RV Atlantis
RV Atlantis was a ketch rigged research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1931 to 1966. The Government of Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council acquired her in 1966 and renamed her El Austral, transferring her to the Argentine Naval Prefecture in 1996 as the training and survey ship PNA Dr. Bernardo Houssay (MOV-1). In 2005 it was decided that a replacement vessel, with modern capablities and equipment was required and a new ship was built in Argentina, with a hull and rig along similar lines, and incorporating some small parts of the original. She was completed in 2009 and putt into full service in 2011, again as Dr. Bernardo Houssay.
RV Atlantis in 1955 near the Virgin Islands | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | RV Atlantis |
| Owner | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Ordered | 1930 |
| Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Yard number | 596 |
| Laid down | 1930 |
| Launched | December 1930 |
| In service | 1931 |
| Out of service | 1966 |
| Argentina | |
| Name | El Austral |
| Owner | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET) |
| Acquired | July 1966 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to PNA |
| Argentina | |
| Name | Dr. Bernardo Houssay (MOV-1) |
| Owner | Prefectura Naval Argentina |
| Acquired | 1996 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 312 grt |
| Displacement | 334 tons |
| Length | 43.5 m (142 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | MTU 1084 HP |
| Sail plan | Marconi Ketch |
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