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of 3.5 metres (11 ft 6 in). This was later increased to 99.1 metres (325 ft 2 in) long overall maintaining the same beam but increasing the draught to 3.7 metres (12 ft 2 in). They initially had a complement of 92 which rose to 94 by 2009. The ships are equipped with
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