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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
ships have been called HMS ''Endurance'' after Sir
Ernest Shackleton's , the ship crushed in the ice of the
Weddell Sea
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during his 1914–1915
Antarctic
The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole.
The Antar ...
expedition. The ships' motto, ''Fortitudine Vincimus'' (By Endurance We Conquer), was Shackleton's family motto.
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pennant number
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A171, served as the British Antarctic ice patrol vessel from 1967 to 1991. She was built in
Denmark
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in 1956 as ''Anita Dan'' and purchased by the Royal Navy in 1967.
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icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller ...
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.
Battle honours
Ships named ''Endurance'' have earned the following
battle honours
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
In European military ...
:
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Falkland Islands
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, 1982
References
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Royal Navy ship names