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Old 09-16-2012, 04:43 AM
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If your source material is listing Endurance as an Royal Fleet Auxilliary ship I'm fairly certain that's incorrect. RFA ships carry the prefix RFA not HMS and Endurance is an HMS. The current Endurance was bought by the RN in 92 - prior to that she was operated for a time on a chartered basis as HMS Polar Circle, but even then she was one of Her Majesty's Ships.

The LST's listed are RFA ships though - for example the Sir Bedivere is actually the RFA Sir Bedivere.
Combat Fleets is put out by the Naval Institute, they have Endurance listed as an Auxiliary Ship, although they do not list it as HMS or as RFA. Her mission is listed as an Antartic Territories patrol ship as well as an arctic exploration and research vessel, icebreaker and supply vessel. Her hull number is A 171 and she is listed as carrying a mixed RN/RFA crew.
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