Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Quest, a low-powered, schooner-rigged steamship that sailed from 1917 until sinking in 1962, is best known as the polar exploration vessel of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922. It was aboard this vessel that Sir Ernest Shackleton died on 5 January 1922 while the vessel was in harbour in South Georgia. Prior to and after the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, the Quest operated in commercial service as a seal-hunting vessel or sealer. The Quest was also the primary expedition vessel of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition to the east coast of the island of Greenland in 1930-1931.The Quest was 111 feet (34 m) in length, had a beam of 24 feet (7.3 m), and drew 12 feet (3.7 m). The vessel has been variously rated at 209 and 214 gross register tons, possibly due to the 1924 refit described below."@en }
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- Quest_(ship) abstract "The Quest, a low-powered, schooner-rigged steamship that sailed from 1917 until sinking in 1962, is best known as the polar exploration vessel of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922. It was aboard this vessel that Sir Ernest Shackleton died on 5 January 1922 while the vessel was in harbour in South Georgia. Prior to and after the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, the Quest operated in commercial service as a seal-hunting vessel or sealer. The Quest was also the primary expedition vessel of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition to the east coast of the island of Greenland in 1930-1931.The Quest was 111 feet (34 m) in length, had a beam of 24 feet (7.3 m), and drew 12 feet (3.7 m). The vessel has been variously rated at 209 and 214 gross register tons, possibly due to the 1924 refit described below.".