List of research vessels by country

Research vessels by country include:

Argentina

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

Australia

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Bangladesh

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  • RV Meen Shandhani
  • CVASU Research Vessel

Belgium

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Bermuda

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Brazil

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Canada

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Chile

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China

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Colombia

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Cook Islands

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Denmark

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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

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France

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RV Pourquoi Pas? harboured in Brest, France.

Germany

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

Greece

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Iceland

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  • RV Árni Friðriksson
  • RV Bjarni Sæmundsson

India

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Iran

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Ireland

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Lebanon

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  • RV Cana cnrs

Mauritania

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

Netherlands

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The Pelagia on Texel, 05th of March 2013

New Zealand

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Norway

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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

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Peru

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Philippines

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Poland

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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

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

Romania

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  • RV Mare Nigrum

Soviet Union/Russia[8][9]

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  • 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

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S.A. Agulhas II

Spain

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Sweden

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  • 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

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Taiwan (Republic of China)

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Republic of China Navy

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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

(London & Glasgow Universities)

(Swansea)

(Bangor University)

(National Marine Service)

Others

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United States

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  • RV Bellows
  • RV Suncoaster
 
R/V Yaquina at sea
  • RV Gemma
  • 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 Odyssey
  • RV Falkor
 
RV Atlantis is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Others

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

Vietnam

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Survey ships

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Argentina

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Argentine Navy survey ship ARA Puerto Deseado.

Australia

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

Canada

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Chile

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France

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French Navy survey ship A758 Beautemps-Beaupré.

Greece

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

India

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Italy

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Japan

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Kazakhstan

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Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Poland

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

Republic of Korea

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  • ROKS Sincheonji
  • ROKS Sinsegi
  • R/V ISABU

South Africa

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Spain

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  • 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)

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United Kingdom - Royal Navy

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Royal Navy ocean survey vessel HMS Scott.

Humber Sentinel

United States

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Oceanographic survey ship USNS Pathfinder.

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