While RV Investigator is looking ship shape on the wharf, there’s still lots of work happening in the Investigator Fabrication Site in […]
The ship keeps growing skyward, as more work continues on the superstructure, in the shed, the blasting chamber and the […]
Work on Block 101 (the bow at the keel level) has finished in the shed, and it’s been painted ready […]
These latest images from the wharf area, where RV Investigator is being assembled, show the extent of the recent progress.
A number of the superstructure blocks have been fully completed and are now waiting to be lifted into place at […]
Work on the drop keels has been completed in the shed. These amazing scientific components of the ship have been moved to the […]
Work has started on what’s called ‘cable pulling’, where the wiring for the ship is threaded and pulled through the […]
Three years ago 10-year-old Clare Cameron won a national competition to name Australia’s new Marine National Facility (MNF) research vessel. […]
Nearly three years ago a 10-year-old Queensland primary school student beat the rush of entries in a national competition, to […]
Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator will be capable of conducting science from the tropics to the Antarctic ice-edge, […]
At the front of RV Investigator there is one retractable bow thruster, which is like a propeller on a stem. It […]
The propellers for RV Investigator have arrived and they are huge! Compare the size of the man highlighted by the […]
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