Challenger class

1984

Landing platform only. No hangar

Royal Navy

Westland Lynx

One-off ship for Seabed Operations (AGH), including submarine rescue and support for saturation diving. A commendable concept, poorly executed.

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7185	full load (tn)
134.10	length (m)
18	beam (m)
5	draught (m)
15	max speed (knots)



5	Naval Engine diesel-electric

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Scott Lithgow (Greenock) - Greenock	1

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1981-may	Launched	K07 HMS Challenger
1984	Commissioned	K07 HMS Challenger
1990	Decommissioned	K07 HMS Challenger sold by MoD in 1993.
1997-oct-5		K07 HMS Challenger Laid up on River Tyne by Oct 1997
1999	Fate: transfered	K07 HMS Challenger sold. Refitted at Nutia Gdynia as a detrital diamond seabed mining vessel, now named mv Ya Toivo.