List Of Research Vessels By Country

Following is a list of research vessels by country

Argentina

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Australia

* RSV Nuyina
* 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'' (retired)
* RV ''Zeeleeuw''
* RV ''Simon Stevin''

Bermuda

* RV ''Atlantic Explorer''

Brazil

* RV Professor W. Besnard (1967-2008)
* RV ''Atlântico Sul'' (1973-)
* RV Alpha Crucis (2012-)
* BNS H21 ''Sirius''
* BNS H35 ''Amorim do Valle''
* BNS H36 ''Taurus''
* BNS H37 ''Garnier Sampaio''
* BNS H38 ''Cruzeiro do Sul''
* BNS H40 ''Antares''

Canada

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* '' Coriolis II''
*

Chile

* ''Cabo de Hornos AGS 61''

China

* ''Xuě Lóng''
* Type 625 research vessel

Colombia

*
ARC Providencia
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ARC Malpelo
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ARC Quindio
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* '' B/I Ancón''

Denmark

See also List of Danish research ships, which includes ships used only for expeditions
* ''Aurora'' (2014–present)
* '' Biologen'' (1932-1964)
* ''Dana I'' (1920-1922)
* ''Dana II'' (1921-1935)
* ''Dana III'' (1937-1980)
* ''Dana IV'' (1981–present)
* ''Sallingsund'' 1899-1932)
* ''Thor'' (1902-1919)

In addition to Danish research ships, Faroe Islands (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own:
* R/V ''Jákup Sverri'' (2020–present)

In addition to Danish research ships, Greenland (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own:
* R/V ''Sanna'' (2012–present)
* M/V ''Tarajoq'' (2021–present)

Finland

* ''Aranda'' (1953-1989)
* ''Aranda'' (1989–present)
* ''Muikku''
* ''Aurelia''
* ''Seili I''
* ''Seili II''
* ''Geomari''
* ''Kaiku''
* ''Saduria''

France

* (1965-)
* 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'' (replaced by ''Maria S. Merian'')
* RV ''Alkor''
*
* RV ''Elisabeth Mann Borgese'' (ex FGS ''Schwedeneck'')
* RV ''Haithabu''
* RV ''Littorina''
* RV ''Ludwig Prandtl''
*
* RV Meteor (1915)
* RV Meteor (1964)
* RV Meteor (1986)
* RV ''Mya'' (replaced by ''Mya II'')
*
* RV ''Poseidon''
* RV ''Senckenberg''
*
*
* RV ''Valdivia''

Greece

* RV ''Aegaeo''
* RV ''Philia''

Iceland

* RV Árni Friðriksson
* RV Bjarni Sæmundsson

India

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*
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*
*
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*
*
*

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''
* RV ''Tom Crean''

Italy

* RV ''Andrea''
* RV ''Astrea''
* RV ''Cerruti''
* RV ''Dallaporta''
* RV ''Furetto''
* RV ''Italica''
* RV ''Luigi Sanzo''
* RV ''Maria Grazia''
* RV ''Minerva Uno''
* RV ''OG
Explora
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* RV ''Regione Lazio 1''
* RV ''Tecnopesca II''
* RV ''Trer''
* RV ''Andromeda''
* RV ''Futura''

Italian Navy

* RV ''Alliance'' A 5345 (NATO vessel, since 1 January 2016 under Italian Navy flag)
* RV ''Leonardo'' A 5301 (NATO vessel, since 11 May 2007 under Italian government flag and since 14 May 2010 under Italian Navy flag)
* 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''
* (formerly, Mutsu)
* RV ''Natsushima''
* RV ''Shigen'' (formerly, RV ''Ramform Victory'' of Petroleum Geo-Services)
* RV ''Umitaka Maru''
* RV ''Yokosuka''
* RV ''Nisshin Maru''
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force operated vessels
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* JS ''Suma'' (AGS-5103)
* JS ''Wakasa'' (AGS-5104)
* JS ''Nichinan'' (AGS-5105)
* JS ''Shonan'' (AGS-5106)

Lebanon

* RV ''Cana cnrs''

Mauritania

* RV ''Almoravide''
* RV ''N´diago''
* RV ''Al Awam''
* RV ''Amrigue''

Netherlands

* RV ''Tyro'' (1979-1993)
*
* RV ''Navicula''
* RV ''Stern''
* RV ''Tridens''
* RV ''Isis''
* HNLMS ''Snellius''
* HNLMS ''Luymes''

