U-boats: U 37"
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132:Displacement
101:Commissioned
64:12 June 1912
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434:World War I
382:Operations:
364:Commanders:
354:II Flotilla
273:8,790
226:Doppelmodyn
77:Yard number
1241:1914 ships
1230:Categories
1204:March 1915
1114:HMAS
1073:Shipwrecks
696:References
668:Seven Seas
571:complement
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305:Complement
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239:2 Ă— shafts
234:Propulsion
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1169:HMS
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1012:Type U 43
1006:Type U 27
749:Citations
567:deck guns
556:torpedoes
529:propeller
491:displaced
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327:torpedoes
143:long tons
137:685
85:Laid down
1217:May 1915
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1084:Mecidiye
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627:Damaged
593:Tonnage
501:Germania
385:1 patrol
349:Part of:
313:Armament
300:1 dinghy
93:Launched
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1091:18 Apr
606:Delmira
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