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HMS ''Endurance'' is 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. She has been out of service since 2008, when she was seriously damaged by flooding following an error during routine maintenance on a sea suction strainer. In October 2013 it was reported that she would be scrapped;〔 in July 2015 the vessel was offered for sale for further use or recycling. ==Career== MV ''Polar Circle'' was built in Norway in 1990 by Ulstein Hatlo for Rieber Shipping. The Royal Navy chartered her for eight months as HMS ''Polar Circle'' from 21 November 1991. She was bought outright and renamed HMS ''Endurance'' on 9 October 1992. ''Endurance'' provided a sovereign presence in polar waters, performing hydrographic surveys and supporting the British Antarctic Survey in Antarctica. Her usual deployment saw her in the Southern Ocean and returning to the UK through tropical waters each year. Later, a longer, 18-month deployment was designed to maximise her time available for BAS usage. In 1997 she made the first visit to Buenos Aires after the Falklands War, and she returned there in 2002. In 2005, ''Endurance'' was chosen to carry HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the International Fleet Review as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations. Although she enjoyed a varied, purposeful career as the UK's sole ice patrol vessel, ''Endurance''s later years were problematic and ended in ignominy. After her 2004 docking period in Falmouth, the ship suffered a minor accident which resulted in her listing badly when the drydock she was situated in flooded up. The subsequent months after the refit were troublesome and the ship suffered numerous debilitating machinery failures. This was to become something of a theme over the next four years as the ship's crew struggled to keep her serviceable, set against more demanding challenges. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Endurance (A171)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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