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'''John I. Thornycroft & Company''', commonly referred to as '''Thornycroft''' was a British shipbuilding firm that entered the field in 1866.

They excelled at constructing destroyers, and their "specials" (special designs to wring every last ounce of capability from the vessel) often helped advance the mark for other manufacturers.

==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|{{UK-2TB1|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1876||Broken up 1896
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|{{FR-N°5|f=p}}||torpedo boat||1876||Discarded ''c''. 1887
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|{{FR-N°6|f=p}}||torpedo boat||1876||Discarded 1890
|-
|{{UK-2TB2|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB3|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB4|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB5|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB6|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB7|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB8|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB9|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB10|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB11|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-2TB12|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1878||Broken up 
|-
|{{UK-1TB53|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Sep, 1878|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB51|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Oct, 1878|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB52|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Oct, 1878|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB54|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Oct, 1878|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB55|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Dec, 1878|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB56|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Dec, 1878|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB58|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Feb, 1879|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB59|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Feb, 1879|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB57|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Jun, 1879|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB60|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Jun, 1879|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB61|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Sep, 1879|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB62|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Sep, 1879|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB64|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB65|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB66|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB67|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB69|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB70|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB71|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB72|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB73|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB98|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1880|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB68|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1881|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB79|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||16 Jan, 1882|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB80|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Sep, 1882|| 
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|{{UK-1TB81|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||5 Oct, 1882|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB82|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||17 Oct, 1882|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB83|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||11 Nov, 1882|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB84|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||24 Nov, 1882|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB78|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||Dec, 1882|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB76|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||3 Jan, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB85|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||17 Jan, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB77|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||24 Jan, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB86|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1 Feb, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB87|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||17 Feb, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB88|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||20 Feb, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB89|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||2 Mar, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB90|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||3 Mar, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB91|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||9 Mar, 1883|| 
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|{{UK-1TB92|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||4 Apr, 1883|| 
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|{{UK-1TB93|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||5 Apr, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB94|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||18 Apr, 1883|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB95|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||20 Apr, 1883|| 
|-
|{{DE-Th2|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||23 May, 1884||Fate 
|-
|{{DE-Th1|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||13 Jun, 1884||Sold 1900
|-
|{{UK-1TB21|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1884||Sold 1907
|-
|{{UK-1TB22|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1884||Sold 1907
|-
|{{UK-1TB99|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1884|| 
|-
|{{UK-1TB100|f=p}}||second-class torpedo boat||1884|| 
|-
|{{AU-Childers|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1884||Sold Aug, 1918
|-
