Check out the photo of Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator, from the port side.

I wonder where they took this photo from?

RV Investigator under construction

 

 

5 comments

  1. Hedley Fulton

    27th February 2015 at 6:20 am

    This ship is absolutely beautiful. It seems like a ship like this is really sturdy and would be perfect for the military. I wonder how much it would cost to build a ship like this. I know that well built ships like this tend to be really expensive to make, but it is definitely worth it.

    1. Sarah

      2nd March 2015 at 1:18 pm

      Hello Hedley

      In 2009 the Australian Government allocated $120 million to build Investigator and she was delivered on budget in late 2014.

      Cheers

      Sarah

  2. Mark

    16th August 2014 at 3:07 am

    The Investigator is simply one beautiful ship. It’s great that there is funding for a research vessel like this.

  3. Dale Crisp

    9th May 2014 at 10:45 am

    Hi Sarah, Dale Crisp here, specialist maritime journalist and writer. Would it be possible to get a hi-res version of this pic – or any of INVESTIGATOR on sea trials – to use in the next edition of the Nautical Association of Australia (www.nautical.asn.au) journal The Log?

    Most grateful for any help.

    Kind regards
    Dale Crisp

    PS: Pleased if you could keep us up to date on progress with the SS book, too

    DALE E CRISP
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    BRIGHTON Victoria
    Australia 3186
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    1. Sarah

      10th May 2014 at 4:26 pm

      Hi Dale, great to hear from you! I’ll shoot you through an email with the photo in high resolution. Cheers Sarah

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