Euphrates (ship)

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Several ships have been named Euphrates for the Euphrates River:

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Citations

  1. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 275.
  2. ↑ Phipps (1840), p. 158.
  3. ↑ Wadia (1986), p. 343.
  4. ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 333.
  5. 1 2 Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 134.
  6. ↑ Low (1877), p. 583.
  7. ↑ Gibson-Hill (1954), p. 133, Fn#4.

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