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[[Earth:Research vessel|Research vessel]]s by country include:

== Argentina ==
[[Image:Almirante-irizar.JPG|thumb|right|ARA ''Almirante Irízar'', docked in Puerto de la Ciudad, [[Place:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]], Argentina.]] 
* {{ship|ARA|Almirante Irízar|Q-5|6}}
* {{ship|ARA|Puerto Deseado|Q-20|6}}
* {{ship|ARA|Comodoro Rivadavia|Q-11|6}}
* {{ship|ARA|Austral|Q-21|6}}

== Australia ==
* RSV ''Nuyina''
* RSV {{ship||Aurora Australis|icebreaker|2}}
* RV ''Franklin''
* RV ''Investigator''
* MV ''Nella Dan''
* RV ''Southern Surveyor''
* RV Solander
* RV Cape Ferguson

== Bangladesh ==

* RV ''Meen Shandhani''
*CVASU Research Vessel

== Belgium ==
* RV ''Belgica''  (retired)
* RV ''Zeeleeuw''
* RV ''Simon Stevin''

==Bermuda==
*[[Engineering:RV Atlantic Explorer|RV ''Atlantic Explorer'']]

==Brazil==
*[[Engineering:RV Professor W. Besnard|RV Professor W. Besnard]] (1967-2008)
* RV ''Atlântico Sul'' (1973-)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esantarfrota.furg.br/ |title=Home |website=esantarfrota.furg.br}}</ref>
*RV Alpha Crucis (2012-)<ref>[http://portalmaritimo.com/2012/04/12/novo-navio-oceanografico-da-usp-ja-esta-a-caminho-do-brasil/ "Novo navio oceanográfico da USP já está a caminho do Brasil"]</ref>
* BNS H21 ''Sirius''
* BNS H35 ''Amorim do Valle''
* BNS H36 ''Taurus''
* BNS H37 ''Garnier Sampaio''
* BNS H38 ''Cruzeiro do Sul''
* BNS H40 ''Antares''

== Canada ==
* {{ship|CCGS|Amundsen}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Frederick G. Creed}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Hudson}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Limnos}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Alfred Needler}}
* {{ship|CCGS|W. E. Ricker}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Teleost}}
* {{ship|CCGS|John P. Tully}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Vector}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Capt. Jacques Cartier}}
* {{ship|CCGS|John Cabot|2020}}
* {{ship|CCGS|Sir John Franklin}}
* ''Coriolis II''
* {{MV|Nuliajuk}}

== Chile ==
* [[Engineering:Chilean research ship Cabo de Hornos|''Cabo de Hornos AGS 61'']]

== China ==
* ''Xuě Lóng''
* Type 625 research vessel

== Colombia ==
* ''[http://www.cioh.org.co/index.php/arc-providencia ARC Providencia]''
* ''[http://www.cioh.org.co/index.php/arc-malpelo ARC Malpelo]''
* ''[http://www.cioh.org.co/index.php/arc-quindio ARC Quindio]''
* ARC Caribe
* ARC Roncador
* ARC Simon Bolivar
* ''B/I Ancón''

==Cook Islands==
* Anuanua Moana (2023—present)

== Denmark ==
See also List of Danish research ships, which includes ships used only for expeditions
* ''Aurora'' (2014–present)
* ''Biologen'' (1932-1964)
* ''Dana I'' (1920-1922)
* ''Dana II'' (1921-1935)
* ''Dana III'' (1937-1980)
* ''Dana IV'' (1981–present)
* ''Sallingsund'' 1899-1932)
* ''Thor'' (1902-1919)

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 == <!-- some of these are definitely not SS! -->
* ''Aranda'' (1953-1989)
* ''Aranda'' (1989–present)
* ''Muikku''
* ''Aurelia''
* ''Seili I''
* ''Seili II''
* ''Geomari''
* ''Kaiku''
* ''Saduria''

== France ==
[[Image:IFREMER - Pourquoi pas ?.JPG|thumb|right|RV {{ship|French ship|Pourquoi Pas?|2005|2}} harboured in Brest, France.]]
* {{ship|RV|Jean Charcot}} (1965-)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flotte.ifremer.fr/fleet/Presentation-of-the-fleet/Historique-de-la-flotte|title=History of the fleet|publisher=Ifremer|accessdate=2012-01-25|language=fr}}</ref> 
* RV ''Côte d'Aquitaine''
* RV ''Côtes de la Manche''
* RV ''Gwen-Drez''
* RV ''Atalante''
* RV ''Europe''
* RV ''Curieuse''
* RV ''Suroît''
* RV {{ship||Marion Dufresne|1995|2}}
* RV {{ship|French ship|Pourquoi Pas?|2005|2}}
* RV {{ship|French ship|Thalassa|1996|2}}
* RV ''Thalia''
* RV ''Thethys II''

