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883:Kaiser
869:Nassau
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343:Bremen
318:to be
169:Height
131:Length
112:tonnes
110:1,512
83:
1557:UE II
1537:UC II
1522:UB II
1507:U 151
1502:U 142
1497:U 139
1492:U 135
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1482:U 127
1477:U 115
1281:1916M
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761:U-155
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392:U-157
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380:U-155
370:U-154
364:U-151
234:Range
222:knots
220:12.4
215:Speed
27:U-155
1552:UE I
1547:UD 1
1532:UC I
1517:UB I
1472:U 93
1467:U 87
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1422:U 23
1417:U 19
1412:U 17
1407:U 16
1402:U 13
1358:Odin
1291:1918
1286:1917
1276:1916
1270:V105
1263:G101
1257:1914
1252:1913
1247:1911
1242:1906
1237:1898
1184:Cöln
1086:Hela
1050:Roon
683:2007
650:ISBN
624:ISBN
583:ISBN
535:mine
389:and
357:and
340:and
296:2 Ă—
286:2 Ă—
154:Beam
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1392:U 5
1387:U 3
1382:U 2
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367:to
280:18
241:nmi
138:o/a
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1512:UA
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