List of research vessels by country

Research vessels by country include:

Argentina edit

 
ARA Almirante Irízar, docked in Puerto de la Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Australia edit

Bangladesh edit

  • RV Meen Shandhani
  • CVASU Research Vessel

Belgium edit

Bermuda edit

Brazil edit

Canada edit

Chile edit

China edit

Colombia edit

Cook Islands edit

Denmark edit

See 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)

Finland edit

France edit

 
RV Pourquoi Pas? harboured in Brest, France.

Germany edit

 
RV Maria S. Merian
 
Research ship Planet of the German Navy
 
RV Sonne (2014)
 
RV Aegaeo (Greece)

Greece edit

Iceland edit

  • RV Árni Friðriksson
  • RV Bjarni Sæmundsson

India edit

[7]

Iran edit

Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science edit

Ireland edit

 
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

Italy edit

  • 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

Japan edit

  • 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)

Kazakhstan edit

Lebanon edit

  • RV Cana cnrs

Mauritania edit

  • RV Almoravide
  • RV N´diago
  • RV Al Awam
  • RV Amrigue

Netherlands edit

 
The Pelagia on Texel, 05th of March 2013

New Zealand edit

 

Norway edit

 
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

Pakistan edit

Peru edit

Philippines edit

Poland edit

 
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)

Portugal edit

Portuguese Navy edit

Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere edit

  • NI Mar Portugal
  • NI Noruega
  • NI Diplodus
  • NI Tellina (2003-2019)
  • NI Capricórnio (1994-2008)

University of Azores edit

  • NI Arquipélago

Romania edit

  • RV Mare Nigrum

Soviet Union/Russia[8][9] edit

  • 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)

South Africa edit

 
S.A. Agulhas II

Spain edit

Armada Española edit

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas edit

Instituto Español de Oceanografía edit

Secretaría General del Mar edit

Sweden edit

  • R/V Oscar von Sydow (1976–present)
  • R/V Skagerak (1968) (1968–present)
  • R/V Skagerak (2017) (2021–present)
  • R/V Svea (2019–present)

Turkey edit

Taiwan (Republic of China) edit

Taiwan Ocean Research Institute edit

National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium edit

Republic of China Navy edit

Ukraine edit

United Kingdom edit

Natural Environment Research Council edit

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton edit

RRS Discovery (III), retired at the end of 2012 after 50 year's service.

British Antarctic Survey edit

Scottish Association for Marine Science edit

Newcastle University edit

University Marine Biological Station Millport edit

(London & Glasgow Universities)

University of Wales edit

(Swansea)

Cardiff University edit

P&O Maritime edit

(Bangor University)

PEML, University of Liverpool edit

Marine Scotland edit

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science edit

Environment Agency edit

(National Marine Service)

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland edit

Gardline Geoservices Ltd edit

Others edit

United States edit

Florida Institute of Oceanography edit

  • RV Bellows
  • RV Suncoaster

Oregon State University edit

 
R/V Yaquina at sea

Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory edit

Marine Biological Laboratory edit

  • RV Gemma

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute edit

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories edit

  • RV John H. Martin
  • RV Point Sur
  • RV Sheila B

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration edit

 
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

Ocean Alliance edit

  • RV Odyssey

Schmidt Ocean Institute edit

  • RV Falkor

Scripps Institution of Oceanography edit

United States Antarctic Program edit

United States Environmental Protection Agency edit

United States Navy edit

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution edit

 
RV Atlantis is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Others edit

 
RV Savannah at its home dock at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.

Vietnam edit

Survey ships edit

Argentina edit

 
Argentine Navy survey ship ARA Puerto Deseado.

Australia edit

 
Royal Australian Navy survey ship HMAS Leeuwin (A 245).

Canada edit

Chile edit

France edit

 
French Navy survey ship A758 Beautemps-Beaupré.

Greece edit

  • HS Naftilos (A-478)
  • HS Pytheas (A-474)
  • HS Strabon (A-476)

India edit

Italy edit

Japan edit

Kazakhstan edit

Netherlands edit

New Zealand edit

Poland edit

 
Polish Navy survey ship ORP Heweliusz and fleet tanker ORP Bałtyk.

Republic of Korea edit

  • ROKS Sincheonji
  • ROKS Sinsegi
  • R/V ISABU

South Africa edit

Spain edit

  • 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

United States edit

 
Oceanographic survey ship USNS Pathfinder.

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