== Germany ==
[[Image:Maria S Merian-Forschungsschiff.jpg|thumb|right|{{ship|RV|Maria S. Merian}}]]
[[Image:Neue Planet von vorn.jpg|thumb|right|Research ship ''Planet'' of the German Navy]]
[[File:RV Sonne 2014 1.jpg|thumb|right|RV Sonne (2014)]]

* ''Planet''
* FRV ''Atair''
* FRV ''Capella''
* FRV ''Clupea''
* FRV ''Deneb''
* FRV ''Komet''
* FRV ''Planet''
* FRV ''Solea''
* FRV ''Walther Herwig'' III
* FRV ''Wega''
* RV ''Alexander von Humboldt'' (replaced by ''Maria S. Merian'')
* RV ''Alkor''
* {{ship|RV|Atair}}
* RV ''Elisabeth Mann Borgese'' (ex FGS ''Schwedeneck'')
* RV ''Haithabu''
* RV ''Littorina''
* RV ''Ludwig Prandtl''
* {{ship|RV|Maria S. Merian}}
* RV Meteor (1915)
* RV Meteor (1964)
* RV Meteor (1986)
* RV ''Mya'' (replaced by ''Mya II'')
* {{ship|RV|Polarstern}}
* RV ''Poseidon''
* RV ''Senckenberg''
* {{ship|RV|Sonne}}
* {{ship|RV|Sonne (2014)}}
* RV ''Valdivia''

[[Image:20070927-Piraeus-RV Aegaeo.jpg|thumb|right|RV ''Aegaeo'' (Greece)]]

==Greece==
* RV ''Aegaeo''
* RV ''Philia''

== Iceland ==
* RV Árni Friðriksson
* RV Bjarni Sæmundsson

== India ==
* {{ship|ORV|Sindhu Sankalp}}
* {{ship|ORV|Samudra Ratnakar}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sindhu Sadhana}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sagar Sukhthi}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sagar Nidhi}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sagar Manjusha}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sagar Samrat}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sagar Paschimi}}
* {{ship|ORV|Sagar Kanya}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.researchvessels.org/ship_info_display.asp?shipID=310|title=Ship Specification Display Page}}</ref>
* {{ship|INS|Sagardhwani}}
* {{ship|FORV|Sagar Sampada}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.researchvessels.org/country/India/Sampada/sampada.html|title = Sagar Sampada}}</ref>
* {{ship|M.V|GEO HINDSAGAR}}
* {{ship|RV|Gaveshani}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nio.org/research/research-vessels/rv-gaveshani|title = Vessels &#124; RV Gaveshani| date=8 March 2019 }}</ref>
<ref>http://hindoffshore.com/images/pdf/HOPL/Seismic%20Research%20Vessel/Geo%20Hindsagar/Geo%20Hindsagar.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== Iran ==
===Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science===
* INIOAS Khalije Fars sea explorer

== Ireland ==
[[File:RV Celtic Explorer, Galway Bay, Ireland.jpg|thumb|right|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 ==
* RV ''Andrea''
* RV ''Astrea''
* RV ''Cerruti''
* RV ''Dallaporta''
* RV ''Furetto''
* RV ''Italica''
* RV ''Luigi Sanzo''
* RV ''Maria Grazia''
* RV ''Minerva Uno''
* RV ''OGS [http://www.ogs.trieste.it/it/content/nave-da-ricerca-ogs-explora Explora]''
* RV ''Regione Lazio 1''
* RV ''Tecnopesca II''
* RV ''Trer''
* RV ''Andromeda''
* RV ''Futura''
*RV ''Cormorano II''

'''Italian Navy'''
[[File:Alliance Kiel2008.jpg|thumb|right|RV ''Alliance'', NATO Research Vessel under Italian Navy flag since January 1, 2016]]
[[Image:Elettra A5340.jpg|thumb|right|RV ''Elettra'' of the Italian Navy]]
* RV ''Alliance'' A 5345 (NATO vessel, since 1 January 2016 under Italian Navy flag)
* RV ''Leonardo'' A 5301 (NATO vessel, since 11 May 2007 under Italian government flag and since 14 May 2010 under Italian Navy flag)
* RV ''Ammiraglio Magnaghi'' A 5303
* RV ''Aretusa'' A 5304
* RV ''Elettra'' A 5340
* RV ''Galatea'' A 5308
* RV ''Vincenzo Martellotta'' A 5320
* RV ''Raffaele Rossetti'' A 5315

== Japan ==
* RV ''Chikyuu''
* RV ''Hakurei Maru''
* RV ''Hakuho Maru''
* RV ''Kairei''
* RV ''Kaiyo''
* {{ship|RV|Mirai}} (formerly, Mutsu)
* RV ''Natsushima''
* RV ''Shigen'' (formerly, RV ''Ramform Victory'' of [[Company:Petroleum Geo-Services|Petroleum Geo-Services]])
* RV ''Umitaka Maru''
* RV ''Yokosuka''
* RV ''Nisshin Maru''
'''Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force''' operated vessels
* {{ship||Shirase|2008 icebreaker|2}}
* JS ''Suma'' (AGS-5103)
* JS ''Wakasa'' (AGS-5104)
* JS ''Nichinan'' (AGS-5105)
* JS ''Shonan'' (AGS-5106)

