HMS Endurance

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There have been two Royal Navy ships with the name HMS Endurance. Both were named after the Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance which was the ship crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea during the expedition to Antarctica from 1914 to 1915.

The ships' motto "Fortitudine Vinvimus" ("By Endurance We Conquer") originates from that of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

• The first HMS Endurance, formerly the Anita Dan, served as the Antarctic ice patrol vessel from 1967 to 1991.
• The second HMS Endurance (A171), formerly the MV Polar Circle, is a class 1A1 icebreaker in service since 1991 as an Antarctic ice patrol and survey ship.Template:Shipindex

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