|{{UK-1TB26|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB27|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB28|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Stranded 1898
|-
|{{UK-1TB29|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB41|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB42|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB43|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB44|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB45|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB46|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1920
|-
|{{UK-1TB47|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1908
|-
|{{UK-1TB48|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1905
|-
|{{UK-1TB49|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB50|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1920
|-
|{{UK-TB51|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1913
|-
|{{UK-TB52|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB53|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1913
|-
|{{UK-TB54|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1TB25|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||7 Oct, 1885||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB55|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||29 Aug, 1886||Sold 23 Feb, 1920
|-
|{{UK-TB56|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||29 Aug, 1886||Sunk 17 May, 1906
|-
|{{UK-TB57|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||29 Aug, 1886||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB58|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||29 Aug, 1886||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB59|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||29 Aug, 1886||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB60|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||29 Aug, 1886||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB100|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1887||Broken up 1909
|-
|{{UK-TB102|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1887||Broken up 1909
|-
|{{UK-TB103|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1887||Broken up 1909
|-
|{{UK-1Speedy|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||18 May, 1893||Mined 3 Sep, 1914
|-
|{{UK-TB93|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1893||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-1Daring|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Nov, 1893||Broken up 1912
|-
|{{UK-1Decoy|f=p}}||destroyer||2 Feb, 1894||Collision 1904
|-
|{{UK-TB91|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1894||Sold 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB92|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1894||Sold 1920
|-
|{{UK-2Ardent|f=p}}||destroyer||16 Oct, 1894||Broken up 1911
|-
|{{UK-Boxer|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Nov, 1894||Collision 1918
|-
|{{UK-Bruizer|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Feb, 1895||Broken up 1914
|-
|{{UK-Desperate|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Feb, 1896||Broken up 1920
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|{{UK-1Fame|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Apr, 1896||Broken up 1921
|-
|{{UK-Foam|f=p}}||destroyer||8 Oct, 1896||Broken up 1914
|-
|{{UK-Mallard|f=p}}||destroyer||19 Nov, 1896||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Angler|f=p}}||destroyer||2 Feb, 1897||Broken up 1920
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|{{UK-1Ariel|f=p}}||destroyer||5 Mar, 1897||Wrecked 1907
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|{{UK-Coquette|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Nov, 1897||Mined 7 Mar, 1916
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|{{UK-Cynthia|f=p}}||destroyer||8 Jan, 1898||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{DE-D10|f=p}}||divisional torpedo boat||24 Mar, 1898||Broken up ''c''. late 1922
|-
|{{UK-Woodcock|f=p}}||river gunboat||8 Apr, 1898||Sold Mar, 1928
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|{{UK-Woodlark|f=p}}||river gunboat||8 Apr, 1898||Sold Jul, 1928
|-
|{{UK-Albatross|f=p}}||destroyer||19 Jul, 1898||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-1Cygnet|f=p}}||destroyer||3 Sep, 1898||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Stag|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Nov, 1899||Broken up 1921
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|{{UK-TB98|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||22 Jan, 1901||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-TB99|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1901||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-TB107|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||2 Jul, 1901||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-TB108|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||30 Aug, 1901||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-TB109|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||22 Jul, 1902||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB110|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||5 Sep, 1902||Broken up 1919
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|{{UK-TB111|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||31 Oct, 1902||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB112|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||15 Jan, 1903||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB113|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||12 Feb, 1903||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Kennet|f=p}}||destroyer||4 Dec, 1903||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-Jed|f=p}}||destroyer||16 Feb, 1904||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Chelmer|f=p}}||destroyer||8 Dec, 1904||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Colne|f=p}}||destroyer||21 May, 1905||Broken up 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB6|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||24 Jun, 1906||Sold 1920
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|{{UK-TB8|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||1 Dec, 1906||Sold 1921
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|{{UK-TB7|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||20 Dec, 1906||Sold 1921
|-
|{{UK-TB10|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||15 Feb, 1907||Mined 10 Jun, 1915
|-
|{{UK-TB9|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||18 Mar, 1907||Collision 26 Jul, 1916
