The RV ''Meteor'' (also ''Meteor III'') is a multidisciplinary

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operating mainly on the high sea. She is owned by the

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state represented by its

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and registered in

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. 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. The current ''Meteor'' is the third German research vessel in a row sharing the same name, after and . Until 2012, ''Meteor'' was operated by

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based company F. Laeisz GmbH. Since January 2013 the ship has a new operator, Briese Schiffahrt in

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. It can accommodate up to 30 scientists for work in 20 laboratories on the main deck. A new ship named ''Meteor'' was ordered at

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and Fassmer in 2022 to replace the ''Meteor'' and the ''

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'', which has already been retired, in 2026.

References

External links

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Meteor homepage
(German)

(shipping company operating the ''Meteor'')

(by German Marine Research Consortium)
List of cruise reports
(all scientific cruises back to 1986) Research vessels of Germany Ships built in Lübeck 1986 ships {{ship-stub