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Research vessels

Research ships are laboratories at sea. They are used in various disciplines such as geology, meteorology, oceanography, fisheries science and marine biology. CEN members mainly use the German research vessels SONNE and METEOR for their research.

22 February 2022|CEN News

Montevideo: Start of expedition SONETT

Das Forschungsschiff in einem Hafen. Im Hintergund ist ein rot schimmernder Sonnenuntergang zu sehen.

Photo: Manita Chouksey

Ex­ped­i­tion M180 SON­ETT (Syn­op­tic Obser­va­tions - a Nes­ted ap­proach to study Energy Trans­fer & Tur­bu­lence in the ocean) is a key part of the ocean ob­ser­va­tions in the second phase of TRR181 'En­ergy trans­fers in At­mo­sphere and Ocean'. The ex­ped­i­tion will take sci­ent­ists to...

4 September 2019|Forschung

Research vessel SONNE heads for little-known coral reefs

Forschungsschiff Sonne

Photo: M. Hartig/Meyer Werft

On September 6, 2019, the German research vessel SONNE embarks on a 2-month expedition, headed by geologist Dr. Sebastian Lindhorst from Universität Hamburg’s Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability. The destination is an underwater system of coral reefs the size of Switzerland in...

19 June 2015|Forschung

Research vessel Meteor docks in hailing port Hamburg

FS Meteor in Hamburg im Juni 2015

Photo: UHH/CEN/N. Jakobi

On Thursday afternoon, the German research vessel METEOR arrived at Norderwerft shipyard. It will stay in Hamburg before setting sail for the Baltic Sea on 23 July.
15 January 2015|Forschung

On board the METEOR: Researchers explore submarine volcanoes in the Azores archipelago

FS METEOR auf den Azoren

Photo: UHH/CEN/M. Schneider

An international team on board the research ship METEOR is currently taking measurements in the Azores archipelago. The researchers ...
11 November 2014|Veranstaltung

Open Ship Days: The New Research Ship SONNE Will Dock in Hamburg

FS Sonne

Photo: Thomas Badewien

The recently completed research vessel SONNE is currently docked in Hamburg, and visitors are welcome on board: on Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22...
15 July 2014|Forschung

Chancellor Merkel Launches RV SONNE — the New German Flagship of Oceanography

Forschungsschiff "Sonne"

Photo: T. Schubert / BGR

This past Friday, Chancellor Angela Merkel launched the research vessel SONNE in Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania...