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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_(ship)Nimrod was a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing ship with auxiliary steam engine that was built in Scotland in 1867 as a whaler. She was the ship with which Ernest Shackleton made his Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica in 1908–09. After the expedition she returned to commercial service, and in 1919 she … See more
Alexander Stephen and Sons built Nimrod in Dundee. Her launch date is not recorded, but she was completed in January 1867. Her registered length was 136.0 ft (41.5 m), her beam was 26.9 ft (8.2 m) and her … See more
In 1907 the shipbuilder William Beardmore bought Nimrod and re-registered her in London as a yacht to serve as Shackleton's expedition ship. The purchase price was £5,000. She was in poor condition, needing caulking and renewal of her … See more
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https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica fact file...Nimrod - Ships of the Polar Explorers. Shackleton originally wanted to purchase a Norwegian sealer called the Bjorn for his Antarctic expedition, but that ship cost £11,000 and he could only be sure of £8,000 for the whole expedition, maybe …
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Numerous ships have been named Nimrod for the biblical character Nimrod.
• Nimrod was a sloop of 40 tons (bm) launched on the Thames in 1776. She entered Lloyd's Register in 1787 as "Nimrdo" with master J. Barrett, owner James Mather, and trade London-Falkland Islands. She was on her first whaling voyage when she was lost at the Falklands in 1788. Waterford packet, another whaler, saved Nimrod's master, Horton, and crew and carried them toWikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins
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Nimrod was launched late in 1821 at Calcutta. One report has her being sold in 1825; she did change her homeport to the United Kingdom. In 1832 her ownership and homeport changed to …
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Nimrod was a schooner, built by Alexander Stephens & Sons Ltd in Dundee, Scotland in 1865. She was launched in January 1867 and was used for 41 years to hunt seals and whales. Ernest Shackleton bought the Nimrod and had her …
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HMS Nimrod was a brig-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1812. She spent her war years in north American waters where she captured one small privateer, assisted in the capture of another, and captured or destroyed some …
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HMS Nimrod (1839) was an iron paddle gunboat launched in 1839, re-erected at Basra in 1840 and on the Navy lists until 1859. HMS Nimrod (1856) was a wood screw gunboat launched in …
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Shackleton was chosen to be leader of an expedition to leave for Antarctica in 1907 aboard the ship Nimrod, not the first choice of ship, but as in many Antarctic expeditions, one forced by the available budget. The Nimrod sailed initially for …
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https://unrememberedhistory.com/tag/nimrod-shipJan 09, 2017 · The polar expedition itself is named for Shackleton’s hand picked ship, the Nimrod, a reference to Nimrod, the biblical figure and “mighty hunter before the Lord” from the …
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The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three successful expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his …
