PROTECTOR-class Antarctic patrol ship

 1 PROTECTOR-class ANTARCTIC PATROL SHIP (AG) (ex-Norwegian POLARBJORN class)

 Name        Pendant    Launched        In Service      Status
 PROTECTOR   A-173      July 21, 2001   Oct. 22, 2001   Active
   (ex-M/V POLARBJORN)

The PROTECTOR was a Norwegian Arctic patrol ship named POLARBJORN and owned by GC Rieber Shipping. She was chartered and commissioned into the British Royal Navy on June 23, 2011, for three years as an interim replacement for the damaged HMS ENDURANCE...