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947:minesweeper
837:on fire in
809:Spanish flu
714:, with the
578:first class
443:in US Navy:
318:4,726
309:ocean liner
174:Yard number
58:Netherlands
40:with Dutch
1729:Ship fires
1719:1918 fires
1714:1904 ships
1708:Categories
1649:Carabinier
1513:Carabinier
1413:Shipwrecks
1096:, OPE–ORA.
1067:(in Dutch)
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1015:(in Dutch)
986:References
957:Cape Henry
862:Royal Navy
825:North Mole
793:castor oil
765:La Pallice
652:Suez Canal
616:registered
541:sea trials
525:Vlissingen
381:Propulsion
42:neutrality
1637:USS
1628:Royal Oak
1626:HMS
1619:HMS
1593:Cerisoles
1581:USS
1570:HMS
1549:SMS
1520:Elizabeth
1518:USS
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1503:Cochrane
1499:14 Nov:
1478:10 Nov:
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807:died of
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562:tonnages
549:Rindjani
515:Building
491:and the
474:Rindjani
438:Armament
419:steerage
410:Capacity
373:, 3,600
206:Acquired
190:Launched
94:Operator
74:Namesake
44:markings
1639:Kanawha
1635:6 Nov:
1617:5 Nov:
1460:9 Nov:
1449:6 Nov:
1438:5 Nov:
1421:1 Nov:
1164:"Ophir"
943:Bermuda
903:auction
877:⁄
803:of her
769:tugboat
710:as USS
315:Tonnage
285:ID–2800
164:Builder
114:US Navy
52:History
1583:Bonita
1471:Saetia
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1250:29 May
1209:29 May
1179:29 May
1141:29 May
1071:29 May
1045:29 May
1019:29 May
939:Azores
801:ensign
758:France
501:angary
334:Length
281:1918:
271:1913:
150:1918:
105:1918:
99:1904:
1540:U-165
1492:Ophir
1482:Ascot
1169:DANFS
961:Ophir
931:Ophir
919:Ophir
899:Cadiz
895:Ophir
866:pilot
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846:Ophir
835:Ophir
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700:Ophir
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545:Wilis
537:Ophir
507:Ophir
484:Ophir
470:Wilis
462:Notes
402:Speed
388:screw
358:Decks
350:Depth
139:Route
84:Owner
78:Ophir
68:Ophir
38:Ophir
1678:1919
1670:1918
1662:1917
1561:U-97
1424:U-72
1304:ISBN
1281:2023
1252:2023
1211:2023
1181:2023
1143:2023
1094:1910
1073:2023
1047:2023
1021:2023
945:the
819:for
684:Java
650:and
629:and
531:for
505:USS
452:1 ×
446:1 ×
392:1 ×
386:1 ×
369:521
342:Beam
305:Type
292:Fate
238:PNLC
156:Java
64:Name
1572:G11
1551:V30
604:ihp
600:NHP
574:DWT
570:NRT
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523:in
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