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found her deepest depth and it may be thought fitting that a ship with the name
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returned to
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641:(1 ed.). Eyre & Spottiswood. p. 121.
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609:"Marine Gazetteer Placedetails - Gaskell Ridge"
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
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714:Challenger the life of a survey ship
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734:. New York: The Macmillan Company.
162:12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
16:Royal Navy survey ship (1931–1954)
14:
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526:"Mishap to British survey ship".
214:associated with the discovery of
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399:and from the two destroyers
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637:Gaskell, Thomas F. (1960).
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1287:Maritime incidents in 1932
626:Explore the Mariana Trench
395:In December 1947 men from
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926:Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
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474:. This point was named
146:220 ft (67 m)
120:General characteristics
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356:armed merchant cruiser
154:36 ft (11 m)
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350:and the corvette HMS
290:56.47500°N 61.16667°W
577:. Guðmundur Helgason
979:President Roosevelt
753:1934GeogJ..84...33W
704:. New York: Norton.
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253:West Indies
204:survey ship
129:survey ship
91:1 June 1931
1277:1931 ships
1266:Categories
1179:Cap Arcona
1159:Challenger
1063:Berengaria
945:HMAS
894:HMAS
835:Reindeer I
813:Shipwrecks
513:References
503:Challenger
495:Challenger
490:Challenger
433:Challenger
397:Challenger
374:Challenger
348:Challenger
323:troop ship
281:61°10′00″W
278:56°28′30″N
255:, and the
245:Challenger
228:Portsmouth
212:Royal Navy
199:Challenger
179:Complement
138:1,140 tons
64:Challenger
1225:ARP
1214:ARP
1053:Hougomont
994:USS
967:HMS
896:Encounter
855:Prométhée
823:HMS
575:uboat.net
528:The Times
319:corvettes
267:, in the
80:Laid down
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722:6245841M
712:(1958),
571:"Anselm"
453:142°12′E
429:Far East
352:Starwort
336:Freetown
332:en route
265:Labrador
249:Labrador
224:dry dock
187:Armament
115:Scrapped
88:Launched
1227:Tacuary
1216:Tacuary
1209:Navemar
1189:Mulbera
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1169:Lawhill
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1149:Quersee
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1119:Otranto
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852:7 Jul:
769:1786831
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681:Bibcode
665:Sources
450:11°21′N
408:Contest
402:Cockade
382:Pacific
206:of the
159:Draught
70:Builder
40:History
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1031:USCGC
906:Nevada
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361:Cathay
344:Azores
327:Anselm
312:convoy
251:, the
202:was a
143:Length
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875:Niobe
765:JSTOR
507:Dover
439:near
172:knots
170:12.5
167:Speed
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1240:1931
1012:I-55
1006:I-54
985:Roma
583:2013
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413:Aden
405:and
359:HMS
334:for
197:HMS
190:None
151:Beam
125:Type
112:Fate
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