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866:Galera Real
859:Cakra Dunia
442:Pollock Rip
353:Bath, Maine
266:Description
161:six-masted
1806:1909 ships
1800:Categories
1729:Minnekahda
1645:HMAS
1548:Resolution
1504:Washington
1391:HMAS
1339:Shipwrecks
1186:Dunderberg
1165:Appomattox
1082:Shenandoah
1063:Santa Anna
952:Grace Dieu
837:Thalamegos
807:Nemi ships
790:Khufu ship
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1524:USS
1515:Vernon II
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1393:Australia
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1110:Tenacious
1002:Mahmudiye
979:Javanese
945:Götheborg
823:Syracusia
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1770:41°32′N
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1256:Orlando
1228:Jylland
1145:Wyoming
1131:Victory
1056:Roanoke
722:Wyoming
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447:2003 -
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43:History
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1249:Mersey
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108:Length
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1284:Other
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190:Speed
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1742:1923
1569:S-50
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1009:Mars
981:jong
784:Isis
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298:coal
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181:, 5
177:, 5
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153:Sail
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