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323:"Crew of the Colchester in Captivity"
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298:. England. 30 September 1916
362:. England. 18 February 1917
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241:. England. 20 October 1880
219:Railway and other Steamers
780:Ships built on the Humber
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330:. England. 4 October 1916
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355:"New Zebrugge Attach"
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264:Haws, Duncan (1993).
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180:Earle's Shipbuilding
138:31 feet (9.4 m)
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120:gross register tons
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770:1886 ships
764:Categories
592:Lady Tyler
520:Copenhagen
513:Colchester
499:Chelmsford
366:30 October
334:30 October
302:30 October
245:30 October
204:References
195:Colchester
163:Colchester
154:14.5 knots
47:Colchester
29:Colchester
676:Stockholm
669:St George
648:Rotterdam
492:Cambridge
450:Archangel
436:Amsterdam
170:in 1888.
741:Yarmouth
662:St Denis
585:Kilkenny
485:Brussels
429:Adelaide
191:Ruhleben
86:Launched
53:Operator
748:Zealous
699:Suffolk
655:Roulers
620:Norwich
613:Norfolk
599:Malines
577:Ipswich
569:Ipswich
562:Harwich
548:Frinton
534:Dresden
471:Brandon
443:Antwerp
174:History
115:Tonnage
72:Builder
37:History
734:Vienna
627:Orwell
606:Munich
527:Cromer
478:Bruges
464:Berlin
457:Avalon
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193:. The
127:Length
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683:Stour
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421:Ships
151:Speed
143:Depth
64:Route
368:2015
336:2015
304:2015
270:ISBN
247:2015
161:TSS
135:Beam
102:Fate
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