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859:"The Ship That Tried to Warn the Titanic Has Been Found"
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Lond 49 W to Long – 50.30 W saw much heavy pack ice and
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200:Torpedoed and sunk on 1 September 1918
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246:146.9 m (481 ft 11 in)
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254:15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
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262:9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
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270:Triple expansion engine
213:General characteristics
87:Atlantic Transport Line
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538:Weather good, clear.
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278:One screw propeller
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468:Wilson Line
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1273:1898 ships
1267:Categories
1161:Amphitrite
1143:D.R. Hanna
936:Shipwrecks
709:References
562:struck an
530:To Titanic
524:connection
326:cargo ship
275:Propulsion
226:cargo ship
170:In service
1208:Minnesota
1206:USS
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608:departed
508:Irish Sea
460:Winefreda
442:Menominee
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283:Sail plan
146:Completed
130:Laid down
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601:Sinking
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564:iceberg
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383:at the
361:Titanic
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232:Tonnage
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