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HMS Challenger (1931)

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HMS Challenger was a survey ship of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. [1]

26 relations: Azores, Challenger Deep, Challenger expedition, Chatham Dockyard, Cyprus, Dominion of Newfoundland, Dry dock, East Indies, Far East, Ford's Harbour, Freetown, Guam, Indian Ocean, Labrador, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean, Persian Gulf, Port of Dover, Portsmouth, Research vessel, Royal Navy, Sierra Leone, SS Cathay (1924), Troopship, United Kingdom, West Indies.

Azores

The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.

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Challenger Deep

The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the Earth's seabed hydrosphere, with a depth of by direct measurement from submersibles, and slightly more by sonar bathymetry.

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Challenger expedition

The Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography.

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Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent.

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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Dominion of Newfoundland

Newfoundland was a British dominion from 1907 to 1949.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes dry-dock or drydock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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East Indies

The East Indies or the Indies are the lands of South and Southeast Asia.

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Far East

The Far East is a geographical term in English that usually refers to East Asia (including Northeast Asia), the Russian Far East (part of North Asia), and Southeast Asia.

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Ford's Harbour

Ford's Harbour is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.

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Guam

Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån) is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Labrador

Labrador is the continental-mainland part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (lit), (الخليج الفارسي) is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia.

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Port of Dover

The Port of Dover is the cross-channel port situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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Research vessel

A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa.

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SS Cathay (1924)

The SS Cathay was a British passenger ship that was sunk during Operation Torch in 1942 by a German air raid in the Mediterranean Sea off Bougie, Algeria.

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Troopship

A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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West Indies

The West Indies or the Caribbean Basin is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Caribbean that includes the island countries and surrounding waters of three major archipelagoes: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Challenger_(1931)

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