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List of research vessels by country

Research vessels by country include:

Algeria

  • RV Belkacem Grine (2010)

Angola

  • RV Baía Farta
  • Pensador

Argentina

Australia

Survey vessels

  • (1946-1964)
  • (1943-1945)
  • (1990)
  • (1944)
  • (1959-1980)
  • (1906-1914)
  • HMAS Flinders (1981-1990)
  • (1959-1966)
  • (1956-1958)
  • (1944-1956)
  • (2000)
  • (2000)
  • (1989)
  • (1933-1934, 1935-1946)
  • (1964-1999)
  • (1989)
  • (1943-1946)
  • (1990)
  • (1952-1966)

Bangladesh

  • RV Meen Shandhani (2016)
  • CVASU Research Vessel

Belgium (EU)

Bermuda

Brazil

  • RV Professor W. Besnard (1967-2008)
  • RV Atlântico Sul (1973)
  • RV Alpha Crucis (2012)
  • BNS H21 Sirius
  • BNS H35 Amorim do Valle
  • BNS H36 Taurus
  • BNS H37 Garnier Sampaio
  • BNS H38 Cruzeiro do Sul
  • BNS H40 Antares

Bulgaria (EU)

Canada

Canadian Coast Guard

Parks Canada

University of Victoria

  • RV John Strickland

Government of Nunavut

Qikiqtaaluk Corporation

Survey vessels

  • (1919-1923, 1925-1939, 1945-1969)
  • (1919-1939)
  • (1948-1958)

Cape Verde

  • RV Islândia (donated by Iceland in 1994)

Chile

China

Colombia

  • ARC Providencia
  • ARC Malpelo
  • ARC Quindio
  • ARC Caribe
  • ARC Roncador
  • ARC Simon Bolivar
  • BI Ancón

Cook Islands

Croatia (EU)

  • RV BIOS DVA

Survey vessels

  • SV Hidra
  • SV Palagruža

Czechia (EU)

University of South Bohemia

  • RV Clione

Czech Academy of Sciences

  • Ota Oliva
  • Thor Heyerdahl (2009)

Denmark (EU)

See also List of Danish research ships, which includes ships used only for expeditions

Faroe Islands

  • RV Jákup Sverri (2020)

Greenland

  • RV Sanna (2012)
  • RV Tarajoq (2021)

Egypt

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries

  • RV Salsabil
  • RV Yarmouk

Estonia (EU)

Tallinn University of Technology

  • RV Salme

University of Tartu

  • AluDevil 33
  • Aurelie
  • Emili 007
  • Fortuuna
  • Welle

Estonian Maritime Museum

  • Mare (1983-2018)

Finland (EU)

  • Aranda (1953-1989)
  • Aranda (1989)
  • Muikku
  • Aurelia
  • Seili I
  • Seili II
  • Geomari
  • Kaiku
  • Saduria

France (EU)

  • (1965-1989)
  • RV Gwen-Drez (1976-2016)
  • RV Côte d'Aquitaine

CNRS

  • RV Albert Lucas
  • RV Antédon II
  • RV Néréis II
  • RV Neomysis
  • RV Planula IV
  • RV Sagitta III
  • RV Sépia II

Ifremer

  • RV Anita Conti (operational in 2026)
  • RV Antea
  • RV L'Atalante
  • RV Côtes de la Manche
  • RV La Curieuse (transferred to a private owner)
  • RV L'Europe
  • RV Haliotis
  • RV
  • RV
  • RV
  • RV Thalia
  • RV Téthys II
  • RV Le Suroît

French Ministry of Culture

  • Alfred Merlin (2021)

Cousteau Society

Tara Ocean Foundation

Des Requins et des Hommes

  • Parsifal (2025)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Survey vessels

Germany (EU)

