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The RV ''Bernicia'' is a
research vessel A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel but others require a dedicated ...
owned and operated by diving organisation Bernicia Netherlands. It was previously operated by Newcastle University's Department of Marine Science and Technology, where it was used for research and teaching in the
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and in river estuaries, largely in the area of
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Operational history

The RV ''Bernicia'' is a small trawler-type vessel approximately 16 metres in length with hydraulically operated windlass and winches, and a crane on the aft deck. The research vessel was designed by Naval Architects from Newcastle University. When used by the university it was berthed at and operated from Blyth. In 2011 the ''Bernicia'' was replaced by a newer research vessel that was also partly designed by students at the university. This new vessel is RV ''The Princess Royal''. RV ''Bernicia'' was sold to diving organisation Bernicia
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
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Namesake

The RV ''Bernicia'' is named after the ancient
Anglo Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Ge ...
Kingdom of the same name.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernicia, RV Newcastle University Research vessels of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Tyne