Browse all research vessels

A. v. Humboldt

Germany

Adriaen Coenen

Den Helder, North Holland

Agulhas

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Antarctic Supply/Oceanographic Research Vessel

Akademik

Varna

Multi-purpose (Hydrophysics, Hydrochemistry, Hydrobiology, Geology, Underwater Archaeology)

AKADEMIK SHOKALSKIY

Vladivostok

Albert Lucas

France

Alkor

Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein

Oceanography Fisheries Geology Biology Helcon-Monitoring Baltic

Alliance

Saint Ignace, Michigan

Alpha Crucis

Shire of Exmouth, Western Australia

Amundsen (CCGS)

Québec City

Ice breaking, half on Arctic research and half on coast guard duties

Antea

Noumea

Antedon II

La Seyne-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

oceanography

Anuanua Moana

Avatiu

Arctic Hunter

Split

Arctic Ocean

Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark

ARCTICUS

Cheboygan

Arne Tiselius

Marstal

Marine research (biological oceanography, marine biology, ecology and monitoring)

Arni Fridriksson

Akureyri

Fisheries research and oceanography; LR Ice Class 1B

Atair (IV)

Geestland, Lower Saxony

Measurement and Monitoring

Atlantis

Town of St. George

Oceanography

Auk

Scituate

Aurora Magnetica

Yellowknife

Low impact year round observation platform with silent mode operation

Austral

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires

Geoscience

Bowditch

East Booth Bay

Brooks McCall

Brazoria County, Texas

Cape Ferguson

Townsville

Capella

Rostock

Survey

Caribou Isle (CCGS)

Sault Ste. Marie

Celtic Voyager

Nunavut

Multipurpose Research Vessel

Coriollis II

Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Oceanography

Corystes II

Belfast

Cosmo

USA

Côtes de la Manche

France

Cove Isle (CCGS)

Parry Sound

David Packard

Monterey County, California

Defender

Dutch Harbor

Deneb

Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandsockel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Survey, wreck search

Dohrn

Italy

Donald W. Pritchard

Stony Brook

Near shore sampling

Doris

Gothenburg

Electra af Askö

Umeå kommun

Elisabeth Mann Borgese

Germany

Emma Bardán

Vigo

Explorer

Philippines

Oceanography Geology Hydrography Geophysical Surveys

Falkor (Too)

Cayman Islands

Fortuna Kingfisher

Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony

Fortuna Robin

Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark

G. M. Dannevig

Flødevigen

Fishery research, environmental research

G.M. Dannevig

Grimstad

Gaia Blu

Italy

García del Cid

Barcelona

Gloria Michelle

Dukes County, Massachusetts

Gulf Challenger

New Castle

Oceanography

Gulf Surveyor

New Castle

Gyre

Oranjestad

Oceanography

H.U. Sverdrup II

Harstad

Hans Brattström

Florvåg

Hespérides

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

Hydrograf

Germany

Hydrograf

Tromsø

Ikatere

Wellington

Investigator

Hobart

Jaywun

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate

multi-purpose marine conservation and fisheries vessel

Johan Hjort

Hammerfest

Fisheries and environmental research

John P. Tully (CCGS)

Patricia Bay

Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Kaharoa

Stellendam, South Holland

Kaharoa II

Kaiwharawhara, Wellington

seafloor imaging, deployment and maintenance of the tsunami detection network and international Argo floats

Kaho

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Long term fish stock evaluation and restoration program

Kaunana

Honolulu

Ken Barbor

Gulfport, Mississippi

Kittiwake

Friday Harbor

Kiyi

Seattle, Washington

Fish population and habitat research, limnological research

Komet (2)

Geestland, Lower Saxony

Measurements

Kronprins Haakon

Norway

L'Europe

Le Rove, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Multipurpose Research Vessel

Leeway Striker

Halifax

Limitless

Hobart

Magister

Hammond, Oregon

Manta

Galveston

Mar Argentino

Mar del Plata

Fisheries Research

Marcus G Langseth

Palisades

Maria S. Merian

Las Palmas, Canary Islands

METEOR IV

Kiel

Miguel Oliver

Oeiras

fishing and oceanographic research

Miss Emma Mccall

Coronado, California

Gulf of Mexico and US East Coast

Mytilus

Vigo

Oceanography

Nautilus

Freeport

Nautilus

Belcarra, British Columbia

Neil Armstrong

Woods Hole

Neomysis

Roscoff, Brittany

Nereis II

Banyuls-sur-mer

Nereus

Uddevalla kommun

Field Work, Teaching Purposes

No Limit

Sydney, New South Wales

No Limitation

Hobart

Novus

Meteghan, Nova Scotia

Ocean Dynasty

Port Lincoln, South Australia

Odon de Buen

Vigo

deep-sea research, allowing for the study of ecosystems and habitats up to 6,000 meters deep

