RV Le Suroît
Le Suroît docked in Concarneau in 2007 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | RV Le Suroît |
| Owner | IFREMER |
| Operator | Genavir |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Manche, Dieppe |
| Launched | 20 July 1974 |
| Refit | 1999 |
| Homeport | Brest |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Research vessel |
| Tonnage | 946 GT |
| Displacement | 1,132 long tons |
| Length | 56.34 m (184.8 ft) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Draught | 4.10 m (13.5 ft) |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 16–23 |
RV Le Suroît is a French research vessel operated by IFREMER. In 1985, it was involved in the successful Franco-American expedition to find the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
Since being refurbished in 1999, the vessel is able to undertake bathymetric and seismic research, as well as coring, dredging, and trawling tasks.