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- ↑ The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems By Eric Wertheim
- ↑ Lloyd's Register of Shipping
- ↑ "Ship register search". www.irclass.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013.[ failed verification ]
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