HMS Artifex (F28)
HMS Artifex was a repair ship of the Royal Navy from late in the Second World War and into the Cold War. Launched as the Cunard liner RMS Aurania she was requisitioned on the outbreak of war to serve as an armed merchant cruiser. Damaged by a U-boat while sailing with an Atlantic convoy, she was purchased outright and converted to a floating workshop, spending the rest of her life as a support ship for the navy.
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HMS Artifex (F28)
HMS Artifex was a repair ship of the Royal Navy from late in the Second World War and into the Cold War. Launched as the Cunard liner RMS Aurania she was requisitioned on the outbreak of war to serve as an armed merchant cruiser. Damaged by a U-boat while sailing with an Atlantic convoy, she was purchased outright and converted to a floating workshop, spending the rest of her life as a support ship for the navy.
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HMS Artifex was a repair ship ...... s a support ship for the navy.
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RMS Aurania – brytyjski transa ...... okręt warsztatowy HMS Artifex.
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アーティフェクス（HMS Artifex, F28）はイギリ ...... ・ラインの客船オーラニア（RMS Aurania）であった。
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1939-08-30
1942-03-24
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1939-08-30
1942-03-24
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1.58496e+2
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1924-02-06
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Scrapped in 1961
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* 8 × 6 inch guns
*2 × 3 inch guns
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August 1944
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Scrapped in 1961
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1924-02-06
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HMS Artifex
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RMS Aurania
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Pennant number F28
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*Cunard
*Cunard White Star Ltd
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Steam turbines
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Renamed HMS Artifex in November 1942
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HMS Artifex was a repair ship ...... s a support ship for the navy.
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RMS Aurania – brytyjski transa ...... okręt warsztatowy HMS Artifex.
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アーティフェクス（HMS Artifex, F28）はイギリ ...... ・ラインの客船オーラニア（RMS Aurania）であった。
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HMS Artifex (F28)
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RMS Aurania (Schiff, 1924)
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RMS Aurania
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アーティフェクス (工作艦)
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HMS Artifex
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RMS Aurania
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