Oregon II

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Fisheries and Living Marine Resources Studies

Oscar Dyson

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Fisheries Survey and Oceanography

Oscar Elton Sette

Honolulu

Fisheries Surveys, Oceanography, Marine Mammal and Coral reef Research

Pacific Crest

Hobart

PAVEL GORDIENKO

Vladivostok

Persévérance

France

supply the Polar POD

Pisces

Sussex County, Delaware

Planula IV

France

Point Sur

Houma, Louisiana

Oceanography

Polarfuchs

Kiel

Marine ecological surveys and training purposes

Prince Madog

Menai Bridge

Oceanography

Princess Royal

Seaton Sluice, England

Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra

Tromsø

Professor A. Penck

Germany

PROFESSOR KHROMOV

Vladivostok

PROFESSOR MULTANOVSKIY

Vladivostok

Proteus

Lagos, Lagos State

Puerto Deseado

Mar del Plata

Oceanography

R/V Gilbert R. Mason

Gulfport

Rachel Carson

Monterey County, California

Marine biology, university teaching

Rachel Carson

Moss Landing

Rainier

Marin County, California

Hydrography Survey

Ramón Margalef

Málaga, Andalusia

Reuben Lasker

Coronado, California

Robert Gordon Sproul

San Diego

Oceanography

Roger Revelle

San Diego, California

Oceanography

Ronald H. Brown

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Oceanographic and Atmospheric research

Sagitta III

France

Sally Ride

Punta Arenas, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region

Sarmiento de Gamboa

Vigo

Multidisciplinary research vessel

Sea Explorer

Ayia Napa

Sailing Solar Electric Catamaran: 1) Cetacean Acoustic & Visual Survey (lookouts at 5m & 22m); 2) AUV soft lift deployment & recovery, medium baseline positioning; 3) ROV deployment & recovery, high bandwidth fibre optic connection to 2000m & large subsea power bank for extended ROV endurance; 4) Oceanographic water sampling & sensor deployment to 2000m.

Searcher

USA

Seawolf

Stony Brook

coastal Large-scale oceanographic sampling and trawling

Sépia II

France

Shana Rae

Santa Cruz, California

resource management, instrument & vehicle deployment

Shearwater

Santa Barbara, California

Sikuliaq

Alaska

Simon Stevin

Ostend

Solander

Crawley

Soliton

USA

Søløven

Thyborøn, Central Denmark Region

Storm Petrel

La Push

Sverdrupson

Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark

Tethys II

France

Thalia

Porto Grande-São Vicente

Thomas G. Thompson

Sånta Rita-Sumai Municipality, Guam

Oceanography

Thomas Jefferson

Hampton, Virginia

Hydrographic Surveys, Nautical Charting

Thórunn Thórðardóttir

Hafnarfjörður

Tiglax

Homer, Alaska

Wildlife Research Support Vessel, Seabird surveys, Oceanographic studies, Marine mammal studies Fish

Tioga

Woods Hole

Coastal Oceanography

Tom Crean

Galway

Fisheries research, oceanographic and environmental research, seabed mapping surveys, as well as maintaining and deploying weather buoys, observational infrastructure and Remotely Operated Vehicles

Tommy Munro

Ocean Springs

trawling surveys, long-lining, deployment and recovery of arrays, structures, buoys and moorings, ca

