RV ''Profesor Siedlecki'' was a Polish fishery research ship built to carry out research in the southern polar waters. The research was aimed at the fisheries off the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

down to 57S. The ship was named after the Polish zoologist Professor Michał Siedlecki, who died in the

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

. Its first cruise took place in 1974.SCAR Report No 20 May 2001
''www.scar.org'' Further expeditions were captained by

Miron Babiak Miron Babiak, (January 31, 1932 in Sanok, Poland – September 25, 2013 in Gdynia, Poland), was a Polish sea captain, who is best known for commanding Prof. Siedlecki Antarctica research ship. Early career Miron Babiak is an alumnus of Szkoła ...

. The ship was scrapped in 1992.Profesor Siedlecki GDY330 - IMO 7043518
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