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Japanese warship Takao

Japanese warship Takao

"Takao" (高雄) was a 1,600 tons Japanese frigate ("Aviso") of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed by Emile Bertin and built in Yokosuka, Japan, in 1889.


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