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Diving system managers - HMS Challenger, Nov 1990

Diving system managers - HMS Challenger, Nov 1990

Photograph of the diving system managers of HMS Challenger before it was sold by the admiralty in the early 1990s. HMS Challenger was purpose built to support deep-sea operations and saturation diving. Challenger was commissioned in 1984, but due to Royal Navy cutbacks, after less than ten years service, the ship was laid up and offered for sale.