New Zealand

* (1969-1991)
* (1975-1997)
* (1997-2012)
* HMNZS ''Takapu'' (A07) (1980-2000)
* HMNZS ''Tarapunga'' (A08) (1980-2000)
* (1991–present)
* (1941-1967)
* (1970-1997)

Norway

* RV ''G.M. Dannevig''
* RV ''Johan Hjort''
* RV ''Helmer Hanssen (Jan Mayen)''
* 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

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*
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*

Philippines

* BRP ''Fort San Antonio'' (AM-700)
* BRP ''Fort Abad'' (AM-701)
* M/V DA BFAR
* BRP Gregorio Velasquez (AGR 702)

Poland

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*
* ORP ''Kopernik''
* RV ''Baltica''
* RV ''Doktor Lubecki''
* RV ''IMOR''
* RV ''Kaszubski Brzeg''
*
* RV ''Oceanograf 1''
* RV ''Oceanograf 2''
* ORP ''Planeta'' (retired)
* ORP ''Zodiak'' (retired)
* RV ''Birkut'' (retired)
* RV ''Hydromet'' (retired)
* RV ''Pomorzanin'' (retired)
* RV ''Professor Bogucki'' (retired)
* (scrapped)
* RV ''Wieczno'' (retired)

Portugal

Portuguese Navy

* NRP ''Dom Carlos I''
* NRP ''Almirante Gago Coutinho''
* NRP ''Andrómeda''
* NRP ''Auriga''
* NRP ''Almeida Carvalho'' (1972-2002)

Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere

* NI ''Mar Portugal''
* NI ''Noruega''
* NI ''Diplodus''
* NI ''Tellina'' (2003-2019)
* NI ''Capricórnio'' (1994-2008)

University of Azores

* NI ''Arquipélago''

Romania

* RV ''Mare Nigrum''

Soviet Union/Russia

* RV ''Aisberg-II'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik A. Karpinsky''
* RV ''Akademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Aleksandr Sidorenko'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Boris Petrov''
* RV ''Akademik Fersman''
* RV
* RV ''Akademik Ioffe''

* RV ''Akademik Korolyov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Kovalevskiy'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Akademik Kurchatov'' (decommissioned)
* 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 ''Akademik Vernadskiy''(decommissioned)
* RV ''Akvanavt'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Aleksei Chirikov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Alexey Maryshev''
* RV ''Amur'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Anatoliy Zhilinskiy''
* RV ''Andrei Vilkitzky'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Arktika'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Artemida'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Atlantida''
* RV ''Atlantniro''
* RV ''Atlas''
* RV ''Atmosfera'' (decommissioned)

* RV ''Bar''
* RV ''Belomor''
* RV ''Boris Davidov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Briz'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Buran'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Dalniye Zelentsy''
* RV ''Dmitriy Ovtsyn''
* RV ''Dmitriy Mendeleev'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Dmitry Peskov''
* RV ''Eduard Tolly'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Faddey Bellinsgausen'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Fyodor Matisen'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Fritiof Nansen''
* RV ''Fyodor Litke'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Gals'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Gelendzhik''
* RV ''Geo Arctic''
* RV ''Geofizik''
* RV ''Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin''

* RV ''Gidrobiolog''
* RV ''Gidrolog'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Gidrofizik'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Gigrometr'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Glubina'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Grigoriy Mikheyev''
* RV ''Groza'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Ikhtiandr'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Impuls'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Iskatel-5''
* RV ''Ivan Kireyev''
* RV ''Ivan Kruzenshtern''
* RV ''Ivan Petrov''
* RV ''Jakov Smirnitskiy''
* RV '' Kapitan Dranitsyn''

