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HMS Endurance (1992) (A171)

UK Royal Navy

1992-2009

Formerly HMS Polar Circle (A176)

IcebreakersPolar Circle class

AW · Icebreakers

Flight Deck:EE
Call Sign:GXRH

Timeline

DateEvent
Oct 1992 Commissioned ex HMS Polar Circle, renamed; aka The Red Plum.
Dec 1992 assigned to BFSAI
Aug 1998 Port Visit on board Lynx XZ241
Aug 28, 1998 Deployment HMNB Portsmouth Participated in IFoS 1998. International Festival of Sea
Jan 1999 Port Visit FK Mare Harbour visited Falklands with Lynx HAS.2(ICE) XZ241 / 434-ED and XZ238 / 435-ED embarked.
Aug 24, 2001 Port Visit HMNB Portsmouth Present at IFoS Portsmouth. IFoS 2001 International Festival of Sea 2001
Jun 28, 2005 Deployment Review ship, carrying HM Queen Elizabeth II to review the fleet Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200
Oct 2005 Deployment left Portsmouth for Antarctic survey mission with 2 Lynx embarked, returned May 2006.
Oct 2008 Aircraft FK Mare Harbour embarked 815 NAS 212 Flt Lynx HAS.3ICE XZ238 and XZ246 from RAF Mount Pleasant for Antarctic summer support mission BAS Support
Dec 17, 2008 Engine room flooded whilst underway in Magellan Straits. Towed to Punta Arenas and returned to UK via Falklands on heavy lift vessel mv Target by Apr 2009. Entered Portsmouth 10 Apr for repair assessment.
Apr 2010 Deployed 815 NAS, 212 Flight Lynx on board HMS Ark Royal, on loan until Aug 2010
Jun 1, 2016 Fate: scrapped TR Aliaga departed Portsmouth under tow, for scrapping in Turkey Shipbreakers