Tag: RRS Shackleton

• Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 00:36 UTC

  The RRS Shackleton incident when an Argentine destroyer opened fire on the research vessel

  

  On this day but in 1976 a very serious incident occurred in the South West Atlantic when the British research vessel RRS Shackleton was intercepted and fired upon by the Argentine destroyer ARA Almirante Storni, some 78 miles south of Cape Pembroke in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  HMS Protector and RRS Shackleton support 100 scientists researching Antarctica glacier

  

  Royal Navy survey ship HMS Protector smashed through nearly 300 miles of Antarctic ice to help scientists begin a five-year mission to understand how West Antarctica is contributing to global sea-level rise.