Vizconde de Eza

Vigo

Oceanography and fisheries, seabed mapping

Wega

Town of St. George

Measurement and Monitoring

Western Flyer

St Petersburg

Western Shore

Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, British Columbia

Whale Song

Suva, Central

Whale Research

Wim Wolff

Netherlands

Yellowfin

Long Beach, California

Oceanography

Yoldia

Piteå kommun

Aade

Helgoland

Longitudinal series, material supplies, fishing

Abate Molina

Valparaiso

Oceanography Fisheries

Academic Alexander Nesmeyanov

Vladivostok

oceanography, geophysics, biology, and biochemistry

Academik M. A. Lavrentiev

Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai

Scientific - research

Acadiana

Cocodrie

Oceanography Fisheries

Aegaeo

Regional Unit of Islands, Attica

Oceanography_Marine Biology_Marine Geology_Bathymetry

Africana

Cape Town, Western Cape

Fisheries

Agassiz

Houghton

Águas Vivas

Horta

Coastal Ecosystems

Akademik A. Karpinsky

Lomonosov, Saint Petersburg

Akademik Boris Petrov

Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad

Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Akademik Fedorov

Russia

resupply ship for Antarctic research

Akademik Golitsyn

Russia

exploratory operation, ecological monitoring, geophysical, underwater

Akademik Mstislav Keldysh

Kaliningrad

Oceanography

Akademik Nikolaj Strakhov

Russia

Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Akademik Oparin

Cape Town, Western Cape

scientific research

Akademik Sergey Vavilov

Russia

Oceanography

Alabama Discovery

Dauphin Island

Alba Na Mara

Fraserburgh, Scotland

ALDEBARAN

Hamburg

Alemdar II

Istanbul

Algoa

Cape Town, Western Cape

Fisheries

Alliance

La Spezia

Oceanography

Alvin (DSV)

Woods Hole

ANGARI

West Palm Beach

Angeles Anvarino

Vigo

Anita Conti

France

Anna Weber-van Bosse

Den Hoorn, North Holland

Annika Marie

Prudhoe Bay

General oceanography, geophysics, pipeline surveys

Aomori Maru

Hachinohe

Oceanography Fisheries

Apalachee

St. Teresa

Aquarius (Submersible)

North Vancouver

Arabella

Tuckerton

Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory on the continental shelf

Aranda

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Oceanographic research

Arca

Mazatlán, Sinaloa

Multipurpose Research Vessel

Arcadia

Italy

Argo

Dunkirk

Fish Stock assessments

Argo II (ROV)

Woods Hole

Argus

Pasaia, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Ecology

Arquipelago

Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Astrea

Fiumicino

Fisheries; aquaculture; multi-purpose; environment; physical oceanography

Atlantic Explorer

St. George’s

Atlantida

Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad

Oceanography Fisheries Hydrography

Atlantniro

Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad

Oceanography Fisheries Hydrography

Atyimba

Philippines

Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Baltica

Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Oceanography, biological and fishing research

Baruna Jaya III

Samabusa, Central Papua

MULTI PURPOSE SURVEY/RESEARCH SHIP

Baruna Jaya VIII

Indonesia

geological, geophysical, biological and oceanographic research

Bay Eagle

Gloucester Point

estuarine and tributary research

Beagle (ROV)

Humboldt Bay

Beautemps-Beaupré

France

Behr Paima

Finnsnes

Bei Dou

Donggang District, Shandong

Fisheries

Bell M Shimada

Newport, Oregon

Bill Conway

Torpoint, England

University Teaching, Surveying, Oceanography

Biolab

Put-in-Bay

trap-net style vessel for open lake sampling and trawling

Bios Dva

Split

Short coastal service

Bjorn Foyn

Oslo

Blue Heron

Hillsborough County, Florida

Borys Aleksandrov

Bruges, West Flanders

Oceanography, Fisheries, Geology, Hydrography

Bosei Maru

Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture

Passenger Ship and Research, Training

Botnica

Cangas de Morrazo, Galicia

Bowditch

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Bruce C. Heezen (USNS)

Norfolk

acoustical, biological, physical and geophysical surveys

Caleta

Tuckerton

estuarine research

Callista

New Forest, England

Research and teaching

Cape Fear

Wilmington

Scientific and educational cruises

Cape Hatteras

Wilmington

Oceanography

Capitan Demidov

Russia

Fisheries

Capricorn

Morehead City

CEFAS Endeavour

East Suffolk, England

Fisheries Research Environment Research

Celtic Explorer

Galway

Multipurpose Research Vessel

Cesme

Turkey

Multipurpose research vessel

Channel Cat

Harrison Township

Great Lakes fisheries research

Chiba Maru

Japan

Fisheries

Chikyu

Japan

Enivronmental changes, processes and effects, solid Earth cycles, geodynamics, deep bioshpere

Chishio Maru

Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture

Fisheries

Chokai Maru

Japan

Chulabhorn

Thailand

Fisheries

Clupea

Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandsockel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Marine research, predominantly fisheries research

Clupea

Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Fisheries Research

COASTAL EXPLORER

Georgetown

Coastal Guardian

Cove, Scotland

Environmental Monitoring

Connecticut

Groton

Oceanography

Coral Sea

Arcata

Research & Educational Research

Coregonus

Sturgeon Bay

Corwith Cramer

Woods Hole

Education, Sailing School

Corystes

Belfast

Marine Fisheries, Environmental Research & Monitoring

Cubuklu

Turkey

Multipurpose research vessel

D. J. Angus

Grand Haven

Dallaporta

Italy

Fisheries, environment, physical oceanography

Dana IV

Hirtshals

Arctic marine research; plankton samples, bottom scrapers. Dana has several fixed measurement stations onboard including a weather station, water intake, ADCP

