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MV Kaitaki is a roll-on/roll-off ferry built in 1995. It previously operated under the names, Isle of Innisfree, then Pride of Cherbourg, Stena Challenger and Challenger.As of 2008, MV Kaitaki was the largest ferry operating the Interislander service between the North and South Islands of New Zealand having taken her latest name in 2007.
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.
She is currently the oldest vessel in the Marine Atlantic fleet. She was built along with two sister ships by Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder, Norway in the early 1990s. These two are Oslofjord and Patria Seaways. she also has 2 Half Sisters in "Gryf" and "Lider Express". Leif Ericson and Patria Seaways were originally owned by the Swedish Company ...
These boats can operate at 40 knots at sea state 4 and 35 knots at sea state 5. A heavier twin 57 mm gun was added aft in response to NATO fast attack craft being fitted with the 76 mm OTO Melara gun. The boats are fitted with a helicopter type dipping sonar aft. The 533mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes can fire either anti-ship or anti-submarine ...
The ship was dispatched to the disabled fishing vessel Lady Gudny in January 2017. Spar was able to secure a tow line on the fishing boat, but it broke in the heavy seas and high winds. The broken tow line wrapped around Spar's propeller, disabling the ship. She was towed back to Kodiak by a commercial tugboat. [14]
Ship No. Comm. Displacement Notes Attack submarines (6) Challenger class. Former Sjöormen class. 2 Sweden: Attack submarines: Kockums: RSS Conqueror – 26 Jun 2004 (Former 16 Dec 1968) 1,200 tonnes (submerged) 1,130 tonnes (surfaced) [1] Purchased second hand from the Swedish Navy. RSS Chieftain – 26 Jun 2004 (Former 25 Jul 1969) Archer class
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]
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.