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"Another vessel knocked out of action is the icebreaker Admiral Irizar when as a consequence of the 2007 fire in the engine room was virtually burnt down. The original timetable for her return has long gone by and now apparently she could be back towards the end of 2013. Over 100 million dollars have been spent on the vessel plus the cost of leasing the Russian icebreaker Vasily Golovnin for the annual three-month Antarctic campaigns at a monthly cost of 2 million dollars."
"In December 2008, while on an 18-month deployment,
Endurance suffered extensive flooding to her lower deck resulting in the near loss of the ship.
[6] A serious engine room flood left her without power or propulsion,
[7] and she was towed to
Punta Arenas by a Chilean tug. After an extensive survey was completed, the estimates to refit the ship were put at around £30M.
[8] On 8 April 2009
Endurance arrived off
Portsmouth, on the
semi-submersible transporter ship
MV Target.
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On 22 March 2011 it was announced that the Royal Navy intended to hire
MV Polarbjorn, to be renamed
HMS Protector, for three years whilst a final decision on whether to repair or scrap
Endurance is made."