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.

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Endurance (ship) canonical 8

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Statements (49)

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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luis Alberto Pardo → associatedWith → Endurance (ship) ⓘ
Tim McCarthy → crewMemberOf → Endurance (ship) ⓘ
Yelcho → associatedWith → Endurance (ship) ⓘ
Yelcho → rescuedCrewOf → Endurance (ship) ⓘ
Lu Ren → associatedWith → Endurance (ship) ⓘ