RV Franklin
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Name | RV Franklin |
Builder | North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty. Ltd, Cairns |
Yard number | 110 |
Launched | 1985 |
Completed | March 1985 |
Identification | |
Name | RV Franklin |
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General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1178 ton |
Length | 55.61 m |
Beam | 11.99 m |
Draught | 3.8 m |
The RV Franklin is an oceanographic and hydrographic research vessel. She was operated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as a national facility between 1985 and 2002.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "The end of an era". National Facility Research Vessel. CSIRO. 2004.