HMS Challenger (1931)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Challenger
Builder	Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	1930
Launched	1 June 1931
Commissioned	15 March 1932
Decommissioned	January 1954
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	survey ship
Displacement	1,140 tons
Length	220 ft (67 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Speed	12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement	84
Armament	None

HMS Challenger was a survey ship of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy associated with the discovery of Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the oceans. She was laid down in 1930 at Chatham Dockyard and built in a dry dock, before being moved to Portsmouth for completion and commissioning on 15 March 1932.