Endurance (ship)

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Endurance was the three-masted barquentine used by Sir Ernest Shackleton during his ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, famous for being crushed by Antarctic ice and inspiring one of history’s greatest survival stories.

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Endurance (ship) canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barquentine
polar exploration vessel
associatedWithEvent Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917)
beam about 7.6 meters
becameTrappedInIce 1915-01-18
builder Framnaes Mekaniske Vaerksted
builtIn Sandefjord
builtInCountry Norway
captainDuringExpedition Frank Worsley
casualties no loss of life in sinking
completed 1913
constructionMaterial wood
crewComplement 28 men on Shackleton expedition
crushedByIce 1915-10-27
culturalSignificance symbol of endurance and leadership in extreme conditions
departedFrom Buenos Aires
Plymouth
designedFor polar conditions
destination Weddell Sea
expeditionGoal crossing of the Antarctic continent
expeditionLeader Ernest Shackleton
fate crushed by pack ice and sank
flag United Kingdom
hullMaterial elm
greenheart
oak
hullType ice-strengthened hull
launchDate 1912-12-17
lengthOverall about 44 meters
locationWhenTrapped Weddell Sea pack ice
mottoSource By endurance we conquer
name Endurance
namedAfter motto of Ernest Shackleton
notableFor crew survival and escape after shipwreck
operator Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
originalName Polaris
ownerAtExpedition Ernest Shackleton
propulsion coal-fired steam engine
sails
registeredPort London
linked to: London, England
riggingType three-masted barquentine
sank 1915-11-21
sinkingLocation Weddell Sea
tonnage about 350 gross register tons
usedFor Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
wreckCondition remarkably well preserved
wreckDepth about 3008 meters
wreckDiscovered 2022-03-05
wreckFoundBy Endurance22 expedition

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Yelcho associatedWith Endurance (ship)
Yelcho rescuedCrewOf Endurance (ship)
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