Editing Quest (ship) (section)

==Shackleton–Rowett Expedition==
[[File:Shackleton's Ship Quest 1921.JPG|thumb|left|''Quest'' under [[Tower Bridge]], 1921]]
''Quest'' was built in 1917 in [[Risør]], Norway, originally as the wooden-hulled sealer ''Foca I''.<ref name="WarSailors"/><ref>{{cite web |title=D/S Foca I |url=https://www.sjohistorie.no/no/skip/317205/ |website=Sjøhistorie.no |access-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613114414/https://www.sjohistorie.no/no/skip/317205/ |archive-date=13 June 2024 |location=Lillesand |language=no |url-status=live}}</ref> She was the polar expedition vessel of the [[Shackleton–Rowett Expedition]] of 1921–1922 and was renamed ''Quest'' by Lady Emily Shackleton, the wife of expedition commander Ernest Shackleton.<ref name="Huntford">{{cite book |title=Shackleton |last=Huntford |first=Roland |year=1986 |publisher=[[Atheneum Books|Atheneum]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-689-11429-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/shackleton00hunt/page/683 683–694]}}</ref> At the expense of expedition financier [[John Quiller Rowett]], the small ship was refitted for the expedition with modifications overseen by sailing master [[Frank Worsley]], including re-rigging and the addition of a [[deckhouse]].<ref name="Thomson">{{cite book |title=Shackleton's Captain: A Biography of Frank Worsley |last=Thomson |first=John |year=1999 |publisher=Mosaic Press |location=Oakville, Ontario |isbn=0-88962678-2 |pages=133–141 }}</ref> As Shackleton was a member of the [[Royal Yacht Squadron]], ''Quest'' bore the RYS suffix for this voyage and flew the [[White Ensign]].<ref name="Huntford"/>

Sailing from London for the [[Southern Ocean]] on 17&nbsp;September 1921, ''Quest'' reached South Georgia on 4&nbsp;January 1922 while preparing to enter Antarctic waters. The following night, Shackleton died aboard the vessel while she was at anchor in [[Grytviken]], ending all prospects of the expedition's carrying out its original program of exploring the Antarctic coastline of [[Enderby Land]].<ref name="Huntford"/> Led by [[Frank Wild]], ''Quest'' carried out a desultory survey of the [[Weddell Sea]] area before returning to the South Atlantic. She touched the [[Tristan da Cunha]] archipelago in early May,<ref name="Thomson"/> and at [[Inaccessible Island]], ornithologist [[Hubert Wilkins]] took type specimens of the [[grosbeak bunting]].

The expedition returned to England in July 1922, having posted disappointing results that were attributed by author [[Roland Huntford]] both to replacement commander Wild's alcoholism<ref name="Huntford"/> and deficiencies in ''Quest's'' performance in polar sea ice. The ship's [[steam engine|engine]] was weakly powered and caused continuous difficulties, and the vessel's straight [[Stem (ship)|stem]] made her unsuitable for use in icy seas.<ref name="Thomson"/>