&sq=&lang=&file=File:Protected_cruiser_HMS_Challenger_-_IWM_Q_75382.jpg) Challenger
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Challenger |
| Builder | HM Dockyard Chatham |
| Laid down | 1 December 1900 |
| Launched | 27 May 1902 |
| Christened | Mrs. Eva Holland |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Fate | Broken up for scrap in 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Challenger-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,900 tons |
| Length | 355 ft (108.2 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17.1 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m) |
| Propulsion | 12,500 horsepower |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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HMS Challenger was a second-class protected cruiser of the Challenger-class of the Royal Navy.