HMS Challenger
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HMS Challenger was a survey ship of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy associated with the discovery of Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the oceans. She was laid down in 1930 at Chatham Dockyard and built in a dry dock, before being moved to Portsmouth for completion and commissioning on 15 March 1932.
1931
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Chatham Dockyard, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 
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Location: 11.35, 142.2, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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HMS Challenger ⓘ
1932 survey vessel -
Trieste ⓘ
deep sea scientific submarine
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1931 HMS Challenger
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keel laying
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ship launching
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ship decommissioning
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ship commissioning
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Illustration from Edgell's Sea Surveys
HMS Challenger FL7843Illustration from Edgell's Sea SurveysHMS Challenger FL7843
Oceanographer Tom F Gaskell aboard HMS Challenger II| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| object | watercraft | 1931 | HMS Challenger | survey vessel | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1952 | Trieste | preserved watercraft, bathyscaphe, submarine | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Illustration from Edgell's Sea Surveys | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Challenger FL7843 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Illustration from Edgell's Sea Surveys | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Challenger FL7843 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Oceanographer Tom F Gaskell aboard HMS Challenger II | Commons | ||
