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203:4-inch (102 mm) DP
154:General characteristics
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279:6th Destroyer Flotilla
191:38 ft (12 m)
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277:was allocated to the
359:Souvenir Programme,
175:1,980 tons standard
321:Devonport Dockyard
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126:April 1963
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499:Battleaxe
491:Completed
343:in 1971.
244:destroyer
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275:Scorpion
263:Scorpion
259:Tomahawk
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107:Launched
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591:Grenade
570:Cutlass
341:Bo'ness
255:Centaur
248:British
246:of the
147:Bo'ness
85:Builder
77:Ordered
47:History
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295:Limbo
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544:Celt
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215:2 x
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188:Beam
142:Fate
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