Category:Quest (ship, 1917)
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Location | Labrador Sea, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark | ||||
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Source: Sjøhistorie, Warsailors
Ship
[edit]- Type: Fishing ship, schooner rigged
- Design by:
- Order date:
- Built by: Erik Lindstøls Båtbyggeri, Risør
- Yard No:
- Keel laid:
- Launch date:
- Date of completion: 1917
- Length over all: 111 ft
- LPP: m
- Beam: 24 ft
- Draught: 12 ft
- GRT: 209 (214?)
- DWT:
- NET:
- Wooden hull
- Main engine: steam engine built at Tønsberg, Norway, but in 1939 a 4cyl 2tev Wichmann 350 bhp motor was installed
- Speed: kn
History
[edit]- 1917 Named: FOCA I (fishery No. K-13-K) for Andr. Ingebrigtsen, Høvik Flag: Norway
- 03.1921 Sold to Sir Ernest Shackleton, Cowes Renamed: QUEST Flag: United Kingdom
- Shackleton died when he was on his way to the Antarctic with this ship
- 1923 Sold to W. G. Oliffe, Cowes
- 03.1924 Sold to Schjelderups Sælfangstrederi A/S (Thomas Schjelderup), Skånland / Bø (fishery No. N-94-BN). Flag: Norway
- 01.1939 Sold to Skips-A/S Quest (Ivar Austad, Tromsø) (fishery No. T-24-T) Flag: Norway
- 09.1940 Outbrake of WW II, under Nortraship control, upon hearing of the invasion she proceeded to St. John's.
- 11.1940 On hire to The Royal Navy, in use as minesweeper in the West Indies / Caribbean.
- 07.1941 Returned to Nortraship
- 04.1942 Requisitioned by Den Konglige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy)
- 07.05.1942 Convoy SC 83 Departed Halifax bound for Glasgow with rubber
- 05.06.1942 Convoy WN 292 Departed Loch Ewe and arrived Aberdeen on the 06.06.1942
- 01.09.1942 Returned to Nortraship
- 26.01.1942 Convoy RU 59 Departed Reykjavik and arrived Scrabster 01.02.1942
- 21.06.1943 On hire to The Royal Navy as water vessel
- 10.10.1945 Laid up
- 19.07.1946 Returned to owner Skips-A/S, in service again
- 05.05.1962 Sprang a leak and sank due to ice while catching seal off the north coast of Labrador. Crew saved by Norwegian seal catchers Norvarg, Polarfart, Polarsirkel and Kvitfjell.
Media in category "Quest (ship, 1917)"
The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total.
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All Hallows-by-the-Tower, crow's nest from Shackleton's ship Quest.jpg 1,112 × 2,000; 405 KB
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FW SLV Quest in the Pack 114.jpg 433 × 628; 50 KB
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Hay's Wharf - geograph.org.uk - 1013434.jpg 480 × 640; 77 KB
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HRM EHS p272.jpg 459 × 657; 79 KB
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Quest Diagram (cropped).JPG 760 × 567; 84 KB
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Quest Diagram.JPG 752 × 514; 76 KB
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QuestShackelton.jpg 625 × 435; 41 KB
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Shackleton's 'Quest' (?) RMG PV2116.jpg 895 × 1,280; 1.5 MB
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Shackleton's Ship Quest 1921.JPG 791 × 648; 94 KB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Christell på Quest"-" DIG136335.tif 2,668 × 3,543; 27.07 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Expeditionsdeltagare med gevär på Quest- DIG131405.tif 2,691 × 3,543; 54.58 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Fartyget Quest och flygbåtar- DIG136362.tif 3,543 × 2,491; 25.27 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Fartyget Quest" och flygbåt-" DIG136324.tif 2,674 × 3,543; 27.13 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Fartyget Quest"- " DIG136330.tif 3,543 × 2,643; 26.81 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Fartyget Quest"-" DIG136318.tif 3,543 × 2,675; 27.14 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Fartyget Quest"-" DIG136321.tif 3,543 × 2,664; 27.03 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Fartyget Quest- DIG131397.tif 3,543 × 2,515; 51.01 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Kapten Schelderup på Quest"-" DIG136374.tif 3,543 × 2,424; 24.59 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Män på Quest"-" DIG136304.tif 3,543 × 2,683; 27.22 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Män på Quest"-" DIG136346.tif 2,680 × 3,543; 27.19 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Officerare på Quest"-" DIG136326.tif 3,543 × 2,664; 27.03 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Quest" vid King's Bay-" DIG136331.tif 3,543 × 2,686; 27.25 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Sora ombord på Quest- DIG136361.tif 3,543 × 2,673; 27.12 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Stewart Haeggelund på Quest- DIG136375.tif 3,543 × 2,386; 24.21 MB
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Svenska undsättningsexpeditionen 1928- Uniformerade män på Quest"-" DIG136351.tif 2,583 × 3,543; 26.21 MB
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The "Quest" (Shackleton–Rowett Expedition).jpg 355 × 400; 48 KB
Categories:
- Ships built in Norway
- Research ships of the United Kingdom
- Ernest Shackleton
- Exploration ships of Antarctica
- Ships built in 1917
- Ships of Nortraship
- Ships registered in Tromsø
- Ships registered in Bodø
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Steamships of Norway
- Ships sunk in 1962
- Ships named Quest
- Ships built at Lindstøls Skips & Båtbyggeri, Risør