Research vessels by country include:
ARA Almirante Irízar , docked in Puerto de la Ciudad, Buenos Aires , Argentina. RV Meen Shandhani
CVASU Research VesselSee also List of Danish research ships , which includes ships used only for expeditions
In addition to Danish research ships, Faroe Islands (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own:
R/V Jákup Sverri (2020–present) In addition to Danish research ships, Greenland (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own:
R/V Sanna (2012–present)
R/V Tarajoq (2021–present) Aranda (1953-1989)
Aranda (1989–present)
Muikku
Aurelia
Seili I
Seili II
Geomari
Kaiku
Saduria RV Pourquoi Pas? harboured in Brest, France . RV Jean Charcot (1965-)[ 3]
RV Côte d'Aquitaine
RV Côtes de la Manche
RV Gwen-Drez
RV Atalante
RV Europe
RV Curieuse
RV Suroît
RV Marion Dufresne
RV Pourquoi Pas?
RV Thalassa
RV Thalia
RV Thethys II RV Maria S. Merian Research ship Planet of the German Navy RV Sonne (2014) RV Aegaeo (Greece) RV Árni Friðriksson
RV Bjarni Sæmundsson [ 7]
RV Celtic Explorer , a multi-purpose research vessel at sea in Galway Bay, Ireland. RV Celtic Explorer
RV Celtic Voyager
RV Keary
RV Geo
RV Tonn
M.V. Cosantóir Bradán
RV Tom Crean RV Andrea
RV Astrea
RV Cerruti
RV Dallaporta
RV Furetto
RV Italica
RV Luigi Sanzo
RV Maria Grazia
RV Minerva Uno
RV OGS Explora
RV Regione Lazio 1
RV Tecnopesca II
RV Trer
RV Andromeda
RV Futura
RV Cormorano II Italian Navy
RV Alliance , NATO Research Vessel under Italian Navy flag since January 1, 2016 RV Elettra of the Italian Navy RV Chikyuu
RV Hakurei Maru
RV Hakuho Maru
RV Kairei
RV Kaiyo
RV Mirai (formerly, Mutsu )
RV Natsushima
RV Shigen (formerly, RV Ramform Victory of Petroleum Geo-Services )
RV Umitaka Maru
RV Yokosuka
RV Nisshin Maru Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force operated vessels
Shirase
JS Suma (AGS-5103)
JS Wakasa (AGS-5104)
JS Nichinan (AGS-5105)
JS Shonan (AGS-5106) Kanysh Satpayev [ru ] (2014–)RV Almoravide
RV N´diago
RV Al Awam
RV Amrigue The Pelagia on Texel, 05th of March 2013 RV Håkon Mosby harboured in Longyearbyen . RV G.M. Dannevig
RV Johan Hjort
RV Helmer Hanssen (Jan Mayen)
RV Håkon Mosby
RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen
RV Johan Ruud
RV G.O. Sars
RV Trygve Braarud
RV Bjørn Føyn
RV Lance RV Oceania , research sailing vessel of Polish Academy of Science RV Kaszubski Brzeg of The Polish Maritime Museum in Gdańsk ORP Arctowski
ORP Heweliusz
ORP Kopernik
RV Baltica
RV Doktor Lubecki
RV IMOR
RV Kaszubski Brzeg
RV Oceania
RV Oceanograf 1
RV Oceanograf 2
ORP Planeta (retired)
ORP Zodiak (retired)
RV Birkut (retired)
RV Hydromet (retired)
RV Pomorzanin (retired)
RV Professor Bogucki (retired)
RV Profesor Siedlecki (scrapped)
RV Wieczno (retired) NI Mar Portugal
NI Noruega
NI Diplodus
NI Tellina (2003-2019)
NI Capricórnio (1994-2008) RV Aisberg-II (decommissioned)
RV Akademik A. Karpinsky
RV Akademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov (decommissioned)
RV Akademik Aleksandr Sidorenko (decommissioned)
RV Akademik Boris Petrov
RV Akademik Fersman
RV Akademik Fyodorov
RV Akademik Ioffe RV Akademik Ioffe RV Akademik Korolyov (decommissioned)
RV Akademik Kovalevskiy (decommissioned)
RV Akademik Kurchatov (decommissioned)
RV Akademik Lazarev
RV Akademik M.A.Lavrentyev
RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
RV Akademik Nemchinov
RV Akademik Nikolay Strakhov
RV Akademik Oparin
RV Akademik Sergey Vavilov
RV Akademik Shatskiy
RV Akademik Shokalskiy
RV Akademik Vernadskiy (decommissioned)
RV Akvanavt (decommissioned)
RV Aleksei Chirikov (decommissioned)
RV Alexey Maryshev
RV Amur (decommissioned)
RV Anatoliy Zhilinskiy
RV Andrei Vilkitzky (decommissioned)
RV Arktika (decommissioned)
RV Artemida (decommissioned)
RV Atlantida
RV Atlantniro
RV Atlas
RV Atmosfera (decommissioned) RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in the Baltic Sea . RV Bar
RV Belomor
RV Boris Davidov (decommissioned)
RV Briz (decommissioned)
RV Buran (decommissioned)
RV Dalniye Zelentsy
RV Dmitriy Ovtsyn
RV Dmitriy Mendeleev (decommissioned)
RV Dmitry Peskov
RV Eduard Tolly (decommissioned)
RV Faddey Bellinsgausen (decommissioned)
RV Fyodor Matisen (decommissioned)
RV Fritiof Nansen
RV Fyodor Litke (decommissioned)
RV Gals (decommissioned)
RV Gelendzhik
RV Geo Arctic
