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Runagate was an old term for a deserter, a fugitive and also a vagabond and a wanderer.
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HMS Vagabond was a British V Class submarine of 545 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Vagabond was powered by two Davey Paxman diesel engines providing a top speed of 13 knots surfaced and two electric motors providing a top speed of 10 knots submerged. She was armed with one 3 inch gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four 21 inch bow torpedo tubes.
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Tartar was old slang for a strolling vagabond, a thief or beggar.
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