== Kazakhstan ==
* {{interlanguage link multi|Kanysh Satpayev (ship)|ru|3=Kanysh Satpayev (научно-исследовательское судно)|lt=''Kanysh Satpayev''}} (2014–)

== Lebanon ==
* RV ''Cana cnrs''

== Mauritania ==
* RV ''Almoravide''
* RV ''N´diago''
* RV ''Al Awam''
* RV ''Amrigue''

== Netherlands ==
[[Image:Pelagia op Texel.jpg|thumb|The Pelagia on Texel, 05th of March 2013]]
* RV ''Tyro'' (1979-1993)
* {{ship|RV|Pelagia}}
* RV ''Navicula''
* RV ''Stern''
* RV ''Tridens''
* RV ''Isis''
* HNLMS ''Snellius''
* HNLMS ''Luymes''

== New Zealand ==
[[File:RV Tangaroa.jpg|thumb|right|{{center|RV ''Tangaroa''}}]]

* {{ship|GRV|James Cook||}} (1969-1991)
* {{ship|HMNZS|Monowai|A06|}} (1975-1997)
* {{ship|HMNZS|Resolution|A14|}} (1997-2012)
* HMNZS ''Takapu'' (A07) (1980-2000)
* HMNZS ''Tarapunga'' (A08) (1980-2000)
* {{ship|RV|Tangaroa||}} (1991–present)
* {{ship|HMNZS|Tui|T234|}} (1941-1967)
* {{ship|HMNZS|Tui|1970|}} (1970-1997)

== Norway ==
[[Image:RV Haakon Mosby LYR.jpg|thumb|right|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 ==
* SV BEHR PAIMA

==Peru==
* {{ship|B.I.C.|Humboldt|}}
* {{ship|BAP|Carrasco|BOP-171|}}
* {{ship|B.I.C.|Olaya|}}
* {{ship|B.I.C.|Flores|}}

==Philippines==
* BRP ''Fort San Antonio'' (AM-700)
* BRP ''Fort Abad'' (AM-701)
* M/V DA BFAR
* BRP Gregorio Velasquez (AGR 702)

== Poland ==
[[Image:RV Oceania.jpg|thumb|right|{{ship|RV|Oceania}}, research sailing vessel of Polish Academy of Science]] 
[[Image:RV Kaszubski Brzeg RB1.JPG|right|thumb|RV ''Kaszubski Brzeg'' of The Polish Maritime Museum in Gdańsk]]
* {{ship|ORP|Arctowski}}
* {{ship|ORP|Heweliusz}}
* ORP ''Kopernik''
* RV ''Baltica''
* RV ''Doktor Lubecki''
* RV ''IMOR''
* RV ''Kaszubski Brzeg''
* {{ship|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)
* {{ship|RV|Profesor Siedlecki}} (scrapped)
* RV ''Wieczno'' (retired)

== Portugal ==
===Portuguese Navy===
* NRP ''Dom Carlos I''
* NRP ''Almirante Gago Coutinho''
* NRP ''Andrómeda''
* NRP ''Auriga''
* NRP ''Almeida Carvalho'' (1972-2002)

===Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere===
* NI ''Mar Portugal''
* NI ''Noruega''
* NI ''Diplodus''
* NI ''Tellina'' (2003-2019)
* NI ''Capricórnio'' (1994-2008)

===University of Azores===
* NI ''Arquipélago''

== Romania ==
* RV ''Mare Nigrum''

== Soviet Union/Russia<ref>{{cite web|work=Russian Unified State Information System on Situation in the World Ocean |title=Operating Research Vessels |url=http://data.oceaninfo.ru/meta/vessels/index.jsp?&query=&country=&org=&dept=&type=&req=3&action=searchShips&page=1&sortBy=name_rus |language=Russian |accessdate=2012-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rvinfobase.eurocean.org/spec/index.jsp |work=EurOceanic |title=European Research Vessels Infobase |accessdate=2012-06-30}}</ref> ==

