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227:
222:
220:
218:
55:
25:
272:The Graphic
256:seasickness
171:1,974
95:Yard number
1687:1874 ships
1681:Categories
1515:Lammermuir
1309:Shipwrecks
1207:Abbotsford
1024:Cospatrick
939:Shipwrecks
439:References
262:Background
239:passenger
210:Propulsion
122:April 1875
114:April 1875
1639:HMS
1614:HMS
1601:HMS
1578:Thunderer
1576:HMS
1563:HMS
1503:Georgette
1407:Frederick
1321:HMS
1231:HMS
1218:HMS
1121:HMS
1096:HMS
1000:D.R. Owen
976:Minnehaha
830:(renamed
820:John Penn
790:(renamed
620:The Times
605:The Times
590:The Times
559:5 January
516:The Times
482:5 January
472:"1070698"
234:Victorian
111:Completed
1628:Bessemer
1590:Snaefell
1527:Delaware
1467:Vigilant
1431:Geltwood
1419:Dunraven
1335:Surprise
1323:Warspite
1195:Bessemer
1110:Derzhava
1098:Endymion
887:Castalia
860:Victoria
846:Samphire
727:Bessemer
412:Hextable
388:Bessemer
336:Bessemer
322:was a 4-
320:Bessemer
289:Bessemer
249:inventor
245:engineer
223:Bessemer
130:May 1875
103:Launched
56:Bessemer
1641:Diamond
1624:29 Dec:
1586:13 Sep:
1573:14 Jul:
1463:13 Sep:
1451:20 Jul:
1439:15 Jul:
1427:14 Jun:
1415:22 Apr:
1403:15 Mar:
1395:Laurdal
1391:12 Mar:
1367:28 Feb:
1359:Caprice
1355:28 Feb:
1347:Halifax
1343:17 Feb:
1203:24 Nov:
1191:21 Oct:
1179:17 Oct:
1171:Tynwald
1155:23 Aug:
1143:19 Aug:
1131:30 Jul:
1106:10 May:
1093:10 May:
1085:Silesia
1081:24 Apr:
1057:18 Jan:
1036:Centaur
1020:17 Nov:
1008:29 Oct:
984:19 Jun:
972:18 Jan:
964:Sherman
834:, 1891)
813:Invicta
794:, 1880)
779:Empress
771:Empress
416:Swanley
414:House,
396:Grimsby
328:Morocco
280:gimbals
202:Draught
168:Tonnage
84:Builder
47:History
1665:1877 →
1658:← 1875
1611:7 Nov:
1598:6 Nov:
1499:1 Dec:
1475:1 Dec:
1455:Mohawk
1379:3 Mar:
1371:Nettle
1331:3 Feb:
1318:3 Jan:
1257:1875 →
1250:← 1873
1233:Thetis
1220:Renard
1167:6 Oct:
1123:Racoon
1073:Russia
1069:1 Feb:
1061:Celtic
1032:9 Dec:
996:8 Sep:
960:9 Jan:
948:1 Jan:
827:Prince
806:France
792:Petrel
741:Calais
734:Breeze
651:
535:
392:Humber
375:Calais
350:Career
274:, 1874
179:Length
90:, Hull
41:, 1875
1616:Tamar
1603:Dryad
1539:Un'yō
1147:Azuma
952:Surat
764:Dover
371:Dover
142:70698
62:Owner
1636:Unk:
1565:Arab
1560:Jan:
1535:Unk:
1523:Unk:
1511:Unk:
1487:Nov:
1443:Acme
1228:Unk:
1215:Unk:
1118:May:
867:Wave
853:Scud
799:Foam
781:(II)
758:(II)
649:ISBN
561:2010
533:ISBN
484:2010
408:Reed
361:The
344:Hull
332:gilt
247:and
219:The
187:Beam
160:Type
147:Fate
52:Name
773:(I)
750:(I)
373:to
342:of
221:SS
173:GRT
98:197
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524:^
492:^
475:.
462:^
455:.
451:,
398:,
258:.
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1285:t
1278:v
922:e
915:t
908:v
703:e
696:t
689:v
563:.
486:.
23:.
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