HMS Endurance

HMS Endurance is the name of two ships of the Royal Navy. Both ships have their name after the Endurance, the ship of Ernest Henry Shackleton on his Imperial Trans - Antarctic Expedition in 1914.

  • The first HMS Endurance was bought in 1967, then served until 1991 as an Antarctic patrol ship until they had to be scrapped due to severe damage after a collision with an iceberg.
  • The second HMS Endurance, the current Antarctic patrol ship, was purchased in 1992 and has since been in the service of the Royal Navy.
Endurance (1912 ship)
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