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Endurance was a class 1 icebreaker. Her two Bergen BRG8 diesel engines produced over 8000 shaft horsepower enabling her to travel through ice up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) thick at 3 knots (5.6 km/h). [1] Her propulsion system used a computer-controlled variable-pitch propeller and stern and bow thrusters.
HMS Endurance (A171), was a class 1A1 icebreaker which was in service between 1991 and 2008 as the replacement for the first HMS Endurance. She was built in Norway in 1990 as Polar Circle and leased by the Royal Navy in 1991, then purchased and renamed in 1992. She was scrapped in Turkey in 2016.
The ship was built and launched in 1956 by Kröger-Werft of Germany as Anita Dan for the Lauritzen Lines. In 1967 the UK government purchased the vessel and then had Harland & Wolff carry out the conversion prior to being commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Endurance, named after the sailing ship Endurance that took the explorer Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic in 1914.
This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .
[1] [4] The icebreaker remained docked in Stralsund as the owner was reportedly unable to find a suitable shipyard to carry out the conversion work. [10] The ship's name was changed back to the original sometime in 2008. [1] [4] In February 2009, a Florida-based yacht broker offered Stephan Jantzen for sale for $3.5 million (2.8 million euro). [8]
The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the ...
HDMS Danbjørn (sometimes referred to as Danbjoern) was a Danish icebreaker built for breaking and reporting ice in the sea for Danish Ice Service in 1965. [2] Originally operated by the Ministry of Industrial Affairs, Danbjørn was manned by the Royal Danish Navy throughout its history, but was officially incorporated in the navy on January 1, 1996.
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