RRS Charles Darwin
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RRS Charles Darwin was a Royal Research Ship belonging to the British 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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1]
Purchased by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited of Great Yarmouth, she was renamed RV Ocean Researcher, and since 2012[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". conducts geophysical surveys.[2]
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.[1]
Gallery
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Loading for its last voyage as Charles Darwin, in March, 2006.
See also
- Template:RV - United States equivalent
- Template:RV - Predecessor to the Neil Armstrong
Footnotes
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