Albatros 1/1250 Alk91 HMS Challenger Seabed Operations Vessel 1981
This Albatros die-cast model is of HMS Challenger that was a unique ship ordered for the Royal Navy in 1979, launched in 1981 and commissioned in 1984 for deep sea operations and saturation diving. Cost cutting led to decommissioning in 1990 and subsequent sale. In Royal Navy Service the ship was equipped with a TUMS (Towed Unmanned Submersible), and could carry and deploy the LR5 submarine rescue submersible. A career in diamond recovery off the Namibian and South African coasts was ahead!