Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2018
Sir David Attenborough launched
British Antarctic Survey | The UK’s polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough has been launched at Cammell Laird Shipyard on the River Mersey in Birkenhead, UK. The research ship will be capable of spending 60 days at sea without support and will have a range of more than 35,000km. The new research ship is part of a UK Government polar infrastructure investment programme designed to keep Britain at the forefront of research in Antarctica and the Arctic. The Sir David Attenborough is due to enter service in 2019...