HMS Endurance
icebreaker
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Endurance
- IMO number
- 8901561
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- icebreaker
- Gross tonnage
- 5,129
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 91 m
- Beam
- 17.9 m
- Year built
- 1990
- Builder
- Ulstein Verft
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Endurance
HMS Endurance was an icebreaker that served as the Royal Navy ice patrol ship between 1991 and 2008. Built in Norway as MV Polar Circle, she was chartered by the Royal Navy in 1991 as HMS Polar Circle, before being purchased outright and renamed HMS Endurance in 1992 as a replacement for the previous HMS Endurance whose hull had been weakened by striking an iceberg. 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). Her propulsion system used a computer-controlled variable-pitch propeller and stern and bow thrusters. She carried two ice-modified Lynx helicopters which were instrumental in the making of the BBC Documentary Series Planet Earth in 2006.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Endurance now?
- HMS Endurance has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Endurance?
- HMS Endurance is a icebreaker, built in 1990 by Ulstein Verft. The vessel is 91 m long with a beam of 17.9 m and has a gross tonnage of 5,129.
- Who owns HMS Endurance?
- HMS Endurance is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Endurance been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Endurance appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).