Specifications 22crew 50troops 4030light (tn) 5455full load (tn) 80length (m) 17beam (m) 12max speed (knots) Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar Royal Navy Westland Lynx 01 Royal Air Force SNIA SA330 Puma 01 Shipyards Havyard Leirvik - 1 List of Ships Filter: All - .......... 1UK - Her Majesty's Government .......... 1 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19951999mv Polar Queen1999-- Her Majesty's Government RRS Ernest Shackleton 1 units Events 1995CommissionedCommissioned mv Polar Queen for Rieber Shipping (Norway) 1999DeploymentDeployment mv Polar Queen short term charter early in 1999 for Australian Antarctic Programme 1999-julDecommissionedDecommissioned mv Polar Queen to UK British Antarctic Survey 1999-augCommissionedCommissioned RRS Ernest Shackleton ex mv Polar Queen, for British Antarctic Survey