* 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 {{ship||Akademik Fyodorov||2}}
* RV ''Akademik Ioffe''
[[File:191 9155 Ioffe wiki.jpg|thumb|right|RV ''Akademik Ioffe'']]
* RV ''Akademik Korolyov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Kovalevskiy'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Kurchatov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Lazarev''
* RV ''Akademik M.A.Lavrentyev''
* RV {{ship||Akademik Mstislav Keldysh||2}}
* RV ''Akademik Nemchinov''
* RV ''Akademik Nikolay Strakhov''
* RV ''Akademik Oparin''
* RV {{ship||Akademik Sergey Vavilov||2}}
* RV ''Akademik Shatskiy''
* RV {{ship||Akademik Shokalskiy||2}}
* 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)
[[Image:Akademik Mstislav Keldysh.jpg|thumb|right|RV {{ship||Akademik Mstislav Keldysh||2}} in the [[Place:Baltic Sea|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''
[[Image:124 2423 Vavilov wiki.jpg|thumb|right|RV {{ship||Akademik Sergey Vavilov||2}}, 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 ''[[Earth:Kapitan Dranitsyn|Kapitan Dranitsyn]]''
[[Image:KAPITAN DRANITSYN Icebreaker.jpg|thumb|right|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 Gagarinskiy''
* RV ''Professor Kaganovskiy''
* RV ''Professor Khromov''
* RV ''Professor Kurentsov''
* RV ''Professor Logachev''
* RV {{ship||Professor Molchanov||2}} (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''
* {{ship|RV|Vityaz|1939|6}} (III) (retired)
* RV ''Vityaz'' (IV) (decommissioned)
* RV ''Vladimir Sukhoskiyv''
* RV ''Vsevolod Timonov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Vulkanolog'' Вулканолог (судно) (decommissioned)
* RV ''Vyacheslav Frolov''
[[Image:Clupea.JPG|thumb|right|FRV ''Clupea'']]
* RV ''Yakov Smirnitskiy''
* RV ''Yantar'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Yaroslavets'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Yuzhmorgeologiya''
* RV ''Zapolyarjye''
* RV ''Zenit'' (decommissioned)

== South Africa==
* [[Engineering:S. A. Agulhas|S.A. Agulhas]]
* [[Engineering:S. A. Agulhas II|S.A. Agulhas II]]
[[Image:SA_Agulhas_II.jpg|thumb|right|S.A. Agulhas II]]

== Spain ==

===Armada Española===
* [[Engineering:BIO Hesperides|BIO A-33 ''Hespérides'']]

===Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas===
* ''BO Sarmiento de Gamboa''
* ''BO García del Cid''
* ''BO Mytilus''

===Instituto Español de Oceanografía===
* ''BIO Angeles Alvariño''
* ''BIO Ramón Margalef''

===Secretaría General del Mar===
* ''BIO Miguel Oliver''
* ''BIO Intermares''
* ''BIO Emma Bardán''

== Sweden ==
* 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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* {{RV|Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa}}
* {{RV|Beluga}}
* {{RV|Bilim-2}}
* {{RV|Denar 2}}
* {{RV|Derinsu}}
* {{RV|K. Piri Reis}}
* {{RV|MTA Oruç Reis}}
* {{RV|MTA Selen}}
* {{RV|MTA Sismik 1}} 
* {{RV|MTA Turkuaz}}
* {{RV|TÜBİTAK Marmara}}
}}

== Taiwan (Republic of China) ==
===[[Organization:Taiwan Ocean Research Institute|Taiwan Ocean Research Institute]]===
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Researcher I}} (operated by National Taiwan University)
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Researcher II}} (operated by National Taiwan Ocean University)
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Researcher III}} (operated by [[Organization:National Sun Yat-sen University|National Sun Yat-sen University]])
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Researcher V}}
* {{ship|RV|Legend}}

===Republic of China Navy===
* {{ship|ROCS|Ta Kuan (AGS-1601)}}

==Ukraine==
* ''Borys Aleksandrov''
* ''[[Earth:Noosfera (icebreaker)|Noosfera]]''

== United Kingdom ==

===Natural Environment Research Council===
* {{ship|RV|Sepia}} [[Organization:Plymouth Marine Laboratory|Plymouth Marine Laboratory]] 
* {{ship|RV|Squilla}} Plymouth Marine Laboratory 
* {{ship|RV|Tamaris}} Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* {{ship|OWS|Cumulus}} (Ocean Weather Ship)

===[[Organization:National Oceanography Centre, Southampton|National Oceanography Centre, Southampton]]===
RRS Discovery (III), retired at the end of 2012 after 50 year's service.
* {{ship|RRS|Discovery|1962|6}}
* {{ship|RRS|Discovery (2012)}}
* {{ship|RRS|James Cook}}
* {{ship|RV|Callista}} 
* {{ship|RV|Bill Conway}}

===British Antarctic Survey===
* {{ship|RRS|James Clark Ross}} (retired)
* {{ship|RRS|Ernest Shackleton}}
* {{ship|RRS|Sir David Attenborough}}

===[[Organization:Scottish Association for Marine Science|Scottish Association for Marine Science]]===
* {{ship|RV|Calanus}}
* {{ship|RV|Seol Mara}}

===[[Organization:Newcastle University|Newcastle University]]===
* {{ship|RV|Bernicia}}

===[[Organization:University Marine Biological Station Millport|University Marine Biological Station Millport]]===
(London & [[Organization:University of Glasgow|Glasgow]] Universities)
* [[Earth:RV Rachel Carson (2017)|RV ''Aora'']], now [[Organization:University of Washington|University of Washington]], USA
* {{ship|RV|Aplysia}}

