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also still had a 293 as her target indicator. Still for air scanning only she had the 79B, but she also gained later that year a YE and for navigation a DRBN-30. In 1959 she was down-graded and only had a YE in her possession left. That year she gained new scanning equipment. She had a DRBV-22 for
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1889:Magnificent
1875:Bonaventure
1765:Magnificent
1659:Arromanches
1650:French Navy
1351:Arromanches
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1188:Arromanches
1173:20 November
1147:20 November
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882:Arromanches
872:Arromanches
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851:In 1957–58
832:Arromanches
824:Suez Crisis
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801:Arromanches
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777:Tonkin Gulf
773:Arromanches
763:French Navy
587:Alouette II
483:Arromanches
444:55 and was
442:Yard number
438:High Walker
391:Suez Crisis
383:Arromanches
377:Arromanches
373:French Navy
343:French Navy
334:Arromanches
154:Arromanches
123:On The Ball
98:High Walker
43:Arromanches
30:Arromanches
1995:1943 ships
1979:Categories
1944:Implacable
1738:Royal Navy
1419:Royal Navy
1287:(3): 199.
1062:Hobbs 2014
1050:Hobbs 2014
1038:Hobbs 2014
910:References
837:La Fayette
654:Royal Navy
613:, and the
581:, and the
355:Royal Navy
301:Complement
277:Propulsion
1953:Audacious
1814:Melbourne
1758:Leviathan
1700:Venerable
1602:Vengeance
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1293:0043-0374
814:In 1956,
809:Indochina
757:Cape Town
719:Vengeance
713:Venerable
522:and four
430:laid down
422:Admiralty
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1881:Powerful
1834:Terrible
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1751:Hercules
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1665:Colossus
1428:Colossus
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1191:Archived
1092:cite web
898:See also
891:Colossus
870:In 1968
842:Egyptian
785:Colossus
753:Colossus
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744:Argonaut
734:cruisers
730:Colossus
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495:Weaponry
490:Armament
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170:Acquired
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104:Launched
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80:Namesake
74:Colossus
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1631:Warrior
1525:Warrior
1491:Warrior
1470:Triumph
1463:Theseus
1456:Pioneer
1449:Perseus
1257:Dixmude
840:bombed
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465:Radars
253:Length
236:-class
200:: FBED
144:France
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317:Notes
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293:Range
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