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| History | |
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| Name | Nautilus |
| Builder | Ps Werften Wolgast, East Germany |
| Laid down | 1967 |
| Renamed | 30 July 2009 |
| Homeport | Los Angeles, California |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Germanischer Lloyd 100 A5 E1 |
| Tonnage | 1,249 GT, 374 NT |
| Length | 223 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 34.5 ft (10.5 m) |
| Installed power | 1,472 kilowatts (1,974 hp) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 17 crew, 31 science/mission |
EV Nautilus is a 68-meter (223 ft) research vessel owned by the Ocean Exploration Trust under the direction of Robert Ballard, the researcher known for finding the wreck of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. The vessel's home port is at the AltaSea facility in San Pedro in the Port of Los Angeles, California. Nautilus is equipped with a team of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Hercules, Argus, Little Hercules, and Atalanta, a multibeam mapping system, and mapping tools Diana and Echo, allowing it to conduct deep sea exploration of the ocean to a depth of 4,000 meters (13,000 ft).