===University of Wales===
(Swansea)
* {{ship|RV|Noctiluca}}

===[[Organization:Cardiff University|Cardiff University]]===
* {{ship|RV|Coda Octopus Guiding Light}}

===P&O Maritime===
([[Organization:Bangor University|Bangor University]])
* {{ship|RV|Prince Madog}}

===PEML, [[Organization:University of Liverpool|University of Liverpool]]===
* {{ship|RV|Roagan}}
* RV ''Marisa of Liverpool''

===Marine Scotland===
* {{ship|FRV|Alba na Mara}}
* {{ship|FRV|Scotia}}

===Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science===
*{{ship|RV|Huxley}}
*{{ship|SY|Hildegarde}}
*{{ship|SY|Hiawatha}}
* {{ship|RV|CEFAS Endeavour}}
* {{ship|RV|Cirolana}}
* {{ship|RV|Clione}}
* {{ship|RV|Corella}}
* {{ship|RV|Corystes}}
* {{ship|RV|Ernest Holt}}
* {{ship|RV|George Bligh}}
* {{ship|SS|Joseph & Sarah Miles}}
* {{ship|RV|Platessa}}
* {{ship|RV|Sir Lancelot}}
* {{ship|RV|Tellina}}

===Environment Agency===
(National Marine Service)
* {{ship|RV|Coastal Guardian}}
* {{ship|RV|Sea Vigil}}
* {{ship|RV|Vigilance}}
* {{ship|RV|Water Guardian}}

===Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland===
* {{ship|RV|Corystes}} (replaced RV ''Lough Foyle'')

===Gardline Geoservices Ltd===
* {{ship|RV|Coastal Surveyor}}
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Discovery}}
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Endeavour}}
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Observer}}
* RV ''Ocean Researcher'' formerly {{ship|RRS|Charles Darwin}}
* {{ship|RV|Ocean Seeker}}
* {{ship|RV|Triton}}

===Others===
* RDV 01 Crystal
* {{ship|RV|Aurora Magnetica}}
* {{ship|RV|Diablo}}
* {{ship|RV|Song of the Whale}}

== United States ==
===[[Organization:Florida Institute of Oceanography|Florida Institute of Oceanography]]===
* RV ''Bellows''
* RV ''Suncoaster''

===[https://web.archive.org/web/20100120003816/http://oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University]===
[[File:Original_Collection-_Historical_File,_OSU_(4616475709).jpg|thumb|R/V ''Yaquina'' at sea]]
* R/V ''Taani'', under construction<ref Name=Taani1>{{cite web |url=https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-name-new-research-ship-taani-which-means-%E2%80%9Coffshore%E2%80%9D-1 |title=OSU to name new research ship Taani, which means "offshore" |author=Oregon State University |date=27 August 2018 |publisher=Oregon State University |accessdate=9 July 2019}}</ref><ref Name=Taani2>{{cite web |url=https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/ships/rcrv/ |title=Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) |author=College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University |date=August 2018 |publisher=Oregon State University |accessdate=9 July 2019}}</ref>
* R/V ''Pacific Storm''
*R/V ''Oceanus'', formerly [[Organization:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]<ref name="Oceanus0">{{cite web |url=https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/oceanus/ |title=R/V Oceanus |author=College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University |date=January 2012 |publisher=Oregon State University |accessdate=9 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Oceanus1">{{cite web |url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/jan/osu-retire-one-research-vessel-take-over-operation-another |title=OSU To Retire One Research Vessel, Take Over Operation Of Another |author=News and Research Communications, Oregon State University |date=January 17, 2012 |publisher=Oregon State University |accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref>
* R/V ''Elakha''<ref>{{cite web|title = R/V Elakha|url = http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/elakha/|publisher = Oregon State University|accessdate = January 4, 2011|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101203061551/http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/elakha/|archivedate = December 3, 2010}}</ref>
* R/V ''Acona'' (retired)<ref Name=Taani1 />
* R/V ''Cayuse'' (retired)<ref Name=Taani1 />
* R/V ''Wecoma'' (retired)<ref Name=Oceanus1 /><ref>{{cite web|title = R/V Wecoma|url = http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/|publisher = Oregon State University|accessdate = January 4, 2011|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101229082639/http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/|archivedate = December 29, 2010}}</ref>
* R/V ''Yaquina'' (retired)<ref Name=Taani1 />

===[[Organization:Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory|Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory]]===
* {{ship|USS|Conger|SS-477}} (23 August - 5 October 1947)
* {{ship|RV|Vema}} (1953-1981)
* {{ship|USNS|Robert D. Conrad}} (1962-1989)
* {{ship|USNS|Eltanin}} (1962-1974)
* {{ship|RV|Maurice Ewing}} (1988-2005)
* {{ship|RV|Marcus Langseth}} (2007-)

===[[Organization:Marine Biological Laboratory|Marine Biological Laboratory]]===
* RV ''Gemma''

===[[Organization:Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute|Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]]===
* {{ship|RV|Western Flyer}}
* {{ship|RV|Zephyr}}
* {{ship|RV|Point Lobos}}
* R/V ''Rachel Carson'', formerly

