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889:Formidable
875:Kempenfelt
871:Kempenfelt
860:Kempenfelt
820:Kempenfelt
740:Kempenfelt
725:Devonshire
709:battleship
704:Formidable
676:Scapa Flow
672:Home Fleet
668:Kempenfelt
650:Kempenfelt
634:Kempenfelt
613:bombarded
601:Inglefield
588:Kempenfelt
563:Kempenfelt
547:Kempenfelt
533:HMCS
525:Kempenfelt
517:Royal Navy
505:Kempenfelt
398:Complement
356:Propulsion
236:Yugoslavia
190:Anzio 1944
159:Yugoslavia
141:8 May 1943
92:Kempenfelt
54:Kempenfelt
1253:Whirlwind
1226:Valentine
939:Swiftsure
934:Venerable
913:Whirlwind
909:Hong Kong
905:Subic Bay
880:Swiftsure
869:On 1 May
846:, in the
828:Fremantle
813:Newcastle
777:Whirlwind
559:Valentine
553:yards of
551:Clydebank
300:destroyer
170:Fideliter
130:Laid down
124:Clydebank
58:Newcastle
1538:Wrangler
1533:Vrystaat
1431:El Qaher
1419:El Fateh
1267:Wrangler
1175:s career
993:and her
955:Post war
944:Euryalus
918:Quadrant
885:kamikaze
807:Argonaut
771:Wrangler
746:Far East
644:Normandy
619:cruisers
610:Le Malin
604:and the
433:Armament
418:Type 291
264:Acquired
256:City of
253:Namesake
157:Sold to
138:Launched
98:Namesake
1608:C class
1602:V class
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1359:Zealous
1352:Zambesi
1322:Wakeful
1307:Z class
1281:Wakeful
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968:reserve
964:Chatham
836:US Navy
783:Wakeful
760:Sumatra
731:Tirpitz
719:Berwick
698:Furious
680:Cardiff
648:In May
629:Spartan
515:of the
467:single
348:Draught
315:(1,730
297:W-class
116:Builder
108:Ordered
66:History
1554:
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1514:Wessex
1497:
1481:Zodiac
1452:
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1424:Zenith
1407:
1380:Zodiac
1366:Zephyr
1344:Zenith
1337:Wessex
1296:Wessex
1289:Zenith
1260:Wizard
1150:
1131:
1112:
1089:
1040:
995:sister
832:Sydney
765:Wessex
752:Ceylon
707:, the
659:Diadem
638:Formia
508:was a
416:Radar
329:Length
317:tonnes
311:1,710
179:awards
1583:Wager
1566:Kotor
1526:Whelp
1476:Yaffo
1464:Eilat
1436:Myngs
1329:Zebra
1324:(R81)
1315:Myngs
1291:(R78)
1283:(R59)
1276:(R59)
1274:Zebra
1246:Whelp
1239:Wager
1173:'
1019:Notes
1013:Kotor
1000:Wager
864:Leyte
844:Manus
623:Orion
615:Gaeta
592:Anzio
460:twin
390:Range
382:Speed
258:Kotor
247:Kotor
219:Badge
208:Notes
166:Motto
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1569:(ex-
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1373:Zest
1168:HMS
1148:ISBN
1129:ISBN
1110:ISBN
1087:ISBN
1038:ISBN
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931:and
924:Ursa
921:and
810:and
792:and
780:and
722:and
701:and
626:and
503:HMS
496:None
464:Mk.V
452:4 ×
445:4 ×
438:4 ×
340:Beam
313:tons
280:Fate
275:R-21
243:Name
90:HMS
87:Name
52:HMS
34:and
674:at
666:.
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373:shp
334:o/a
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