French ship Thalassa (1995)

History
France
Name	Thalassa
Operator	IFREMER
Port of registry	Nantes
Builder	Manche Industrie Marine, Dieppe
Launched	16 May 1995
In service	1996
Identification	IMO number: 9070307 Call sign: FNFP MMSI number: 227297000
Status	Active as of 2018
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage	2,803 GT
Displacement	3,022 t (2,974 long tons)
Length	73.65 m (241 ft 8 in) o/a
Beam	14.9 m (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 4 × MWM-Deutz TBD 604-BV12 1,128 kW (1,513 hp) diesel engines 1 × Cegelec RP-38P 12/12 2,200 kW (2,950 hp) electric motor 1 × shaft 1 × 440 kW (590 hp) bow thruster 1 × 264 kW (354 hp) stern thruster[2]
Speed	14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph)
Crew	16 to 25

Thalassa is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), the French Institute for Research of the Exploitation of the Sea.

Thalassa was launched in 1995 and commissioned to replace an eponymous ship of 1960.