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The Type 206 is a class of diesel-electric submarines developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW). Its design is based on the preceding Type 205 submarine class. These small and agile submarines were built during the Cold War to operate in the shallow Baltic Sea and attack Warsaw Pact shipping in the event of military confrontation.
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In 1995, the RSN acquired a refurbished Sjöormen-class submarine from the Swedish Navy, followed by another three in 1997. [3] It is believed that the Challenger class were purchased to develop the required submarine operations expertise before selecting a modern class of submarines to replace them, as all the boats were over 50 years old.
Such an incident became the setting for the 1977 dramatic film Medusa Challenger. In 1998 the Medusa Corporation was acquired by Southdown Inc., of Houston [3] and the vessel was renamed Southdown Challenger. After two more acquisitions, the vessel became the property of St. Marys Cement Inc. of Toronto in 2005 and finally renamed St. Marys ...
USCGC Spar (WLB-206) is a United States Coast Guard Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender home-ported in Duluth, Minnesota The ship maintains aids to navigation in the Twin Ports and Great Lakes. Construction
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Data from source name General characteristics Crew: one pilot Capacity: lots of passengers Length: 20 m (65 ft 7 in) nose probe to tail light Wingspan: 30 m (98 ft 5 in) with extra tips Height: 5 m (16 ft 5 in) to top of rudder Airfoil: NACA something Empty weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb) absolutely dry Gross weight: 7,500 kg (16,535 lb) all up Max takeoff weight: 7,800 kg (17,196 lb) if you must ...