ARA Almirante Irízar
ARA Puerto Deseado
ARA Comodoro Rivadavia
RSV Aurora Australis
RV Franklin
RV Investigator
MV Nella Dan
RV Southern Surveyor
RV Belgica
RV Zeeleeuw
RV Simon Stevin
RV Atlantic Explorer
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
CCGS Amundsen
CCGS Frederick G. Creed
CCGS Hudson
CCGS Limnos
CCGS Alfred Needler
CCGS W. E. Ricker
CCGS Teleost
CCGS John P. Tully
CCGS Vector
Coriolis II
MV Nuliajuk (2011)
Cabo de Hornos AGS 61
Xuě Lóng
ARC Providencia
ARC Malpelo
ARC Quindio
B/I Ancón
Finland
Aranda (1953-1989)
Aranda (1989–present)
Muikku
Aurelia
Seili I
Seili II
Geomari
Kaiku
Saduria
RV Jean Charcot (1965-)
RV Côte d'Aquitaine
RV Côtes de la Manche
RV Gwen-Drez
RV Atalante
RV Europe
RV Curieuse
RV Suroît
RV Marion Dufresne
RV Pourquoi Pas?
RV Thalassa
RV Thalia
RV Thethys II
FGS 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
RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese (ex FGS Schwedeneck)
RV Haithabu
RV Littorina
RV Ludwig Prandtl
RV Maria S. Merian
RV Meteor (1915)
RV Meteor (1964)
RV Meteor (1986)
RV Mya
RV Polarstern
RV Poseidon
RV Senckenberg
RV Sonne
RV Sonne (2014)
RV Valdivia
RV Aegaeo
RV Philia
Iceland
RV Árni Friðriksson
RV Bjarni Sæmundsson
ORV Sindhu Sankalp
ORV Samudra Ratnakar
ORV Sindhu Sadhana
ORV Sagar Sukhthi
ORV Sagar Nidhi
ORV Sagar Manjusha
ORV Sagar Purvi
ORV Sagar Paschimi
ORV Sagar Kanya
INS Sagardhwani
FORV Sagar Sampada
Ireland
RV Celtic Explorer
RV Celtic Voyager
RV Keary
RV Geo
RV Tonn
M.V. Cosantóir Bradán
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
Italian Navy
RV Alliance A5345 (NATO vessel, since 1 January 2016 under Italian Navy flag)
RV Leonardo A5301 (NATO vessel, since 11 May 2007 under Italian government flag and since 14 May 2010 under Italian Navy flag)
RV Ammiraglio Magnaghi A5303
RV Aretusa A5304
RV Elettra A5340
RV Galatea A5308
RV Vincenzo Martellotta A5320
RV Raffaele Rossetti A5315
RV Chikyuu
RV Hakurei Maru
RV Hakuho Maru
RV Kairei
RV Kaiyo
RV Mirai (formerly, Mutsu)
RV Natsushima
RV Shigen (formerly, RV Ramform Victory of Petroleum Geo-Services)
RV Umitaka Maru
RV Yokosuka
RV Nisshin Maru
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force operated vessels
RV Akashi (Retired)
RV Futami
RV Nichinan
Shirase
RV Suma
RV Wakasa
RV Cana cnrs
Netherlands
RV Tyro (1979-1993)
RV Pelagia
RV Navicula
RV Stern
RV Tridens
RV Isis
HNLMS Snellius
HNLMS Luymes
New Zealand
HMNZS Tui
HMNZS Monowai (A06)
HMNZS Tarapunga (A08)
HMNZS Takapu (A07)
HMNZS Resolution (A14)
GRV James Cook
RV Tangaroa
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
Template:Survey Vessel SV Behr Paima
B.I.C. Humboldt
BAP Carrasco (BOP-171)
BRP Fort San Antonio (AM-700)
BRP Fort Abad (AM-701)
M/V DA BFAR
Poland
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)
MV Capricornio
MV Noruega
RV Mare Nigrum
List of current operating research vessels of Russia as of 2006, a lot of them are operated since Soviet times:
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 Korolyov (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 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 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 Gidrobiolog
RV Gidrolog (decommissioned)
RV Gidrofizik (decommissioned)
RV Gigrometr (decommissioned)
RV Glubina (decommissioned)
RV Grigoriy Mikheyev
RV Groza (decommissioned)
RV Impuls (decommissioned)
RV Iskatel-5
RV Ivan Kireyev
RV Ivan Kruzenshtern
RV Ivan Petrov
RV Jakov Smirnitskiy