* RV ''Kol'skaja''
* RV ''Kompas'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Leonid Morozov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Lugovoe'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Mangazeya'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Metan'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Mikhail Verbitskiy''
* RV ''Mikhail Lomonosov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Miklukho Maklay''(decommissioned)
* RV ''Mirazh''
* RV ''Murmanskaja'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Nikolay Yevgenov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Okean'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Odissey'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Pamyat Merkuriya'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Pavel Bashmakov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Pavel Gordienko''
* RV '' Persey'' (operated between 1922 and 1941, the first Soviet research vessel)
* RV ''Pomor'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Priboy''
* RV ''Priliv'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Professor Bogorov''
* RV ''Professor Gagarinskiy''
* RV ''Professor Kaganovskiy''
* RV ''Professor Khromov''
* RV ''Professor Kurentsov''
* RV ''Professor Logachev''
* RV (decommissioned)
* RV ''Professor Multanovskyi''
* RV ''Professor Polshkov''
* RV ''Professor Rjabinkin''
* RV ''Professor Vodyanitsky''
* RV ''Professor Shtokman''
* RV ''Professor Vladimir Kuztensov''
* RV ''Professor Zubov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Petr Kottsov''
* RV ''Rift''
* RV ''Roumb'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Semyon Dezhnev''
* RV ''Sergey Kravkov''
* RV ''Shelf'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Smolensk'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Taimyr''
* RV ''Tantal'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Tor''
* RV ''Vadim Popov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Valentin Shashin'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Valerian Uryvayev'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Viktor Buynitskiy''
* (III) (retired)
* RV ''Vityaz'' (IV) (decommissioned)
* RV ''Vladimir Sukhoskiyv''
* RV ''Vsevolod Timonov'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Vulkanolog'' Вулканолог (судно) (decommissioned)
* RV ''Vyacheslav Frolov''

* RV ''Yakov Smirnitskiy''
* RV ''Yantar'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Yaroslavets'' (decommissioned)
* RV ''Yuzhmorgeologiya''
* RV ''Zapolyarjye''
* RV ''Zenit'' (decommissioned)

South Africa

* S.A. Agulhas
* S.A. Agulhas II

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''

Sweden

* R/V ''Oscar von Sydow'' (1976–present)
* R/V ''Skagerak'' (1968) (1968–present)
* R/V ''Skagerak'' (2017) (2021–present)
* R/V ''Svea'' (2019–present)

Turkey

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Taiwan Ocean Research Institute

* (operated by National Taiwan University)
* (operated by National Taiwan Ocean University)
* (operated by National Sun Yat-sen University)
*
*

Republic of China Navy

*

Ukraine

* '' Borys Aleksandrov''
* '' Noosfera''

United Kingdom

Natural Environment Research Council

* Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* (Ocean Weather Ship)

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

RRS Discovery (III), retired at the end of 2012 after 50 year's service.
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*
*
*
*

British Antarctic Survey

* (retired)
*
*

Scottish Association for Marine Science

*
*

Newcastle University

*

University Marine Biological Station Millport

(London & Glasgow Universities)
* RV ''Aora'', now University of Washington, USA
*

University of Wales

(Swansea)
*

Cardiff University

*

P&O Maritime

(Bangor University)
*

PEML,

University of Liverpool

*
* RV ''Marisa of Liverpool''

Marine Scotland

*
*

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

Environment Agency

( National Marine Service)
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*
*
*

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland

* (replaced RV ''Lough Foyle'')

Gardline Geoservices Ltd

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*
*
*
* RV ''Ocean Researcher'' formerly
*
*

Others

* RDV 01 Crystal
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*
*

United States

Florida Institute of Oceanography

* RV ''Bellows''
* RV ''Suncoaster''

Oregon State University
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* R/V ''Taani'', under construction
* R/V ''Pacific Storm''
* R/V ''Oceanus'', formerly Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
* R/V ''Elakha''
* R/V ''Acona'' (retired)
* R/V ''Cayuse'' (retired)
* R/V ''Wecoma'' (retired)
* R/V ''Yaquina'' (retired)

Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory

* (23 August - 5 October 1947)
* (1953-1981)
* (1962-1989)
* (1962-1974)
* (1988-2005)
* (2007-)

Marine Biological Laboratory

* RV ''Gemma''

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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*
*
* 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'' (Class IV)
* NOAAS ''Delaware II'' (Class IV)
* NOAAS ''Fairweather'' (Class II)
* (Class II)
* NOAAS ''Gordon Gunter'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Hi'ialakai'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Henry B. Bigelow'' (Class II)
* NOAAS ''Ka'imimoana'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Miller Freeman'' (Class II)
* NOAAS ''McArthur II'' (Class III)
* (Class III)
* (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Oregon II'' (Class III)
* NOAAS ''Oscar Dyson'' (Class II)
* NOAAS ''Oscar Elton Sette'' (Class III)
* (Class I)
* (Class II)
* (Class II)
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Ocean Alliance

*RV ''Odyssey''

Schmidt Ocean Institute

* RV ''Falkor''

