RV Meteor (1986)

History
Germany
Name	RV Meteor
Owner	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)
Operator	Briese Schiffahrts GmbH
Port of registry	Germany
Builder	Schlichting-Werft, Travemünde, Germany
Homeport	Hamburg
Identification	IMO number: 8411279; Call sign: DBBH; MMSI number: 211206980;
Status	Active as of 2018
General characteristics
Class and type	Research vessel
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in)
Beam	16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draught	5.61 m (18 ft 5 in)
Installed power	2 x 1,150 kW electrical engines
Propulsion	Diesel-electrical system
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Crew	33 + 30 scientists

The RV Meteor (also Meteor III) is a multidisciplinary research vessel operating mainly in high seas. She is owned by the German state represented by its Federal Ministry of Education and Research^[3] and registered in Hamburg.^[2]

RV Meteor operates mainly in the areas of the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific, and the western Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean and the Baltic Seas.^[3] The current Meteor is the third German research vessel in a row sharing the same name, after Meteor and .

Until 2012, Meteor was operated by Bremerhaven based company F. Laeisz GmbH. Since January 2013 the ship has a new operator, Briese Schiffahrt in Leer.^[4] It can accommodate up to 30 scientists for work in 20 laboratories on the main deck.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Meteor (IMO: 8411279)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Heygen, Ronald; crew of RV Meteor (2006). Meteor Handbuch (Meteor handbook) (PDF) (in German). Leitstelle Meteor. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "METEOR". Portal Deutsche Forschungsschiffe. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Neuer Reeder für das Forschungsschiff METEOR (New operator for RV Meteor), press release". Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) (in German). Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

External links[]

Media related to RV Meteor at Wikimedia Commons
Meteor homepage (German)
Briese Schiffahrts (shipping company operating the Meteor)
Research Vessel Meteor (by German Marine Research Consortium)
List of cruise reports (all sciencific cruises back to 1986)

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[vs-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Meteor (IMO: 8411279)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[Handbook-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Heygen, Ronald; crew of RV Meteor (2006). Meteor Handbuch (Meteor handbook) (PDF) (in German). Leitstelle Meteor. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[portal-forschungsschiffe-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "METEOR". Portal Deutsche Forschungsschiffe. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

[pressBMBF-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Neuer Reeder für das Forschungsschiff METEOR (New operator for RV Meteor), press release". Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) (in German). Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

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History

Germany
Name	RV Meteor
Owner	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)^[2]
Operator	Briese Schiffahrts GmbH
Port of registry	Germany
Builder	Schlichting-Werft, Travemünde, Germany^[2]
Homeport	Hamburg
Identification	IMO number: 8411279^[1] Call sign: DBBH^[1] MMSI number: 211206980^[1]
Status	Active as of 2018
General characteristics
Class and type	Research vessel
Length	97.5 m (319 ft 11 in)^[2]
Beam	16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)^[2]
Draught	5.61 m (18 ft 5 in)^[2]
Installed power	2 x 1,150 kW electrical engines
Propulsion	Diesel-electrical system
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)^[2]
Crew	33 + 30 scientists^[2]