RV Kapitan Dranitsyn
RV Kol'skaja
RV Kompas (decommissioned)
RV Leonid Morozov (decommissioned)
RV Lugovoe (decommissioned)
RV Mangazeya (decommissioned)
RV Metan (decommissioned)
RV Mikhail Verbitskiy
RV Mirazh
RV Murmanskaja (decommissioned)
RV Nikolay Yevgenov (decommissioned)
RV Okean (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 Professor Molchanov (decommissioned)
RV Professor Multanovskyi
RV Professor Polshkov
RV Professor Rjabinkin
RV Professor Shtokman
RV Professor Vladimir Kuztensov
RV Professor Zubov (decommissioned)
RV Ptotr 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
RV Yakov Smirnitskiy
RV Yantar (decommissioned)
RV Yaroslavets (decommissioned)
RV Yuzhmorgeologiya
RV Zapolyarjye
RV Zenit (decommissioned)
S.A. Agulhas
S.A. Agulhas II
BIO A-33 Hespérides
BIO A-52 Las Palmas
BO Sarmiento de Gamboa
BO García del Cid
BO Mytilus
BIO Angeles Alvariño
BIO Ramón Margalef
BIO Cornide de Saavedra
BIO Miguel Oliver
BIO Intermares
BIO Emma Bardán
RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa
RV Beluga
RV Bilim-2
RV Denar 2
RV Derinsu
RV K. Piri Reis
RV MTA Selen
RV MTA Sismik 1
RV MTA Turkuaz
RV TÜBİTAK Marmara
RV Sepia Plymouth Marine Laboratory
RV Squilla Plymouth Marine Laboratory
RV Tamaris Plymouth Marine Laboratory
OWS Cumulus (Ocean Weather Ship)
RRS Discovery (III), retired at the end of 2012 after 50 years's service.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery (IV)
RRS James Cook
RV Callista
RV Bill Conway
RRS James Clark Ross
RRS Ernest Shackleton
RV Calanus
RV Seol Mara
RV Bernicia
(London & Glasgow Universities)
RV Aora
RV Aplysia
(Swansea)
RV Noctiluca
RV Coda Octopus Guiding Light
(Bangor University)
RV Prince Madog
RV Roagan
RV Marisa of Liverpool
Marine Scotland
FRV Alba na Mara
FRV Scotia
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
RV CEFAS Endeavour
RV Cirolana
(National Marine Service)
RV Coastal Guardian
RV Sea Vigil
RV Vigilance
RV Water Guardian
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland
RV Corystes (replaced RV Lough Foyle)
RV Coastal Surveyor
RV Ocean Discovery
RV Ocean Endeavour
RV Ocean Observer
RV Ocean Researcher formerly RRS Charles Darwin
RV Ocean Seeker
RV Triton
RDV 01 Crystal
RV Aurora Magnetica
RV Diablo
RV Song of the Whale
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAAS Bell M. Shimada
NOAAS David Starr Jordan (Class IV)
NOAAS Delaware II (Class IV)
NOAAS Fairweather (Class II)
NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (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)
NOAAS Nancy Foster (Class III)
NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (Class III)
NOAAS Oregon II (Class III)
NOAAS Oscar Dyson (Class II)
NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (Class III)
NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (Class I)
NOAAS Rainier (Class II)
NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (Class II)
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USS Snatch (ARS-27), better known as RV Argo (1960-1970)
USNS Thomas Washington (T-AGOR-10) (1965-1992)
RV Melville
RP FLIP
RV New Horizon
RV Robert Gordon Sproul
RV Roger Revelle
RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28)
USS Chain (ARS-20) (1958-1977)
RV Oceanus (now used by the Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences)
RV Atlantis II (sold in 1996)
RV Atlantis
RV Knorr
RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) (Launched February 22, 2014. Now in service).