|-
|{{UK-1Tartar|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Jun, 1907|| 1921
|-
|{{UK-TB19|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||7 Dec, 1907||Sold 1921
|-
|{{UK-TB20|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||21 Jan, 1908||Sold 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Amazon|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Jul, 1908|| 1919
|-
|{{UK-TB31|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||10 Oct, 1908||Sold 1921
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|{{UK-TB32|f=p}}||first-class torpedo boat||23 Nov, 1908||Sold 1921
|-
|{{UK-1Nubian|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Apr, 1909||Torpedoed 27 Oct, 1916
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|{{UK-Savage|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Mar, 1910|| May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Larne|f=p}}||destroyer||23 Aug, 1910|| May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Lyra|f=p}}||destroyer||4 Oct, 1910|| May, 1921
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|{{UK-Martin|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Dec, 1910|| Aug, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Minstrel|f=p}}||destroyer||2 Feb, 1911||To Japan Jun, 1917
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|{{UK-1Acheron|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Jun, 1911|| 9 May, 1921
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|{{UK-Ariel|f=p}}||destroyer||26 Sep, 1911||Mined 2 Aug, 1918
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|{{UK-1Hardy|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Oct, 1912|| May, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Paragon|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Feb, 1913||Torpedoed 18 Mar, 1917
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|{{UK-1Porpoise|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Jul, 1913|| Mar, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Unity|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Sep, 1913|| Oct, 1922
|-
|{{UK-Victor|f=p}}||destroyer||28 Nov, 1913|| Jan, 1923
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|{{UK-Lance|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Feb, 1914|| Nov, 1921
|-
|{{UK-Lookout|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Apr, 1914|| Aug, 1922
|-
|{{UK-Meteor|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Jul, 1914|| 
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|{{UK-Mastiff|f=p}}||destroyer||5 Sep, 1914|| 
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|{{UK-Michael|f=p}}||destroyer||19 May, 1915|| 
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|{{UK-Milbrook|f=p}}||destroyer||12 Jul, 1915|| 
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|{{UK-Minion|f=p}}||destroyer||11 Sep, 1915|| 
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|{{UK-Munster|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Nov, 1915|| 
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|{{UK-Nepean|f=p}}||destroyer||22 Jan, 1916|| 
|-
|{{UK-F3|f=p}}||submarine||19 Feb, 1916||Broken up 1920
|-
|{{UK-Nereus|f=p}}||destroyer||24 Feb, 1916|| 
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|{{UK-E33|f=p}}||submarine||18 Apr, 1916||Sold Sep, 1922
|-
|{{UK-Patriot|f=p}}||destroyer||20 Apr, 1916|| 
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|{{UK-Patrician|f=p}}||destroyer||5 Jun, 1916|| 
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|{{UK-Rapid|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Jul, 1916|| 
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|{{UK-Ready|f=p}}||destroyer||26 Aug, 1916|| 
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|{{UK-Rosalind|f=p}}||destroyer||14 Oct, 1916|| 13 Jul, 1926
|-
|{{UK-Radiant|f=p}}||destroyer||25 Nov, 1916|| 21 Jun, 1920
|-
|{{UK-Retriever|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Jan, 1917|| 26 Jul, 1927
|-
|{{UK-E34|f=p}}||submarine||27 Jan, 1917||Mined 20 Jul, 1918
|-
|{{UK-Taurus|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Mar, 1917|| 18 Feb, 1930
|-
|{{UK-Teazer|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Apr, 1917|| 6 Feb, 1931
|-
|{{UK-1Shakespeare|f=p}}||flotilla leader||7 Jul, 1917||Handed over 2 Sep, 1936
|-
|{{UK-Spenser|f=p}}||flotilla leader||22 Sep, 1917||Handed over 29 Sep, 1936
|-
|{{UK-Viceroy|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Nov, 1917|| Jun, 1948
|-
|{{UK-Viscount|f=p}}||destroyer||29 Dec, 1917|| 20 Mar, 1945
|-
|{{UK-Torbay|f=p}}||destroyer||6 Mar, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Wolsey|f=p}}||destroyer||16 Mar, 1918|| 4 Mar, 1947
|-
|{{UK-Woolston|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Apr, 1918|| 18 Feb, 1947
|-
|{{UK-Speedy|f=p}}||destroyer||1 Jun, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Tobago|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Jul, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Wallace|f=p}}||flotilla leader||26 Oct, 1918|| 20 Mar, 1945
|-
|{{UK-Toreador|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Dec, 1918|| 
|-
|{{UK-Tourmaline|f=p}}||destroyer||12 Apr, 1919|| 
|-
|{{UK-Wishart|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Jul, 1919|| 20 Mar, 1945
|-
|{{UK-Witch|f=p}}||destroyer||11 Nov, 1919|| Jul, 1946
|-
|{{UK-Keppel|f=p}}||flotilla leader||23 Apr, 1920|| Jul, 1945
|-
|{{UK-Broke|f=p}}||flotilla leader||16 Sep, 1920||Foundered 9 Nov, 1942
|-
|{{UK-Amazon|f=p}}||destroyer||27 Jan, 1926||Sold 24 Oct, 1948
|-
|{{UK-Acheron|f=p}}||destroyer||22 Aug, 1929||Mined 17 Dec, 1940
|-
|{{CA-Saguenay|f=p}}||destroyer||11 Jul, 1930||Sold 1945
|-
|{{CA-Skeena|f=p}}||destroyer||10 Oct, 1930||Wrecked 25 Oct, 1944
|-
|{{UK-Daring|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Apr, 1932||Sunk 18 Feb, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Decoy|f=p}}||destroyer||7 Jun, 1932||Broken up 1946
|-
|{{UK-Glowworm|f=p}}||destroyer||22 Jul, 1935||Sunk 8 Apr, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Grafton|f=p}}||destroyer||18 Sep, 1935||Sunk 29 May, 1940
|-
|{{UK-Mohawk|f=p}}||destroyer||15 Oct, 1937||Torpedoed 16 Apr, 1941
|-
|{{UK-Nubian|f=p}}||destroyer||21 Dec, 1937||Sold 11 Jun, 1949
|-
|{{UK-Hesperus|f=p}}||destroyer||1 Aug, 1939||Broken up 1946
|-
|{{UK-Highlander|f=p}}||destroyer||17 Oct, 1939||Broken up 1947
|}
</div name=fredbot:ships>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornycroft_shipbuilding_company}}
{{refend}}

==Bibliography==
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