===[[Organization:Moss Landing Marine Laboratories|Moss Landing Marine Laboratories]]===
* RV ''John H. Martin''
* RV ''Point Sur''
* RV ''Sheila B''

===[[Organization:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]===
[[Image:NOAA Research Ship Ka'Imimana (R-333).jpg|thumb|NOAA Research Ship ''Ka'Imimana'' (R-333).]]
[[File:NOAAS Rainier (S 221) with Mount Rainier.jpg|right|thumb|NOAAS ''Rainier'' with her namesake, [[Earth:Mount Rainier|Mount Rainier]], in the background.]]
* NOAAS ''Bell M. Shimada''
* NOAAS ''David Starr Jordan'' (Class IV)
* NOAAS ''Delaware II'' (Class IV)
* NOAAS ''Fairweather'' (Class II)
*{{ship|NOAAS|Ferdinand R. Hassler|S 250|6}} (Class II)
* NOAAS ''Gordon Gunter'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Hi'ialakai'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Henry B. Bigelow'' (Class II)
* NOAAS ''Ka'imimoana'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Miller Freeman'' (Class II)
* NOAAS ''McArthur II'' (Class III)
* {{ship|NOAAS|Nancy Foster|R 352|6}} (Class III)
* {{ship|NOAAS|Okeanos Explorer|R 337|6}} (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Oregon II'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Oscar Dyson'' (Class II)
* NOAAS ''Oscar Elton Sette'' (Class III)
* {{ship|NOAAS|Ronald H. Brown|R 104|6}} (Class I)
* {{ship|NOAAS|Rainier|S 221|6}} (Class II)
* {{ship|NOAAS|Thomas Jefferson|S 222|6}} (Class II)
http://www.moc.noaa.gov/flt_char.htm

===[[Organization:Ocean Alliance|Ocean Alliance]]===
*RV ''Odyssey''

===[[Organization:Schmidt Ocean Institute|Schmidt Ocean Institute]]===
* RV ''Falkor''

===[[Organization:Scripps Institution of Oceanography|Scripps Institution of Oceanography]]===
* {{ship|USS|Snatch|ARS-27}}, better known as RV Argo (1960-1970)
* {{ship|USNS|Thomas Washington|T-AGOR-10}} (1965-1992)
* {{ship|RV|Melville}}, sold to the Philippines and now BRP Gregorio Velasquez
* {{ship|RP|FLIP}}
* {{ship|RV|Horizon}}
* RV ''Spencer F. Baird''<ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 October 2023|url=https://marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=7450|title=Marine Gazetteer:Molokai Fracture Zone}}</ref>
* RV ''New Horizon''
* RV ''Robert Gordon Sproul''
* {{ship|RV|Roger Revelle|AGOR-24|6}}
* {{ship|RV|Sally Ride|AGOR-28}}

===United States Antarctic Program===
* {{ship||Nathaniel B. Palmer|icebreaker|2}}
* {{ship|RV|Laurence M. Gould}}

===United States Environmental Protection Agency===
* OSV ''Bold''

===United States Navy===
* USNS ''Hayes''
* {{ship|RV|Knorr}} (transferred to Mexican Navy in 2016)
* {{ship|RV|Melville}} (retired from service in 2014)
* {{ship|RV|Thomas G. Thompson}} (operated by the [[Organization:University of Washington|University of Washington]])
* {{ship|RV|Atlantis|AGOR-25|6}} (operated by the [[Organization:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]])
* {{ship|RV|Roger Revelle|AGOR-24|6}} (operated by the [[Organization:Scripps Institution of Oceanography|Scripps Institution of Oceanography]])
* RV ''Kilo Moana'' (operated by the [[Organization:University of Hawaii|University of Hawaii]])
* RV ''Neil Armstrong'' (operated by the [[Organization:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]])
* RV ''Sally Ride'' (operated by the [[Organization:Scripps Institution of Oceanography|Scripps Institution of Oceanography]])
* USS ''San Carlos''

===[[Organization:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]===
[[Image:Research Vessel Atlantis.jpg|thumb|right| RV ''Atlantis'' is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.]]
* {{ship|USS|Chain|ARS-20}} (1958-1977)
* {{ship|RV|Oceanus}} (now used by the [[Organization:Hatfield Marine Science Center|Hatfield Marine Science Center]], [[Organization:Oregon State University|Oregon State University]], College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences)
* {{ship|RV|Atlantis II}} (sold in 1996)
* {{ship|RV|Atlantis|AGOR-25|6}}
* {{ship|RV|Knorr}} (transferred to Mexican Navy in 2016)
* {{ship|RV|Neil Armstrong|AGOR-27}} (Launched February 22, 2014. Now in service).
* {{ship|RV|Tioga}}

