 Sea Profiler awaiting scrapping in 2011
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | RRS Shackleton |
| Namesake | Ernest Shackleton |
| Operator | Falkland Islands Dependency Survey / British Antarctic Survey / NERC |
| Builder | Solvesborgs Varv A/B at Sölvesborg, Sweden |
| Yard number | 41[1] |
| Launched | 11 November 1954[1] |
| Completed | February 1955[1] |
| Acquired | 1955 |
| In service | 1955 |
| Out of service | 1992 |
| Refit | 1971 |
 Panama | |
| Name | MV Sea Profiler |
| Operator | Gardline Shipping Limited., Great Yarmouth |
| Acquired | 1992 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 2011[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Research ship |
| Tonnage | 1,082 GT |
| Length | 65.78 m (215.8 ft) |
| Beam | 11.08 m (36.4 ft) |
| Draught | 4.66 m (15.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | MAN 6-cylinder diesel, 785 BHP at 275 RPM, Kamena reversible pitch propeller[3] |
| Speed |
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| Endurance | 28 days |
| Complement | 31 berths |
| Notes | [4] |
RRS Shackleton was a Royal Research Ship operated by the British scientific research organisations the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in the Antarctic from 1955 to 1983. She was subsequently operated as a seismic survey vessel under the names Geotek Beta, Profiler and finally Sea Profiler before being scrapped in 2011.
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- ^ "Royal Research Ship Shackleton". The Polar Record. 8 (53). Scott Polar Research Institute: 180–181. May 1956. doi:10.1017/S0032247400046210. S2CID 251060325.
- ^ "MV Sea Profiler". Gardline Marine Sciences. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
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