RRS Discovery (2012)
| History | |
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| Name | RRS Discovery |
| Owner | NERC Research Ship Unit |
| Builder | C.N.P. Freire, S.A., Spain |
| Cost | £68 million |
| Laid down | 16 February 2011 |
| Launched | 6 April 2012 |
| Completed | 3 June 2013 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lloyd's +100A1, Ice 1D, LMC, UMS, DP(AM), IWS, EP, Research Vessel |
| Tonnage | 5,954 GT |
| Displacement | 6,260 tonnes |
| Length | 99.7 m (327 ft) |
| Beam | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Draught | 5.1–6.6 m (17–22 ft) |
| Installed power | Wärtsilä 8L20 - 4x 1,770 kW |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots |
| Crew |
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| Notes | Endurance 50 days |
RRS Discovery is a Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council. The ship is the third such vessel to be built and named for the ship used by Robert Falcon Scott in his 1901–1904 expedition to the Antarctic.