===Others===
[[Image:RVSavannah2007.JPG|thumb|right|RV ''Savannah'' at its home dock at the [[Organization:Skidaway Institute of Oceanography|Skidaway Institute of Oceanography]].]]
* [[Engineering:Schooner Black Douglas|FWS ''Black Douglas'']]
* RV Blue Heron ([[Organization:Large Lakes Observatory|Large Lakes Observatory]], [[Organization:University of Minnesota Duluth|University of Minnesota Duluth]])
* [[Engineering:Corwith Cramer (ship)|SSV ''Corwith Cramer'']] ([[Organization:Sea Education Association|Sea Education Association]])
* RV ''Cape Hatteras'' (Marine Technology/Cape Fear Community College)
* RV ''Coral Reef II'' (John G. Shedd Aquarium)
* {{ship|RV|Endeavor}} ([[Organization:University of Rhode Island|URI]])
* {{ship|RV|Hugh R. Sharp}} ([[Organization:University of Delaware|University of Delaware Marine and Earth Studies]], in service 2005)
* [http://www.iodp.tamu.edu/publicinfo/drillship.html DV ''JOIDES Resolution'']
* [[Engineering:Robert C. Seamans (ship)|''SSV Robert C Seamans'']] ([[Organization:Sea Education Association|Sea Education Association]])
* RV ''Savannah'' ([[Organization:Skidaway Institute of Oceanography|SkIO]])
* [[Engineering:Schooner Te Vega|RV ''Te Vega'']] (Hopkins Marine Station)
* {{ship|RV|Thomas G. Thompson}} ([[Organization:University of Washington|University of Washington]])
* {{ship|RV|Vantuna}} ([[Organization:Occidental College|Occidental College]])
* [http://www.dejongandlebet.com/782_WaltonSmith.htm RV FG Walton Smith]
* RV ''White Holly'' (White Holly Expeditions, LLC)
*RV Zephyr  Outbound Marine Pacific Northwest (Private ownership, for hire)
* {{ship|RV|Pelican}} (LUMCON (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium))
* [[Earth:RV Rachel Carson (2017)|RV Rachel Carson]], [[Organization:University of Washington|University of Washington]], formerly [[Organization:University Marine Biological Station Millport|University Marine Biological Station Millport]], UK

==Vietnam==
* HSV- 6613 Ocean surveillance ship (Giao su, Vien si Tran Dai Nghia)

== Survey ships ==

===Argentina===
[[Image:Q20ARAPuertoDeseado.jpg|thumb|right|Argentine Navy survey ship ARA ''Puerto Deseado''.]]
* ARA ''Comodoro Rivadavia'' (1974–present)
* ARA ''Cormorán''
* ARA ''Puerto Deseado'' (1978–present)

===Australia===
[[Image:Hmas-leeuwin-1.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Australian Navy survey ship {{HMAS|Leeuwin|A 245}}.]]
* {{HMAS|Barcoo|K375}} (1946-1964)
* {{HMAS|Benalla|J323}} (1943-1945)
* {{HMAS|Benalla|A 04}} (1990–present)
* {{HMAS|Bungaree}} (1944)
* {{HMAS|Cook}} (1973-1998)
* {{HMAS|Diamantina|K377}} (1959-1980)
* {{HMS|Fantome|1901|6}} (1906-1914)
* HMAS ''Flinders'' (1981-1990)
* {{HMAS|Gascoyne|K354}} (1959-1966)
* {{HMAS|Kookaburra}} (1956-1958)
* {{HMAS|Horsham}} (1944-1956)
* {{HMAS|Leeuwin|A 245}} (2000–present)
* {{HMAS|Melville|A 246}} (2000–present)
* {{HMAS|Mermaid|A 02}} (1989–present)
* {{HMAS|Moresby|1918}} (1933-1934, 1935-1946)
* {{HMAS|Moresby|1963}} (1964-1999)
* {{HMAS|Paluma|A 01}} (1989–present)
* {{HMAS|Shepparton|J248}} (1943-1946)
* {{HMAS|Shepparton|A 03}} (1990–present)
* {{HMAS|Warreen}} (1952-1666)

===Canada===
*{{HMCS|Acadia|1917|6}} (1919-1923, 1925-1939, 1945-1969)
*{{HMCS|Cartier}} (1919-1939)
*{{HMCS|Cedarwood|AGSC 539|6}} (1948-1958)

===Chile===
* [[Engineering:Chilean research ship Cabo de Hornos|AGS 61 ''Cabo de Hornos'']] (2013)

===France===
[[Image:Brest2012 - Parade Douarnenez 24.jpg|thumb|right|French Navy survey ship A758 ''Beautemps-Beaupré''.]]
* A758 ''Beautemps-Beaupré''
* [[Engineering:French ship Lapérouse (A791)|A791 ''Lapérouse'']]
* A792 ''Borda''
* A793'' Laplace''

===Greece===
* HS ''Naftilos'' (A-478)
* HS ''Pytheas'' (A-474)
* HS ''Strabon'' (A-476)