Deepworker (DOV)

North Vancouver

DOV

Delta

The Hague, South Holland

Measurements

Derek M. Baylis

San Francisco, California

Research

Diplodus

Faro

Discoverer

Newport

Discovery

Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Oceanography

Doktor Lubecki

Poland

Geology, Oceanography

DOKUZ EYLÜL 3

Turkey

DOKUZ EYLÜL 4

Turkey

Dong Fang Hong 2

Longkou City, Shandong

Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

Bergen

Marine research and ecosystem-based fisheries management in developing nations

DSL-120A (ROV)

Woods Hole

deeply-towed, near-bottom seafloor imaging and swath phase-bathymetric mapping

E.O. Wilson

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Eardo 2

Korea

El Puma

Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture

General Oceanographic Research

Elakha

Newport, Oregon

Oceanographic Research

Explora

Trieste

Multipurpose scientific research vessel

F.G. Walton Smith

Miami-Dade County, Florida

Shallow water, mangroves and reefs research

Fairweather

Ketchikan, Alaska

Hydrographic Surveys, Nautical Charting

Fay Slover

Norfolk

Ferdinand R Hassler

Hampton, Virginia

FlatHolm

Lowestoft

Fortuna Bluebird

Denmark

Fortuna Crane

Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Fortuna Puffin

Denmark

Francisco de Paula Navarro

La Coruña

Multipurpose (fisheries and oceanography)

Fritjof Nansen

Russia

Oceanography Fisheries

Fukushima Maru

Japan

Fisheries

Fulmar

Monterey

Furetto

Italy

Research

Furgo Gauss

Hamburg

Monitoring and Measurement

G. O. Sars

Manger

Fishery research, oceanography, small scale seismic, bottom coring, student training

Gelendzhik

Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai

Oceanographic Research

Geofizik

Murmansk

geological survey

Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin

Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai

2D seismic operations

Geomari

Hanko, Uusimaa

Scientific research and seafloor mapping

Georgia Bulldog

Brunswick

research platform and education-outreach

Gibraltar III

Put-in-Bay

Glomar Worker

Vigo, Galicia

Gordon Gunter

Gulfport, Mississippi

Fishery, Marine mammals, Oceanographic and Habitiat investigations

Grandon

Fairport

GS-1

Sandusky

bottom-sediment investigations, seismic reflection profiling and physical limnology

GS-3

Put-in-Bay

Hack Noyes

Bayfield

Haida

China

Hakuho Maru

Japan

Oceanography

Hakusan Maru

Japan

Fisheries

Hans Brattstrom

Bergen

Marine biology research and student training

Healy

Portland, Oregon

research support in Polar regions, including logistics, search and rescue, ship escort and more

Heincke

Bremen

Multipurpose research vessel

Henry B. Bigelow

Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Fisheries survey

Henry M. Stommel

St.George's

Henson (USNS)

Norfolk

Hidra

Jelsa

Oceanography, hydrography and geology

Hogarth

St Petersburg

Hokko Maru

Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Oceanography, Fisheries research

Hokusho Maru

Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture

HORIZON GEOBAY

Panama

Horizon Geodiscovery

Panama

Horizon Geodrill

Berwickshire, Scotland

Horizon Prospector

Berwickshire, Scotland

Hugh R. Sharp

Lewes

Humboldt

Peru

Oceanography Fisheries Geology Hydrography

Hyper-Dolphin (ROV)

Japan

Imor

Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Geology, Oceanography, Hydrography

Inland Seas

Suttons Bay

Inquisitor

Bashkia Durrës, Northern Albania

Inshore Fisheries Research

Ira C

Walpole

Ivan Kruzenshtern

Russia

Oceanography

J.H. Martin

Moss Landing

oceanographic research: trawling, bottom sampling, hydrographic sampling, bird/mammal surveys

Jago

Monaco

Jakup Sverri

Tórshavn

James Cook

Hillsborough County, Florida

JAMSTEC/ Deep Tow (4 KC/ 6 KC/ 4 KS)

Japan

Deep sea survey, pre-site survey for submersibles and ROV

Jason II/ Medea (ROV)

