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283:QF 2-pounder
258:Sensors and
194:44,000
139:Displacement
108:Commissioned
103:4 April 1939
95:October 1937
71:
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25:
1612:Conte Rosso
1525:Cockaponset
1493:HMNZS
1257:Polish Navy
1173:Gadjah Mada
545: /
519:, south of
515:and led by
469:Southampton
465:Thornycroft
350:Description
237:5,500
86:Southampton
82:Thornycroft
21:HMS Kashmir
1811:1939 ships
1795:Categories
1769:April 1941
1559:Gloucester
1542:Robin Moor
1369:Shipwrecks
866:Royal Navy
590:References
336:Royal Navy
246:Complement
211:Propulsion
1782:June 1941
1669:Undaunted
1667:HMS
1656:HMS
1649:HMS
1638:HMS
1617:HMS
1600:HMS
1589:HMS
1582:HMS
1571:HMS
1566:Greyhound
1564:HMS
1557:HMS
1534:HMS
1515:Archangel
1476:HMS
1465:HMS
1424:Hurricane
1422:HMS
1389:HMS
1234:Nonpareil
1217:Van Galen
1061:Nonpareil
1007:Kimberley
751:164893555
499:North Sea
461:laid down
364:deep load
332:destroyer
275:3 × twin
153:deep load
92:Laid down
1733:29 May:
1726:Winnipeg
1723:26 May:
1716:Gianna M
1713:18 May:
1703:12 May:
1658:Imperial
1651:Hereward
1647:29 May:
1636:28 May:
1629:Bismarck
1626:27 May:
1609:25 May:
1598:24 May:
1580:23 May:
1549:22 May:
1532:21 May:
1522:20 May:
1512:16 May:
1502:15 May:
1491:14 May:
1484:Somersby
1478:Salopian
1474:13 May:
1467:Ladybird
1463:12 May:
1450:Ramb III
1441:10 May:
1413:Malakand
1128:Norseman
1014:Kingston
1000:Khartoum
973:Kandahar
929:Jubilant
722:(1998).
477:Kingston
404:fuel oil
360:standard
270:Armament
146:standard
100:Launched
1687:9 May:
1640:Mashona
1619:Grimsby
1584:Kashmir
1434:Pinguin
1431:8 May:
1420:7 May:
1404:4 May:
1397:Kwinana
1387:2 May:
1380:Nerissa
1377:1 May:
1303:L class
1278:Nerissa
1265:N class
1209:N class
1165:N class
1092:N class
1039:Nerissa
1031:N class
1021:Kipling
986:Kashmir
980:Javelin
958:K class
948:Javelin
942:Kashmir
935:Jupiter
903:Jamaica
874:J class
811:Kashmir
533:24°10′E
530:34°40′N
505:Kashmir
497:in the
488:Kashmir
457:Kashmir
382:geared
380:Parsons
376:draught
340:Kashmir
329:K-class
323:Kashmir
181:Draught
78:Builder
72:Kashmir
46:History
39:Kashmir
1495:Puriri
1391:Jersey
1273:Piorun
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1121:Norman
1114:Nestor
1100:Napier
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923:Jersey
896:Jaguar
889:Jackal
882:Jervis
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425:. For
419:bridge
327:was a
162:Length
1696:U-110
1591:Kelly
1456:U-110
1222:Noble
1134:Nepal
1107:Nizam
1055:(G84)
1053:Noble
1047:(G65)
1045:Noble
966:Kelly
916:Janus
813:(F12)
558:Notes
521:Crete
513:StG 2
400:knots
325:(F12)
308:20 ×
264:ASDIC
234:Range
227:knots
222:Speed
1765:1942
1757:1941
1749:1940
1706:I-69
1602:Hood
1573:York
1552:Fiji
1536:Juno
1505:Leon
1276:(ex-
1232:(ex-
1220:(ex-
1176:(ex-
909:Juno
809:HMS
783:ISBN
764:ISBN
747:OCLC
728:ISBN
706:ISBN
687:ISBN
664:ISBN
645:ISBN
626:ISBN
607:ISBN
494:U-35
480:and
459:was
372:beam
321:HMS
201:2 ×
173:Beam
116:Fate
70:HMS
67:Name
37:HMS
467:in
463:by
342:in
239:nmi
225:36
196:shp
167:o/a
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