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779:class) and
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609:25 Aug 1936
116:Preceded by
31:HNoMS
1684:Categories
1636:Hunt class
1547:Town class
1367:Destroyers
1336:Town class
1106:Literature
1084:(6111500)"
1063:7 February
1053:(6110876)"
1032:7 February
1022:(6110781)"
1001:8 February
991:(6110145)"
960:(6110329)"
803:References
699:7 Sep 1939
636:7 Jul 1938
582:7 May 1936
577:3 Oct 1934
549:Laid down
311:destroyers
259:Complement
235:Propulsion
153:In service
144:Town class
1652:Haugesund
1625:Stavanger
1618:Trondheim
1570:Mansfield
1563:St Albans
915:"Sinking"
751:Footnotes
552:Launched
533:Ship list
203:735
194:Destroyer
161:Completed
140:(planned)
87:Operators
25:The lead
1428:Sleipner
1417:Sleipner
1338:(actual)
1199:Sleipner
1172:Sleipner
958:Sleipner
935:cite web
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765:Sleipner
740:renamed
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568:Sleipner
511:In 1945
423:Sleipner
378:Sleipner
368:Armament
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346:Sleipner
305:Sleipner
294:throwers
267:Armament
177:Scrapped
146:(actual)
58:Builders
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33:Sleipner
27:Sleipner
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1595:C class
1584:Newport
1556:Lincoln
1529:Svenner
1520:S class
1510:Ålesund
1475:Ålesund
1369:of the
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1288:Panther
1264:Leopard
899:4 March
827:4 March
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680:Panther
498:Leopard
490:Panther
227:Draught
136:Ålesund
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561:Notes
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331:funnel
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