  • FRV Capella (2004)
  • FRV Clupea (2012)
  • FRV Deneb (1994)
  • FRV Komet (1998)
  • FRV Solea (2004)
  • FRV Walther Herwig III (1993)
  • FRV Wega (1990)
  • RV Haithabu (2014)
  • RV Ludwig Prandtl (1983)
  • RV Meteor (1924-1945)
  • RV Meteor (1964)
  • RV Senckenberg
  • RV Sonne (1978-2014; sold to Argentina; now ARA Austral)
  • RV Valdivia

German Navy

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

Alfred Wegener Institute

  • RV Uthörn (1947)
  • RV Uthörn (1982)
  • RV Mya (replaced by Mya II)
  • RV Polarstern (1982)
  • RV Heincke (1990)
  • RV Mya II (2013)

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

  • RV Alexander von Humboldt (replaced by Maria S. Merian; now EV Nautilus)
  • RV Professor A. Penck (1951-2010; replaced by RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese)
  • (2006)
  • RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese (2011)

GEOMAR Kiel

  • RV Südfall (1946 – 1966; 1958 renamed RV Hermann Wattenberg)
  • RV Alkor (1966-1990)
  • Sagitta (1966-1997)
  • RV Littorina (1975)
  • RV Poseidon (1976-2020; sold to Sea-Watch, now Humanity 1)
  • RV Alkor (1990)
  • Polarfuchs (1997)

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Greece (EU)

  • RV Aegaeo
  • RV Philia

Survey vessels

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

Iceland

Marine and Freshwater Research Institute

India

Survey vessels

Indonesia

  • Geomarin III (2014)
  • RV MADIDIHANG-03

National Research and Innovation Agency

  • Baruna Jaya I
  • Baruna Jaya III
  • Baruna Jaya VIII

Indonesian Navy

Iran

Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

Ireland (EU)

Italy (EU)

  • RV Andrea
  • RV Astrea
  • RV Cerruti
  • RV Dallaporta
  • RV Furetto
  • Gaia Blu
  • RV Italica
  • RV Laura Bassi
  • 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

Japan

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Republic of Korea

Korea Polar Research Institute

Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

  • RV Dokdo Nuri
  • RV EARDO (1992)
  • RV ISABU (2016)
  • RV JANGMOK 1
  • RV JANGMOK 2
  • RV ONNURI (1992)

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

  • Tamhae 3 (2024)

Survey vessels

  • ROKS Sincheonji
  • ROKS Sinsegi

Kazakhstan

  • Kanysh Satpayev (2014)

Survey vessels

  • Jaiyq (2008)

Latvia (EU)

  • Kapteinis Orle

Maritime Administration of Latvia

  • Kristiāns Dāls (2001)
  • Sonārs (2014)
  • Blesser 505 WA

Lebanon

  • RV CANA-CNRS

Lithuania (EU)

Ministry of Environment

  • VėjÅ«nas (2012)

Klaipėda University

  • RV Mintis

Luxembourg (EU)

GEOxyz

  • GEO OCEAN III to GEO OCEAN IX
  • GEOSURVEYOR I, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XVI, XVII, XXI

Mauritania

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

Morocco

National Institute of Fisheries Research

  • RV Al Hassan Al Marrakchi
  • RV Ibn Sina II (2023)

Royal Moroccan Navy

  • Dar Al Beida (2019)

Namibia

Netherlands (EU)

  • RV Tyro (1979-1993)
  • RV Navicula
  • RV Stern
  • RV Tridens
  • RV Isis

Survey vessels

  • (1929-1942)
  • (1952-1972)
  • (1952-1973)
  • (10 November 1976 - 3 June 2004; sold and renamed Plancius in 2007)
  • (2003)
  • (2004)

New Zealand

  • (1969-1991)
  • (1991)

Survey vessels

Nigeria

Nigerian Navy

  • NNS Lana (2021)
  • NNS Zhizoko (2024)

Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research

  • RV Bayagbona (2014)

Norway

  • RV G.M. Dannevig
  • RV Johan Hjort
  • RV Helmer Hanssen (Jan Mayen)
  • RV HÃ¥kon Mosby
  • RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen
  • RV Kronprins Haakon (2018)
  • RV Johan Ruud
  • RV G.O. Sars
  • RV Trygve Braarud
  • RV Bjørn Føyn
  • RV Lance
  • RV Gunnerus

