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.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
barquentine
ⓘ
polar exploration vessel ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | about 7.6 meters ⓘ |
| becameTrappedInIce | 1915-01-18 ⓘ |
| builder | Framnaes Mekaniske Vaerksted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | Sandefjord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCountry | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captainDuringExpedition | Frank Worsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | polar conditions ⓘ |
| destination | Weddell Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionGoal | crossing of the Antarctic continent ⓘ |
| expeditionLeader | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | crushed by pack ice and sank ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullMaterial |
elm
ⓘ
greenheart ⓘ oak ⓘ |
| hullType | ice-strengthened hull ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1912-12-17 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | about 44 meters ⓘ |
| locationWhenTrapped | Weddell Sea pack ice GENERATED ⓘ |
| mottoSource | By endurance we conquer ⓘ |
| name | Endurance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | motto of Ernest Shackleton ⓘ |
| notableFor | crew survival and escape after shipwreck ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Polaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownerAtExpedition | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired steam engine
ⓘ
sails ⓘ |
| registeredPort | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riggingType | three-masted barquentine ⓘ |
| sank | 1915-11-21 ⓘ |
| sinkingLocation | Weddell Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonnage | about 350 gross register tons ⓘ |
| usedFor | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wreckCondition | remarkably well preserved ⓘ |
| wreckDepth | about 3008 meters ⓘ |
| wreckDiscovered | 2022-03-05 ⓘ |
| wreckFoundBy | Endurance22 expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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