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sighted her there on 18 August, shelled her on 22 August and she was burnt out.
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985:A Guide to the Collision Avoidance Rules
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94:Pan-Norse Steamship Co (1958)
88:Rolf Wigands Rederi (1953–55)
643:in the rebels' heartland in
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977:Sources and further reading
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478:Nova Scotia
322:1,917
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204:11 Sep 1919
193:Yard number
1508:1919 ships
1487:Categories
1424:Argonaftis
1383:Norse Lady
1220:Norse Lady
1157:Cliffville
1070:Shipwrecks
674:References
664:Norse Lady
653:Norse Lady
629:Norse Lady
616:Norse Lady
606:Belang in
455:Collisions
448:Norse Lady
411:Kristiania
374:cargo ship
369:Norse Lady
354:Propulsion
309:Cargo ship
114:Kristiania
65:Norse Lady
1446:Los Mayas
1373:Canadiana
1323:USS
1312:HMS
1250:USS
1239:USS
1230:Ashtabula
1208:USS
1177:USS
1141:Hang Tuah
1107:USS
1100:USS
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425:Haugesund
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400:War Glade
376:built by
285:Kaohsiung
261:(1921–49)
209:Completed
155:(1955–58)
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140:Haugesund
129:(1925–49)
116:(1915–25)
60:(1949–58)
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430:Ryvarden
277:Permesta
273:Sulawesi
212:Jan 1920
201:Launched
58:Ryvarden
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1345:Daronia
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1282:Seabird
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1127:6 Apr:
1091:Üsküdar
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830:30 June
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