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1540:Categories
1514:April 1917
1212:Shipwrecks
1011:Saint Paul
828:Matsushima
763:Emily Reed
742:Shipwrecks
471:References
339:Hartlepool
305:cargo ship
276:Propulsion
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1470:Dartmouth
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783:USS
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575:WreckSite
437:North Sea
376:Black Sea
316:steamship
287:2-masted
284:Sail plan
169:Completed
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117:Operator
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458:scuttle
448:aboard
402:bought
384:Garston
357:clipper
343:Captain
253:Draught
219:Tonnage
148:£22,720
135:Builder
42:History
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1343:Paxton
1261:Hebble
1110:Yankee
1089:Hebble
1029:Ribble
919:Yankee
441:Whitby
427:U-boat
291:(1895)
246:Height
230:Length
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1441:Morzh
1391:HMHS
1371:UC-24
1360:UC-36
1315:Borea
1283:UC-26
1272:UB-39
929:Ellen
796:Tiger
460:her.
432:UB-41
353:tramp
191:95287
99:Owner
1510:1918
1502:1917
1494:1916
1305:U-59
1245:Ilva
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