RV Southern Surveyor
Southern Surveyor at sea in 2010 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | Southern Surveyor |
| Owner | CSIRO |
| Operator | CSIRO |
| Builder | Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, 1972; refitted by Launceston Marine Industries 1988; re-engineered in Fremantle 1994 |
| Launched | 24 June 1971 |
| Acquired | 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7113002, Lloyds Register 100A1 LMC UMS |
| Fate | Sold 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage | 1,594 GT |
| Length | 66.1 m (216 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | Escher WYSS, controllable pitch |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) (cruising), 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (maximum) |
| Range | 26 days at 11 knots |
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. It was built in the UK in 1972 and acquired by CSIRO in 1988. It was replaced in 2014 by the RV Investigator.