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

* , better known as RV Argo (1960-1970)
* (1965-1992)
* , 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''
* (transferred to Mexican Navy in 2016)
* (retired from service in 2014)
* (operated by the University of Washington)
* (operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
* (operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
* RV ''Kilo Moana'' (operated by the University of Hawaii)
* RV ''Neil Armstrong'' (operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
* RV ''Sally Ride'' (operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
* USS ''San Carlos''

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

* (1958-1977)
* (now used by the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences)
* (sold in 1996)
*
* (transferred to Mexican Navy in 2016)
* (Launched February 22, 2014. Now in service).
*

Others

* FWS ''Black Douglas''
* RV Blue Heron ( Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth)
* SSV ''Corwith Cramer'' (Sea Education Association)
* RV ''Cape Hatteras'' (Marine Technology/Cape Fear Community College)
* RV ''Coral Reef II'' (John G. Shedd Aquarium)
* (URI)
* ( University of Delaware Marine and Earth Studies, in service 2005)

DV ''JOIDES Resolution''
* ''SSV Robert C Seamans'' (Sea Education Association)
* RV ''Savannah'' ( SkIO)
* RV ''Te Vega'' (Hopkins Marine Station)
* (University of Washington)
* (Occidental College)

RV FG Walton Smith
* RV ''White Holly'' ( White Holly Expeditions, LLC)
*RV Zephyr Outbound Marine Pacific Northwest (Private ownership, for hire)
* (LUMCON (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium))
* RV Rachel Carson, University of Washington, formerly University Marine Biological Station Millport, UK

Vietnam

* HSV- 6613 Ocean surveillance ship (Giao su, Vien si Tran Dai Nghia)

Survey ships

Argentina

* ARA ''Comodoro Rivadavia'' (1974–present)
* ARA ''Cormorán''
* ARA ''Puerto Deseado'' (1978–present)

Australia

* (1946-1964)
* (1943-1945)
* (1990–present)
* (1944)
* (1973-1998)
* (1959-1980)
* (1906-1914)
* HMAS ''Flinders'' (1981-1990)
* (1959-1966)
* (1956-1958)
* (1944-1956)
* (2000–present)
* (2000–present)
* (1989–present)
* (1933-1934, 1935-1946)
* (1964-1999)
* (1989–present)
* (1943-1946)
* (1990–present)
* (1952-1666)

Canada

* (1919-1923, 1925-1939, 1945-1969)
* (1919-1939)
* (1948-1958)

Chile

* AGS 61 ''Cabo de Hornos'' (2013)

France

* A758 ''Beautemps-Beaupré''
* A791 ''Lapérouse''
* A792 ''Borda''
* A793'' Laplace''

Greece

* HS ''Naftilos'' (A-478)
* HS ''Pytheas'' (A-474)
* HS ''Strabon'' (A-476)

India

* INS ''Mesh'' (J34)
* INS ''Sandhayak'' (J18)
* INS ''Nirdeshak'' (J19)
* INS ''Nirupak'' (J14)
* INS ''Investigator'' (J15)
* INS ''Jamuna'' (J16)
* INS ''Sutlej'' (J17)
* INS ''Darshak'' (J20)
* INS ''Sarvekshak'' (J22)

Italy

* ''Aretusa'' A5304
* ''Galatea'' A5308
* ''Ammiraglio Magnaghi'' A5303

Japan

* AGS ''Shōnan''
* AGS ''Nichinan''
* AGS ''Suma''
* AGS ''Futami''

Netherlands

* (1929-1942)As it was
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* (1952-1972)
* (1952-1973)
* (10 November 1976 - 3 June 2004), sold and renamed Plancius in 2007
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* (2003-)
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* (2004-)

New Zealand

* SMB ''Adventure'' (1998–present)
* HMNZS ''Lachlan'' (F364) (1949–1975)
* HMNZS ''Manawanui'' (to be commissioned 2019)
* (1975–1997)
* (1997-2012)
* (1980–2000)
* RV ''Tangaroa'' (1991–present)
* (1980–2000)
* (1956–1967)
* (1970–1997)

Poland

*
*

Republic of Korea

* ROKS ''Sincheonji''
* ROKS ''Sinsegi''
* R/V ISABU

South Africa

* SAS Protea (A324)

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

* (Antarctic)
*
* (Coastal)
* (Coastal)
* (Inshore)
* (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
* (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)

Humber Sentinel

United States

*
*
*
*
* and
*
*
*
*
*
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* Other members of the US Navy fleet with "AGS" notation
* (1958-1971)

References

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