Woods Hole

scientific investigation of the deep ocean and seafloor

Ji Di

Laoshan District, Shandong

Jim Franks

Ocean Springs

Joe Ferguson

Savannah

John B. Heiser

Rye, New Hampshire

utility and research vessel

John H. Martin

Moss Landing

Hydrographic sampling, Geophysical Survey, dive operations, Bird/Mammal Survey

John M. Kingsbury

Rye, New Hampshire

Justo Sierra

Tuxpan

General Oceanographic Research

K. Piri Reis

Urla

Multipurpose research vessel

Kagoshima Maru

Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture

Fisheries

Kaimei

Japan

Three-mode multi-channel seismic system

Kapitan Danitsyn

Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai

oceanographic research and IARC Summer school

Katy

Aransas

stern trawler for class trips

KBV 181

Umeå kommun

Keifu Maru

Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture

Oceanography and Meteorological Observation

Kilo Moana

Waipahu, Hawaii

Oceanographic

Kofu Maru

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Oceanography and Meteorological Observation

Komandor

Russia

Oceanography Fisheries

Kommandor

Panama

Kommandor Susan

Leith

Koshiji Maru

Niigata, Niigata Prefecture

Koyo Maru

Japan

Oceanography Fisheries

Kristine Bonnevie

Bergen

Fishery research, oceanography, student training

KTU Denar I

Balçova, Aegean Region

Oceanography, Fisheries research

Kuroshio

Japan

L'Astrolabe

Reunion

Polar supply and Oceanographic Ship

L'Atalante

Brest

Marine geosciences, physical oceanography and marine biology

La Curieuse

Baie du Tombeau VCA, Pamplemousses

Coastal logistics at Kerguelen Island and Oceanography

Lake Guardian

Bay City

Survey

Lamas

Turkey

biological and fisheries surveys and oceanographic investigations

Laura Bassi

Trieste

provide scientific and logistical support to the Italian polar missions

Laurentian

Muskegon

Oceanography

Lavrentyev

Russia

Le Suroit

Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Multipurpose Research Vessel

Leeway Odyssey

Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Leonardo

NATO

Light

Seattle

Limnos (CCGS)

Burlington

Coastal Research & hydrographic Survey

Littorina

Kiel

Marine research, diving missions

Luctor

Netherlands

Marine Research

Lura

A Coruña, Galicia

Multipurpose (fisheries and oceanography)

Magnus Heinason

Faroe Islands

fisheries

Malizia Explorer

Monaco

Marcelle Melosira

Town of Highlands, New York

Mare Nigrum

Constanta

Oceanography and fishery

Marie Tharp

Norfolk

Mario Ruivo

Lisbon

Fisheries Oceanographic, hydrographic, geological and ROV operations

Mário Ruivo

Lisbon

Marion Dufresne

Le Port, Réunion

French austral territories logistics and oceanographic research

Mary Sears

Norfolk

Mediterranean Explorer

Herzliya

Marine Research

Megalopa

Charleston

Meiyo

Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture

Oceanography Hydrography Geology

Meteor

Hamburg

Mirai

Sekinehama

Thermal and material cycle of the ocean and atmosphere, Ocean Ecosystem, Seafloor Dynamics

Mirgorod

Russia

Fisheries

Miyagimaru

Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Fisheries

Miyazaki Maru

Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture

Fisheries Specialized for Skipjack Research

Mogami Maru

Japan

Mojave (ROV)

Humboldt Bay

Monitor VI

Etobicoke

Mtafiti

Ostend, West Flanders

Multifunctional research vessel

Mtafiti

Ganjoni/Shimanzi ward, Mombasa County

Muikku

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Research and education on limnology, hydrology, biology,fishery and environmental geology

Muskie

Sandusky

Mussel Point

Bodega Bay

research

Naalak Nappaaluk

Nova Scotia

primarily support scientific research missions such as oceanographic, geological and hydrographic surveys, as well as ongoing study in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of St Lawrence

Naftilos

Greece

Hydrographic, oceanographic, geologic researches

Nagasaki Maru

Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture

Nancy Foster

Key West, Florida

Fisheries, pollution assessment, marine habitats and estuaries, oceanography

Narragansett Dawn

Narragansett

Nathaniel B. Palmer

Galliano

Antarctic oceanography

Navigator

USA

ocean mapping and nautical charting

Nawigator XXI

Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Research and training

Neeskay

Milwaukee

Oceanography

Nicolay Matusevitch

Russia

Hydrography

Nikolai Kononov

Russia

Fisheries

Noosfera

Punta Arenas, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region

Oceanography Antarctic Survey

Norseman ll

Dukes County, Massachusetts