The ship has carried out 111 Marine National Facility research voyages in the course of which she has travelled 481,550 km. Achievements include the discovery of submarine volcanoes between Fiji and Samoa, the compilation of climate records from ancient corals, the production of a carbon chemistry map of the Great Barrier Reef, and the 2006 discovery of a 200 km diameter vortex in the waters above the Perth Canyon off the coast of Rottnest Island, Western Australia.[3]
In 2012 the Southern Surveyor confirmed the 'undiscovery' of Sandy Island.
Referencesedit
^ abc"Southern Surveyor Specifications". P&O Maritime. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^"Southern Surveyor". Marine National Facility. CSIRO. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^Griffiths, Brian & Sabto, Michele (25 June 2012). "Quiet on board please: science underway". ECOS (172).
Further readingedit
Veitch, Michael (2015). Southern Surveyor: Stories from onboard Australia's ocean research vessel. Clayton, Vic: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN9781486302642.
External linksedit
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southern, surveyor, australian, marine, research, vessel, owned, managed, commonwealth, scientific, industrial, research, organisation, csiro, with, operations, funded, australian, government, undertake, oceanographic, geoscience, ecosystem, fisheries, researc. The RV Southern Surveyor was an Australian marine research vessel It was owned and managed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO with its operations funded by the Australian Government to undertake oceanographic geoscience ecosystem and fisheries research 2 It was built in the UK in 1972 1 and acquired by CSIRO in 1988 It was replaced in 2014 by the RV Investigator Southern Surveyor at sea in 2010History Australia NameSouthern Surveyor OwnerCSIRO OperatorCSIRO BuilderBrooke Marine Lowestoft 1972 refitted by Launceston Marine Industries 1988 re engineered in Fremantle 1994 1 Launched24 June 1971 Acquired1988 Decommissioned2014 IdentificationIMO number 7113002 Lloyds Register 100A1 LMC UMS FateSold 2014 General characteristics Class and typeOceanographic research ship Tonnage1 594 GT Length66 1 m 216 ft 10 in Beam12 3 m 40 ft 4 in Draught5 3 m 17 ft 5 in PropulsionEscher WYSS controllable pitch 1 Speed11 knots 20 km h 13 mph cruising 14 knots 26 km h 16 mph maximum Range26 days at 11 knots Contents 1 Achievements 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksAchievements editThe ship has carried out 111 Marine National Facility research voyages in the course of which she has travelled 481 550 km Achievements include the discovery of submarine volcanoes between Fiji and Samoa the compilation of climate records from ancient corals the production of a carbon chemistry map of the Great Barrier Reef and the 2006 discovery of a 200 km diameter vortex in the waters above the Perth Canyon off the coast of Rottnest Island Western Australia 3 In 2012 the Southern Surveyor confirmed the undiscovery of Sandy Island References edit a b c Southern Surveyor Specifications P amp O Maritime 16 August 2009 Retrieved 12 July 2012 Southern Surveyor Marine National Facility CSIRO 16 August 2009 Retrieved 12 July 2012 Griffiths Brian amp Sabto Michele 25 June 2012 Quiet on board please science underway ECOS 172 Further reading editVeitch Michael 2015 Southern Surveyor Stories from onboard Australia s ocean research vessel Clayton Vic CSIRO Publishing ISBN 9781486302642 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Southern Surveyor ship 1972 CSIRO Marine National Facility Southern Surveyor nbsp This oceanography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RV Southern Surveyor amp oldid 1125612804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