Oman

  • RV Al-Jamiah

Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

Poland (EU)

  • RV Birkut (retired)
  • RV Doktor Lubecki (retired)
  • RV Hydromet (retired)
  • ORP Planeta (retired)
  • RV Pomorzanin (retired)
  • RV Professor Bogucki (retired)
  • RV Wieczno (retired)
  • ORP Zodiak (retired)

Polish Academy of Sciences

National Marine Fisheries Research Institute

University of Gdańsk

  • RV Oceanograf 1
  • RV Oceanograf 2

Gdynia Maritime University

  • MS Horyzont II
  • RV IMOR

Maritime University of Szczecin

  • MS Nawigator XXI

National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk

  • RV Kaszubski Brzeg (1984-2007)

Survey vessels

  • ORP Kopernik

Portugal (EU)

Portuguese Navy

Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere

University of Azores

  • NI Arquipélago

Romania (EU)

  • Istros
  • RV Mare Nigrum
  • REXDAN Research Vessel

Saudi Arabia

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • RV Thuwal II (2026)

Senegal

  • ITAF DEME (2021)

Soviet Union/Russia

Source:

Decommissioned

South Africa

Survey vessels

Spain (EU)

Spanish Navy

Spanish National Research Council

Instituto Español de Oceanografía

  • BIO Angeles Alvariño
  • BIO Ramón Margalef

Secretaría General del Mar

  • BIO Miguel Oliver
  • BIO Intermares
  • BIO Emma Bardán

Survey vessels

  • A-23 Antares
  • A-24 Rigel
  • A-31 Malaspina
  • A-32 Tofiño
  • A-91 Astrolabio
  • A-92 Escándalo

Sweden (EU)

  • RV Oscar von Sydow (1976)
  • RV Skagerak (1968)
  • RV Skagerak (2017; 2021–present)
  • RV Svea (2019)

Thailand

Department of Marine and Coastal Resources

  • PAKARANG 805
  • 807

Tunisia

Turkey

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Taiwan Ocean Research Institute

National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Republic of China Navy

Ukraine

UAE

  • RV Jaywun (2023)

United Kingdom

Natural Environment Research Council

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

  • (1962-2012)

British Antarctic Survey

  • (1990-2021; sold to Ukraine, now Noosfera)
  • (1999–2019; sold to Italy, now Laura Bassi)
  • (2018)

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Newcastle University

University Marine Biological Station Millport

(London & Glasgow Universities)

Swansea University

Cardiff University

P&O Maritime

(Bangor University)

PEML, University of Liverpool

  • RV Marisa of Liverpool

Marine Scotland

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

  • (2003)

Environment Agency

(National Marine Service)

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland

  • (replaced RV Lough Foyle)

Gardline Geoservices Ltd

  • RV Ocean Researcher formerly

Others

Survey vessels

  • (Antarctic)
  • (Coastal)
  • (Coastal)
  • (Inshore)
  • (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
  • (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)

United States

Florida Institute of Oceanography

  • RV Bellows
  • RV Suncoaster

Oregon State University

Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory

  • (1953-1981)
  • (1962-1989)
  • (1962-1974)
  • (1988-2005)
  • (2007)

Marine Biological Laboratory

  • RV Gemma

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ocean Alliance

  • RV Odyssey

Schmidt Ocean Institute

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  • , better known as RV Argo (1960-1970)
  • (1965-1992)
  • , sold to the Philippines and now BRP Gregorio Velasquez
  • , sold to a UK company in 2024
  • RV Spencer F. Baird
  • RV New Horizon
  • RV Robert Gordon Sproul

United States Antarctic Program

United States Coast Guard

United States Environmental Protection Agency

United States Navy

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Others

Survey vessels

  • and
  • (1958-1971)
  • Other members of the US Navy fleet with "AGS" notation

Vietnam

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