RV ''Meteor'' (also ''Meteor III'') is a multidisciplinary
research vessel
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operating mainly on the high sea. She is owned by the German state represented by its
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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and registered in
Hamburg
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.
''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 ]Bremerhaven
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based company F. Laeisz GmbH. Since January 2013 the ship has a new operator, Briese Schiffahrt in Leer
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.[
A new ship named ''Meteor'' was ordered at ]Meyer Werft
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and Fassmer in 2022 to replace the ''Meteor'' and the ''Poseidon
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'', which has already been retired, in 2026. The Keel was laid on 11 July 2023 at Neptun Werft, Rostock. The ship is going to be completed at Meyer Werft, Papenburg. The hull was trowed from Rostock to Emden by the Tugs 'VB Breherhacen' and 'VB Roennbeck' to Emdem. On 10 August around noon, the section left Emden towed by the Radbod at the bow and the Gruno IV at the aft, followed by the Gruno 2, towards Papenburg. [https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:268862/mmsi:246502000/imo:9342669/vessel:GRUNO4]
References
External links
*
Meteor homepage
(German)
(shipping company operating the ''Meteor'')
(by German Marine Research Consortium)
List of cruise reports
(all scientific cruises back to 1986)
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Research vessels of Germany
Ships built in Lübeck
1986 ships