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#Marine National Facility

Research vessel Investigator under construction

RV Investigator skidding time-lapse

The 93.9 metre research vessel, which weighs 6,082 ton, was moved from the wharf to a barge using a hydraulic system, and then towed to a dock, where the barge was submerged, leaving the vessel floating.

Research vessel Investigator under construction

New order: RV Investigator nears completion

In May 2009 the Australian Government allocated $120 million for a new ocean-going research vessel to replace the current Marine […]

RV Southern Surveyor stren

Scientists see seafloor with sonar

Scientists are exploring new data processing technologies to handle vast streams of acoustic and video data being collected from the […]

CSIRO research vessel Franklin cruising up the Derwent, Hobart, Tasmania.

Mysteries of the Leeuwin (1988)

This documentary examines the nature and impact of the Leeuwin Current, the great surge of warm water which travels down the coast of Western Australia and into the Bight each winter. It is the only current off the western edge of the continent that carries warm water to the poles.

CSIRO Research Vessel Sprightly

Swansong for Sprightly (1985)

For over forty years, the 42 metre war-time tug, Sprightly, has been putting to sea on a variety of important missions, originally as a salvage vessel in the North Atlantic and most recently as a research vessel for CSIRO.

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