RV Gemma
RV Odyssey
RV Western Flyer
RV Zephyr
RV Point Lobos
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
RV John H. Martin
RV Point Sur
RV Sheila B
Nathaniel B. Palmer
RV Laurence M. Gould
USS Conger (SS-477) (23 August - 5 October 1947)
RV Vema (1953-1981)
USNS Robert D. Conrad (1962-1989)
USNS Eltanin (1962-1974)
RV Maurice Ewing (1988-2005)
RV Marcus Langseth (2007-)
RV Bellows
RV Suncoaster
RV Falkor
OSV Bold
USNS Hayes
RV Knorr
RV Melville
RV Thomas G. Thompson
RV Atlantis
RV Roger Revelle
RV Kilo Moana (operated by University of Hawaii)
RV Neil Armstrong
RV Sally Ride
USS San Carlos
FWS Black Douglas
SSV Corwith Cramer (Sea Education Association)
RV Cape Hatteras (Marine Technology/Cape Fear Community College)
RV Coral Reef II (John G. Shedd Aquarium)
RV Endeavor (URI)
RV Hugh R. Sharp (University of Delaware Marine and Earth Studies, in service 2005)
DV JOIDES Resolution
SSV Robert C Seamans (Sea Education Association)
RV Savannah (SkIO)
RV Te Vega (Hopkins Marine Station)
RV Thomas G. Thompson (University of Washington)
RV Vantuna (Occidental College)
RV FG Walton Smith
RV White Holly (White Holly Expeditions, LLC)
RV Wecoma (Oregon State University)
RV Pelican (LUMCON (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium))
HSV- 6613 Ocean surveillance ship (Giao su, Vien si Tran Dai Nghia)
ARA Comodoro Rivadavia (1974–present)
ARA Cormoran
ARA Puerto Deseado (1978–present)
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 (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)
HMCS Acadia (1919-1923, 1925-1939, 1945-1969)
HMCS Cartier (1919-1939)
HMCS Cedarwood (1948-1958)
AGS 61 Cabo de Hornos (2013)
A758 Beautemps-Beaupré
A791 Lapérouse
A792 Borda
A793 Laplace
HS Naftilos (A-478)
HS Pytheas (A-474)
HS Strabon (A-476)
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)
Aretusa A5304
Galatea A5308
Ammiraglio Magnaghi A5303
AGS Shonan
AGS Nichinan
AGS Suma
AGS Futami
Netherlands
HNLMS Willebrord Snellius (1929-1942)
HNLMS Snellius (A907) (1952-1972)
HNLMS Luymes (A902) (1952-1973)
HNLMS Tydeman (A906) (10 November 1976 - 3 June 2004), sold and renamed Plancius in 2007
HNLMS Snellius (A802) (2003-)
HNLMS Luymes (A803) (2004-)
New Zealand
SMB Adventure (1998–present)
HMNZS Lachlan (F364) (1949–1975)
HMNZS Monowai (A06) (1975–1997)
HMNZS Resolution (A14) (1997-2012)
HMNZS Takapu (1980–2000)
HMNZS Tarapunga (1980–2000)
HMNZS Tui (T234) (1956–1967)
HMNZS Tui (1970) (1970–1997)
Poland
ORP Arctowski
ORP Heweliusz
Ta Kuan
ROKS Sincheonji
ROKS Sinsegi
SAS Protea (A324)
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
HMS Scott (Antarctic)
HMS Protector
HMS Roebuck (Coastal)
HMS Gleaner (Coastal)
HMS Echo (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
HMS Enterprise (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
Humber Sentinel
NOAAS Fairweather
NOAAS Rainier
NOAAS Rude
NOAAS Thomas Jefferson
USNS Maury and USNS Tanner
USNS Pathfinder
USNS Sumner
USNS Bowditch
USNS Henson
USNS Bruce C. Heezen
USNS Mary Sears
Other members of the US Navy fleet with "AGS" notation
USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) (1958-1971)
