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RRS Charles Darwin

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Short description: Geophysical survey vessel
Charles Darwin in Avonmouth docks near Bristol, being readied for a research cruise.
Charles Darwin in Avonmouth Docks, being readied for a research cruise.

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General characteristics
Class and type: DTp VII, Lloyds 100A1[1]
Type: Oceanography then Multi-Role Survey Vessel
Displacement: 2,556 tonnes, fully loaded.
Length: 69.4 m (228 ft)
Beam: 14.4 m (47 ft)
Draught: 4.85 m (16 ft)
Installed power: 3 Mirrlees Blackstone MB275 diesels: 7,950 hp (5,928 kW)
Propulsion:
  • Single controllable pitch 4-bladed StoneVickers propeller
  • White Gill Azimuthing bow thruster
Speed: 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Range: 9,240 nautical miles (17,110 km; 10,630 mi)
Endurance: 35 days
Complement: 39 (inc. scientific staff)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Simrad EM 12S 120 and EA500 echo/sonar; multiple GPS systems; Bridgemaster ARPA C342/6 and C252/6 radar.

The RRS Charles Darwin was a Royal Research Ship belonging to the United Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council. Since 2006, she has been the geophysical survey vessel, RV Ocean Researcher,

History

RRS Charles Darwin was built in 1985 by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon. Named after the eminent English naturalist, she was used primarily for research in oceanography, geology, and geophysics. After 21 years of service, Charles Darwin was retired in June 2006, and replaced by the missing name.[2]

Purchased by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited of Great Yarmouth, she was renamed RV Ocean Researcher, and now conducts geophysical surveys.[3]

Ocean Researcher

Science cruises

RRS Charles Darwin carried out 180 research cruises, worldwide, in her 21 years as a Natural Environment Research Council ship. The first cruise, in 1985, in the Northeast Atlantic, was led by Professor John Gould. Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, studying climate change, have used RRS Charles Darwin to investigate the slowing of the Gulf Stream. Her final cruise was a geophysical survey for the British Geological Survey.[2]

  • The Charles Darwin in Fairlie, Scotland, at the end of a research cruise in August 2005.
    The Charles Darwin in Fairlie, Scotland, at the end of a research cruise in August 2005.
  • Loading for its last voyage as Charles Darwin, in March, 2006.
    Loading for its last voyage as Charles Darwin, in March, 2006.

See also

  • RV Neil Armstrong - United States equivalent
  • RV Knorr - Predecessor to the Neil Armstrong

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "RRS Charles Darwin". The Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071009124006/http://www.marine.gov.uk/charles_darwin.htm. Retrieved 13 October 2007. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Farewell to Royal Research Ship". NERC. 9 June 2006. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2006/charlesdarwin.asp. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 
  3. ↑ "Ocean Researcher". Gardline Geosurvey. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120303235059/http://www.gardlinemarinesciences.co.uk/page/ocean-researcher/. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 



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