RV ''TÜBİTAK Marmara'' is a Turkish

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 by the

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies, support and conduct research and development, and to ...

(TÜBİTAK) and operated by its newly established Marine Research Center for oceanographic research studies. The vessel was designed by Soyaslan Marine, indigenously developed and built at the Çeksan Shipyard in

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to a cost of 13.8 million. She was launched on February 17, 2013, in presence of Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat Ergün, Minister of Development

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, Governor of Istanbul

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and President of TÜBİTAK Yücel Altunbaşak. She is the first ever research vessel built in Turkey. It is planned that the vessel will be fitted until the end of May 2013 with all the necessary advanced-technology instruments and equipment. After commissioning, the research ship will be used in the seas around Turkey, primarily in the

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, to study

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, to research on

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, to explore underwater oil fields, to monitor underwater faults and underwater pipelines as well as to give support in case of marine incidents and disasters. She will be capable of carrying out those studies in a depth of up to . On board of the RV ''TÜBİTAK Marmara'' with twelve crew, eleven scientists will work in three laboratories.

Characteristics

''TÜBİTAK Marmara'' is long, with a beam of and a max. draft of . Assessed at , the ship is propelled by two

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s. She has a speed of in service.

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