Thalassa is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), the French Institute for Research of the Exploitation of the Sea.
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Name | Thalassa |
Operator | IFREMER |
Port of registry | Nantes |
Builder | Manche Industrie Marine, Dieppe |
Launched | 16 May 1995 |
In service | 1996 |
Identification |
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Status | Active as of 2018 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tonnage | 2,803 GT |
Displacement | 3,022 t (2,974 long tons) |
Length | 73.65 m (241 ft 8 in) o/a |
Beam | 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14.7 knots (27.2 km/h; 16.9 mph) |
Crew | 16 to 25 |
Thalassa was launched in 1995 and commissioned to replace an eponymous ship of 1960.
References
edit- ^ "Specifications - Ifremer Fleet". flotte.ifremer.fr. 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Engines - Ifremer Fleet". flotte.ifremer.fr. 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Thalassa (ship, 1996).
- Thalassa on the Ifremer website
- Official website of Thalassa Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine