List of research vessels by country
Following is a list of research vessels by country
Argentina
Australia
- RSV
- 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
- RV Zeeleeuw
- RV Simon Stevin
Bermuda
- RV Atlantic Explorer
Brazil
- RV Professor W. Besnard
- RV Atlântico Sul
- RV Alpha Crucis
- BNS H21 Sirius
- BNS H35 Amorim do Valle
- BNS H36 Taurus
- BNS H37 Garnier Sampaio
- BNS H38 Cruzeiro do Sul
- BNS H40 Antares
Canada
- Coriolis II
Chile
- Cabo de Hornos AGS 61
China
- Xuě Lóng
- Type 625 research vessel
Colombia
- '
- '
- B/I Ancón
Denmark
- Aurora
- Biologen
- Dana I
- Dana II
- Dana III
- Dana IV
- Sallingsund 1899-1932)
- Thor
Finland
- Aranda
- Aranda
- Muikku
- Aurelia
- Seili I
- Seili II
- Geomari
- Kaiku
- Saduria
France
- RV Côte d'Aquitaine
- RV Côtes de la Manche
- RV Gwen-Drez
- RV Atalante
- RV Europe
- RV Curieuse
- RV Suroît
- RV
- RV
- RV
- RV Thalia
- RV Thethys II
Germany
- 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
- RV Alkor
- RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese
- RV Haithabu
- RV Littorina
- RV Ludwig Prandtl
- RV Meteor
- RV Meteor
- RV Meteor
- RV Mya
- RV Poseidon
- RV Senckenberg
- RV Valdivia
Greece
- RV Aegaeo
- RV Philia
Iceland
- RV Árni Friðriksson
- RV Bjarni Sæmundsson
India
Iran
[Iranian [National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science]]
- INIOAS Khalije Fars sea explorer
Ireland
- RV Celtic Explorer
- RV Celtic Voyager
- RV Keary
- RV Geo
- RV Tonn
- M.V. Cosantóir Bradán
Italy
- RV Andrea
- RV Astrea
- RV Cerruti
- RV Dallaporta
- RV Furetto
- RV Italica
- RV Luigi Sanzo
- RV Maria Grazia
- RV Minerva Uno
- RV OGS
- RV Regione Lazio 1
- RV Tecnopesca II
- RV Trer
- RV Andromeda
- RV Futura
Research Vessel under Italian Navy flag since January 1, 2016
- RV Alliance A 5345
- RV Leonardo A 5301
- 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
- RV Natsushima
- RV Shigen
- RV Umitaka Maru
- RV Yokosuka
- RV Nisshin Maru
- JS Suma
- JS Wakasa
- JS Nichinan
- JS Shonan''
Lebanon
- RV Cana cnrs
Mauritania
- RV Almoravide
- RV N´diago
- RV Al Awam
- RV Amrigue
Netherlands
- RV Tyro
- RV Navicula
- RV Stern
- RV Tridens
- RV Isis
- HNLMS Snellius
- HNLMS Luymes
New Zealand
- HMNZS Takapu
- HMNZS Tarapunga
Norway
- RV G.M. Dannevig
- RV Johan Hjort
- RV Helmer Hanssen
- 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
Philippines
- BRP Fort San Antonio
- BRP Fort Abad
- M/V DA BFAR
- BRP Gregorio Velasquez
Poland
- ORP Kopernik
- RV Baltica
- RV Doktor Lubecki
- RV IMOR
- RV Kaszubski Brzeg
- RV Oceanograf 1
- RV Oceanograf 2
- ORP Planeta
- ORP Zodiak
- RV Birkut
- RV Hydromet
- RV Pomorzanin
- RV Professor Bogucki
- RV Wieczno
Portugal
- MV Capricornio
- MV Noruega
- RV Arquipélago
Romania
- RV Mare Nigrum
Soviet Union/Russia
- RV Aisberg-II
- RV Akademik A. Karpinsky
- RV Akademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov
- RV Akademik Aleksandr Sidorenko
- RV Akademik Boris Petrov
- RV Akademik Fersman
- RV
- RV Akademik Ioffe
- RV Akademik Korolyov
- RV Akademik Kurchatov
- RV Akademik Lazarev
- RV Akademik M.A.Lavrentyev
- RV
- RV Akademik Nemchinov
- RV Akademik Nikolay Strakhov
- RV Akademik Oparin
- RV
- RV Akademik Shatskiy
- RV
- RV Akvanavt
- RV Aleksei Chirikov
- RV Alexey Maryshev
- RV Amur
- RV Anatoliy Zhilinskiy
- RV Andrei Vilkitzky
- RV Arktika
- RV Artemida
- RV Atlantida
- RV Atlantniro
- RV Atlas
- RV Atmosfera
- RV Bar
- RV Belomor
- RV Boris Davidov
- RV Briz
- RV Buran
- RV Dalniye Zelentsy
- RV Dmitriy Ovtsyn
- RV Dmitriy Mendeleev
- RV Dmitry Peskov
- RV Eduard Tolly
- RV Faddey Bellinsgausen
- RV Fyodor Matisen
- RV Fritiof Nansen
- RV Fyodor Litke
- RV Gals
- RV Gelendzhik
- RV Geo Arctic
- RV Geofizik
- RV Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin
- RV Gidrobiolog
- RV Gidrolog
- RV Gidrofizik
- RV Gigrometr
- RV Glubina
- RV Grigoriy Mikheyev