RV Geofizik
RV Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin RV Akademik Sergey Vavilov , moored in Bremerhaven . RV Gidrobiolog
RV Gidrolog (decommissioned)
RV Gidrofizik (decommissioned)
RV Gigrometr (decommissioned)
RV Glubina (decommissioned)
RV Grigoriy Mikheyev
RV Groza (decommissioned)
RV Ikhtiandr (decommissioned)
RV Impuls (decommissioned)
RV Iskatel-5
RV Ivan Kireyev
RV Ivan Kruzenshtern
RV Ivan Petrov
RV Jakov Smirnitskiy
RV Kapitan Dranitsyn RV Kapitan Dranitsyn , 2006. RV Kol'skaja
RV Kompas (decommissioned)
RV Leonid Morozov (decommissioned)
RV Lugovoe (decommissioned)
RV Mangazeya (decommissioned)
RV Metan (decommissioned)
RV Mikhail Verbitskiy
RV Mikhail Lomonosov (decommissioned)
RV Miklukho Maklay (decommissioned)
RV Mirazh
RV Murmanskaja (decommissioned)
RV Nikolay Yevgenov (decommissioned)
RV Okean (decommissioned)
RV Odissey (decommissioned)
RV Pamyat Merkuriya (decommissioned)
RV Pavel Bashmakov (decommissioned)
RV Pavel Gordienko
RV Persey (operated between 1922 and 1941, the first Soviet research vessel)
RV Pomor (decommissioned)
RV Priboy
RV Priliv (decommissioned)
RV Professor Bogorov RV Professor Bogorov, 1979 USSR stamp. RV Professor Gagarinskiy
RV Professor Kaganovskiy
RV Professor Khromov
RV Professor Kurentsov
RV Professor Logachev
RV Professor Molchanov (decommissioned)
RV Professor Multanovskyi
RV Professor Polshkov
RV Professor Rjabinkin
RV Professor Vodyanitsky
RV Professor Shtokman
RV Professor Vladimir Kuztensov
RV Professor Zubov (decommissioned)
RV Petr Kottsov
RV Rift
RV Roumb (decommissioned)
RV Semyon Dezhnev
RV Sergey Kravkov
RV Shelf (decommissioned)
RV Smolensk (decommissioned)
RV Taimyr
RV Tantal (decommissioned)
RV Tor
RV Vadim Popov (decommissioned)
RV Valentin Shashin (decommissioned)
RV Valerian Uryvayev (decommissioned)
RV Viktor Buynitskiy
RV Vityaz (III) (retired)
RV Vityaz (IV) (decommissioned)
RV Vladimir Sukhoskiyv
RV Vsevolod Timonov (decommissioned)
RV Vulkanolog Вулканолог (судно) (decommissioned)
RV Vyacheslav Frolov FRV Clupea RV Yakov Smirnitskiy
RV Yantar (decommissioned)
RV Yaroslavets (decommissioned)
RV Yuzhmorgeologiya
RV Zapolyarjye
RV Zenit (decommissioned) S.A. Agulhas II BO Sarmiento de Gamboa
BO García del Cid
BO Mytilus Instituto Español de Oceanografía[ edit ] BIO Angeles Alvariño
BIO Ramón Margalef Secretaría General del Mar[ edit ] BIO Miguel Oliver
BIO Intermares
BIO Emma Bardán R/V Oscar von Sydow (1976–present)
R/V Skagerak (1968) (1968–present)
R/V Skagerak (2017) (2021–present)
R/V Svea (2019–present) Taiwan (Republic of China)[ edit ] Republic of China Navy [ edit ] RV Sepia Plymouth Marine Laboratory
RV Squilla Plymouth Marine Laboratory
RV Tamaris Plymouth Marine Laboratory
OWS Cumulus (Ocean Weather Ship) RRS Discovery (III), retired at the end of 2012 after 50 year's service.
(London & Glasgow Universities)
(Swansea)
RV Coda Octopus Guiding Light (Bangor University )
RV Roagan
RV Marisa of Liverpool FRV Alba na Mara
FRV Scotia (National Marine Service)
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland[ edit ] Gardline Geoservices Ltd [ edit ] RV Coastal Surveyor
RV Ocean Discovery
RV Ocean Endeavour
RV Ocean Observer
RV Ocean Researcher formerly RRS Charles Darwin
RV Ocean Seeker
RV Triton R/V Yaquina at sea RV John H. Martin
RV Point Sur
RV Sheila B NOAA Research Ship Ka'Imimana (R-333). NOAAS Rainier with her namesake, Mount Rainier , in the background. http://www.moc.noaa.gov/flt_char.htm
RV Atlantis is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. RV Savannah at its home dock at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography . Argentine Navy survey ship ARA Puerto Deseado .Royal Australian Navy survey ship HMAS Leeuwin (A 245) .French Navy survey ship A758 Beautemps-Beaupré .HS Naftilos (A-478)
HS Pytheas (A-474)
HS Strabon (A-476) Polish Navy survey ship ORP Heweliusz and fleet tanker ORP Bałtyk .ROKS Sincheonji
ROKS Sinsegi
R/V ISABU BIO Hespérides
B/O Sarmiento de Gamboa
B/O García del Cid
A-23 Antares
A-24 Rigel
A-31 Malaspina
A-32 Tofiño
A-91 Astrolabio
A-92 Escándalo Taiwan (Republic of China)[ edit ] United Kingdom - Royal Navy [ edit ] Royal Navy ocean survey vessel HMS Scott .Humber Sentinel
Oceanographic survey ship USNS Pathfinder .
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