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Career
Built
1932
Fate
in service
General Characteristics
Displacement:
225 tonnes
Length:
37.50 m
Width:
Beam:
Draught:
3.65 m
Class:
Speed:
Complement:
1 officer
5 non-commissioned officers
10 quarter-masters
20 trainees
Armament:
none
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