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RRS ''Charles Darwin'' was a Royal Research Ship belonging to the British Natural Environment Research Council. Since 2006, she has been the geophysical survey vessel, RV ''Ocean Researcher'',
File:RRS Charles Darwin Fairlie.jpg, The ''Charles Darwin'' in Fairlie,
History
RRS ''Charles Darwin'' was built in 1985 by Appledore Shipbuilders inDevon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
. Named after the eminent English naturalist, she was used primarily for research in oceanography, geology
Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth ...
, and geophysics
Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and Physical property, properties of Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. Geophysicists conduct i ...
. After 21 years of service, ''Charles Darwin'' was retired in June 2006, and replaced by the .
Purchased by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited of Great Yarmouth, she was renamed RV ''Ocean Researcher'', and conducts geophysical surveys.
Science cruises
RRS ''Charles Darwin'' carried out 180 research cruises, worldwide, in her 21 years as a Natural Environment Research Council ship. The first cruise, in 1985, in the Northeast Atlantic, was led by Professor John Gould. Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, studying climate change, have used RRS ''Charles Darwin'' to investigate the slowing of theGulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States, then veers east near 36°N latitude (North Carolin ...
. Her final cruise was a geophysical survey for the British Geological Survey.
Gallery
Scotland
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, at the end of a research cruise in August 2005.
File:RRS Charles Darwin-2.jpg, Loading for its last voyage as ''Charles Darwin'', in March, 2006.
See also
* - United States equivalent * - Predecessor to the ''Neil Armstrong''Footnotes
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