===India===
* INS ''Mesh'' (J34)
* INS ''Sandhayak'' (J18)
* INS ''Nirdeshak'' (J19)
* INS ''Nirupak'' (J14)
* INS ''Investigator'' (J15)
* INS ''Jamuna'' (J16)
* INS ''Sutlej'' (J17)
* INS ''Darshak'' (J20)
* INS ''Sarvekshak'' (J22)

===Italy===
* ''Aretusa'' A5304
* ''Galatea'' A5308
* ''Ammiraglio Magnaghi'' A5303

===Japan===
* AGS ''Shōnan''
* AGS ''Nichinan''
* AGS ''Suma''
* AGS ''Futami''

===Kazakhstan===
* {{interlanguage link multi|Jaiyq (hydrographic vessel)|ru|3=Жайык (гидрографическое судно)|lt=''Jaiyq''}} (2008–)

===Netherlands===
* {{ship|HNLMS|Willebrord Snellius}} (1929-1942)<ref name=asitwas>[http://www.hydro-international.com/issues/articles/id508-As_it_Was.html As it was]</ref>
* {{ship|HNLMS|Snellius|A907}} (1952-1972)<ref name=asitwas/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.navyinside.nl/nederland/opnemingsvaartuig.html |title=navyinside.nl |access-date=2012-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426055758/http://www.navyinside.nl/nederland/opnemingsvaartuig.html |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{ship|HNLMS|Luymes|A902}} (1952-1973)<ref>[http://www.pbase.com/te_linde/hr_ms_luymes&page=all Fred te Linde]</ref>
* {{ship|HNLMS|Tydeman|A906}} (10 November 1976 - 3 June 2004), sold and renamed Plancius in 2007<ref>[http://www.navyinside.nl/nederland/oceanograaf.html Navy Inside]</ref>
* {{ship|HNLMS|Snellius|A802}} (2003-)<ref name=marineschepen>[http://www.marineschepen.nl/marschepen/snellius.html marineschepen.nl]</ref>
* {{ship|HNLMS|Luymes|A803}} (2004-)<ref name=marineschepen/>

===New Zealand===
* [[Engineering:SMB Adventure|SMB ''Adventure'']] (1998–present)
* HMNZS ''Lachlan'' (F364) (1949–1975)
* HMNZS ''Manawanui'' (to be commissioned 2019)
* {{HMNZS|Monowai|A06}} (1975–1997)
* {{HMNZS|Resolution|A14}} (1997-2012)
* {{HMNZS|Takapu}} (1980–2000)
* RV ''Tangaroa'' (1991–present)
* {{HMNZS|Tarapunga}} (1980–2000)
* {{HMNZS|Tui|T234}} (1956–1967)
* {{HMNZS|Tui|1970}} (1970–1997)

===Poland===
[[Image:ORP Heweliusz i ORP Baltyk.JPG|thumb|right|Polish Navy survey ship {{ship|ORP|Heweliusz}} and fleet tanker {{ship|ORP|Bałtyk}}.]]
* {{ship|ORP|Arctowski}}
* {{ship|ORP|Heweliusz}}

===Republic of Korea===
* ROKS ''Sincheonji''
* ROKS ''Sinsegi''
* R/V ISABU

===South Africa===
* SAS Protea (A324)

===Spain===
* 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)===
* [[Engineering:ROCS Ta Kuan (AGS-1601)|Ta Kuan]]

===United Kingdom - Royal Navy===

[[Image:HMS Scott H131.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Navy ocean survey vessel {{HMS|Scott|H131|6}}.]]
* {{HMS|Scott|H131|6}} (Antarctic)
* {{HMS|Protector|A173|6}}
* {{HMS|Roebuck|H130|6}} (Coastal)
* {{HMS|Gleaner|H86|6}} (Coastal)
* {{HMS|Magpie|H130|6}} (Inshore)
* {{HMS|Echo|H87|6}} (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
* {{HMS|Enterprise|H88|6}} (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)

Humber Sentinel

===United States===
[[Image:USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) underway in the Gulf Of Mexico on 19 September 1994 (6490546).jpg|thumb|right|Oceanographic survey ship {{ship|USNS|Pathfinder|T-AGS-60|6}}.]]
* {{ship|NOAAS|Fairweather|S 220|6}}
* {{ship|NOAAS|Rainier|S 221|6}}
* {{ship|NOAAS|Rude|S 590|6}}
* {{ship|NOAAS|Thomas Jefferson|S 222|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Maury|T-AGS-39|6}} and {{ship|USNS|Tanner|T-AGS-40|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Pathfinder|T-AGS-60|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Sumner|T-AGS-61|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Bowditch|T-AGS-62|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Henson|T-AGS-63|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Bruce C. Heezen|T-AGS-64|6}}
* {{ship|USNS|Mary Sears|T-AGS-65|6}}
* Other members of the US Navy fleet with "AGS" notation
* {{ship|USNS|Josiah Willard Gibbs|T-AGOR-1}} (1958-1971)

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Research vessels|*]]

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