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The Challenger is a fireboat built for the Long Beach California Fire Department. She and her sister ship the Liberty were commissioned in 1987. They replaced two older vessels. [1] Within a year both vessels developed serious corrosion problems, due to poor choice of alloys, and the joints between different metals.
Although Eastland itself was a single-story mall, all three of its original anchor stores were constructed with two stories of retail space. The Sears store closed off its upper level at some point during the 1980s. With the closure and subsequent demolition of Northland in 2002, Eastland became the oldest shopping mall in the Columbus metro area.
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 ...
Shershen-class boats measure 34.7 metres (114 ft) in length, with a 6.7 m (22 ft) beam and a draught of 1.46–1.5 m (4.8–4.9 ft). Standard displacement measures 129 tonnes (127 long tons) while full displacement varies from 161 to 170 tonnes (158 to 167 long tons), depending on source and ship configuration.
HMS Challenger (pennant number K07) was a Royal Navy diving support vessel, operational from 1984 to 1990. Challenger had a saturation diving system allowing 12 divers to live in relative comfort in a large diving chamber amidships.
The Turya class is a derivative of the Shershen-class torpedo boat. A hydroplane was added forward to increase speed. A hydroplane was added forward to increase speed. These boats can operate at 40 knots at sea state 4 and 35 knots at sea state 5.
Shamrock V is a British J-class yacht.She was the first British yacht to be built to the new J-Class rule. She was commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth America's Cup challenge.
The Challenger 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) and carries 2,090 lb (948 kg) of ballast. [1]