- RV Groza
- RV Impuls
- RV Iskatel-5
- RV Ivan Kireyev
- RV Ivan Kruzenshtern
- RV Ivan Petrov
- RV Jakov Smirnitskiy
- RV Kapitan Dranitsyn
- RV
South Africa
Spain
[Armada Española]
- 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
Turkey
Taiwan (Republic of China)
[Taiwan Ocean Research Institute]
Republic of China Navy
United Kingdom
[Natural Environment Research Council]
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory
[National Oceanography Centre, Southampton]
[British Antarctic Survey]
[Scottish Association for Marine Science]
[Newcastle University]
[University Marine Biological Station Millport]
- RV Aora, now University of Washington, USA
[University of Wales]
[Cardiff University]
[P&O Maritime]
PEML, [University of Liverpool]
- RV Marisa of Liverpool
[Marine Scotland]
[Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science]
[Environment Agency]
[Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland]
[Gardline Geoservices Ltd]
- RV Ocean Researcher formerly
Others
- RDV 01 Crystal
United States
[Florida Institute of Oceanography]
- RV Bellows
- RV Suncoaster
https://web.archive.org/web/20100120003816/http://oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University
- R/V Taani, under construction
- R/V Pacific Storm
- R/V Oceanus, formerly Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- R/V Elakha
- R/V Acona
- R/V Cayuse
- R/V Wecoma
- R/V Yaquina
[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]
[Marine Biological Laboratory]
- RV Gemma
[Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]
- R/V Rachel Carson, formerly
[Moss Landing Marine Laboratories]
- RV John H. Martin
- RV Point Sur
- RV Sheila B
[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]
- NOAAS Bell M. Shimada
- NOAAS David Starr Jordan
- NOAAS Delaware II
- NOAAS Fairweather
- NOAAS Gordon Gunter
- NOAAS Hi'ialakai
- NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow
- NOAAS Ka'imimoana
- NOAAS Miller Freeman
- NOAAS McArthur II
- NOAAS Oregon II
- NOAAS Oscar Dyson
- NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette
[Ocean Alliance]
- RV Odyssey
[Schmidt Ocean Institute]
- RV Falkor
[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]
- , better known as RV Argo
- , sold to the Philippines and now BRP Gregorio Velasquez
- RV New Horizon
- RV Robert Gordon Sproul
[United States Antarctic Program]
[United States Environmental Protection Agency]
- OSV Bold
[United States Navy]
- USNS Hayes
- RV Kilo Moana
- RV Neil Armstrong
- RV Sally Ride
- USS San Carlos
[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]
- .
Others
- FWS Black Douglas
- SSV Corwith Cramer
- RV Cape Hatteras
- RV Coral Reef II
- SSV Robert C Seamans
- RV Savannah
- RV Te Vega
- RV White Holly
- RV Zephyr Outbound Marine Pacific Northwest
- RV Rachel Carson, University of Washington, formerly University Marine Biological Station Millport, UK
Vietnam
- HSV- 6613 Ocean surveillance ship
Survey ships
Argentina
- ARA Comodoro Rivadavia
- ARA Cormoran
- ARA Puerto Deseado
Australia
- HMAS Flinders
Canada
Chile
- AGS 61 Cabo de Hornos
France
- A758 Beautemps-Beaupré
- A791 Lapérouse
- A792 Borda
- A793 Laplace
Greece
- HS Naftilos
- HS Pytheas
- HS Strabon
India
- INS Mesh
- INS Sandhayak
- INS Nirdeshak
- INS Nirupak
- INS Investigator
- INS Jamuna
- INS Sutlej
- INS Darshak
- INS Sarvekshak
Italy
- Aretusa A5304
- Galatea A5308
- Ammiraglio Magnaghi A5303
Japan
- AGS Shonan
- AGS Nichinan
- AGS Suma
- AGS Futami
Netherlands
- , sold and renamed Plancius in 2007
New Zealand
- SMB Adventure
- HMNZS Lachlan
- HMNZS Manawanui
- RV Tangaroa
Poland
Republic of Korea
- ROKS Sincheonji
- ROKS Sinsegi
- R/V ISABU
South Africa
- SAS Protea
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)
- Ta Kuan
United Kingdom - Royal Navy
United States
- and
- Other members of the US Navy fleet with "AGS" notation