History | |
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Italy | |
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Operator | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Orenstein & Koppel AG, Lübeck, Germany |
Cost | $94 million (refit/conversion) |
Yard number | 760 |
Launched | 22 December 1980 |
Completed | 8 September 1981 |
Refit | 2010-2012 |
Identification |
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Status | in service |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 2,088 GT; 627 NT |
Displacement | 2,260 m³ |
Length | 82.9 metres (272 ft) |
Beam | 13 metres (43 ft) |
Draft | 4.8 metres (16 ft) |
Depth | 6.67 metres (21.9 ft) |
Speed | 12 kn (cruising); 19.8 kn (max) |
Range | 13,000 nm |
Endurance | 40 days |
Capacity | 18 scientists |
Crew | 19+2 technicians |
Aviation facilities |
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Notes | [2] |
RV Falkor is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Ship time aboard the vessel is made freely available to researchers once they have undergone an application, peer review process, and their proposal has been accepted.[3] One condition for using the Falkor is that research findings and data from all expeditions are made publicly available. Researchers aboard Falkor receive expert shipboard support, use of scientific equipment, as well as robotic and computational resources.[3] RV Falkor is adaptable and can facilitate new technologies and external resources as required for each science expedition. Falkor’s current status[4] and a virtual ship tour[5] are publicly available on the Schmidt Ocean Institute website. The Schmidt Ocean Institute announced the change of ownership of the vessel on 14. March 2022. It was renamed to Gaia Blu and is used by the italian National Research Council.[6] It concluded its first science expedition at the 20. October 2022.[7]
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