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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.
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.
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 ...
The Challenger-class cruisers were essentially repeats of the previous Highflyer class, albeit with more powerful propulsion machinery. They were designed to displace 5,880 long tons (5,970 t). The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 355 feet (108.2 m), a beam of 56 feet (17.1 m) and a draught of 21 feet 3 inches (6.5 m).
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.
The first race started from Southampton in September 1992 with 10 identical 67 ft (20 m) boats sailed by a skipper and 13 crew. There were a number of serious rigging screw failures in the Southern Ocean and British Steel II , after the initial success of winning the first leg of the race, was dismasted in mid-Southern Ocean, but managed to motorsail safely to Hobart under jury rig.
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]