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The predreadnought B Canopus was also coming, but she was so slow the Germans would never have let her at them.
Archive 2007-08-01 Cromwell MkI 2007
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The predreadnought B Canopus was also coming, but she was so slow the Germans would never have let her at them.
Camp Cromwell 28/08/07 Cromwell MkI 2007
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On January 6, 1916, the predreadnought King Edward VII, proceeding from Scapa Flow to Belfast for dockyard maintenance, hit a mine, turned over, and sank off the Scottish coast.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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Evaluating the strengths of the two ships being sent to reinforce his squadron, Cradock could think of little use for Canopus, and for the next seven weeks he would continue to wonder how to employ this lumbering predreadnought.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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As for the navy, Fisher proposed that Admiral Sturdee take a fleet of British predreadnought battleships and ram this force through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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These four heavy-bombardment ships — which de Robeck designated Line A — were accompanied by two predreadnought battleships, Prince George and Triumph, whose mission was to engage the howitzer batteries on either shore.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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