# List of research vessels by country

Research vessels by country include:

## Argentina

* ARA Almirante Irízar
* ARA Puerto Deseado
* ARA Comodoro Rivadavia
* ARA Austral

## Australia

* RSV Nuyina
* RSV Aurora Australis
* RV Franklin
* RV Investigator
* HMAS Cook (1973-1998)
* MV Nella Dan
* RV Southern Surveyor
* RV Solander
* RV Cape Ferguson

## Bangladesh

* RV Meen Shandhani
* CVASU Research Vessel

## Belgium

* RV Belgica (retired)
* RV Zeeleeuw
* RV Simon Stevin

## Bermuda

* RV Atlantic Explorer

## Brazil

* RV Professor W. Besnard (1967-2008)
* RV Atlântico Sul (1973-)
* RV Alpha Crucis (2012-)
* BNS H21 Sirius
* BNS H35 Amorim do Valle
* BNS H36 Taurus
* BNS H37 Garnier Sampaio
* BNS H38 Cruzeiro do Sul
* BNS H40 Antares

## Canada

* CCGS Amundsen
* CCGS Frederick G. Creed
* CCGS Hudson
* CCGS Limnos
* CCGS Alfred Needler
* CCGS W. E. Ricker
* CCGS Teleost
* CCGS John P. Tully
* CCGS Vector
* CCGS Capt. Jacques Cartier
* CCGS John Cabot (2020)
* CCGS Sir John Franklin
* Coriolis II
* MV Nuliajuk

## Chile

* Cabo de Hornos AGS 61

## China

* Xue Long
* Xue Long 2
* Ji Di
* Tan Suo San Hao
* Zhong Shan Da Xue Ji Di
* Type 625 research vessel

## Colombia

* ARC Providencia
* ARC Malpelo
* ARC Quindio
* ARC Caribe
* ARC Roncador
* ARC Simon Bolivar
* B/I Ancón

## Cook Islands

* Anuanua Moana (2023—present)

## Denmark

See also List of Danish research ships, which includes ships used only for expeditions
* Aurora (2014–present)
* Biologen (1932-1964)
* Dana I (1920-1922)
* Dana II (1921-1935)
* Dana III (1937-1980)
* Dana IV (1981–present)
* Sallingsund 1899-1932)
* Thor (1902-1919)
In addition to Danish research ships, Faroe Islands (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own:
* R/V Jákup Sverri (2020–present)
In addition to Danish research ships, Greenland (self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark) operate their own:
* R/V Sanna (2012–present)
* R/V Tarajoq (2021–present)

## Finland

* Aranda (1953-1989)
* Aranda (1989–present)
* Muikku
* Aurelia
* Seili I
* Seili II
* Geomari
* Kaiku
* Saduria

## France

* RV Jean Charcot (1965-)
* RV Côte d'Aquitaine
* RV Côtes de la Manche
* RV Gwen-Drez
* RV Atalante
* RV Europe
* RV Curieuse
* RV Suroît
* RV Marion Dufresne
* RV Pourquoi Pas?
* RV Thalassa
* RV Thalia
* RV Thethys II

## Germany

* Planet
* FRV Atair
* FRV Capella
* FRV Clupea
* FRV Deneb
* FRV Komet
* FRV Planet
* FRV Solea
* FRV Walther Herwig III
* FRV Wega
* RV Alexander von Humboldt (replaced by Maria S. Merian)
* RV Alkor
* RV Atair
* RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese (ex FGS Schwedeneck)
* RV Haithabu
* RV Littorina
* RV Ludwig Prandtl
* RV Maria S. Merian
* RV Meteor (1915)
* RV Meteor (1964)
* RV Meteor (1986)
* RV Mya (replaced by Mya II)
* RV Polarstern
* RV Poseidon
* RV Senckenberg
* RV Sonne
* RV Sonne (2014)
* RV Valdivia

## Greece

* RV Aegaeo
* RV Philia

## Iceland

* RV Árni Friðriksson
* RV Bjarni Sæmundsson

## India

* ORV Sindhu Sankalp
* ORV Samudra Ratnakar
* ORV Sindhu Sadhana
* ORV Sagar Sukhthi
* ORV Sagar Nidhi
* ORV Sagar Manjusha
* ORV Sagar Samrat
* ORV Sagar Paschimi
* ORV Sagar Kanya
* INS Sagardhwani
* FORV Sagar Sampada
* M.V GEO HINDSAGAR
* RV Gaveshani

## Iran
### Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science

* INIOAS Khalije Fars sea explorer

## Ireland

* RV Celtic Explorer
* RV Celtic Voyager
* RV Keary
* RV Geo
* RV Tonn
* M.V. Cosantóir Bradán
* RV Tom Crean

## Italy

* RV Andrea
* RV Astrea
* RV Cerruti
* RV Dallaporta
* RV Furetto
* RV Italica
* RV Luigi Sanzo
* RV Maria Grazia
* RV Minerva Uno
* RV OGS Explora
* RV Regione Lazio 1
* RV Tecnopesca II
* RV Trer
* RV Andromeda
* RV Futura
* RV Cormorano II
Italian Navy
* RV Alliance A 5345 (NATO vessel, since 1 January 2016 under Italian Navy flag)
* RV Leonardo A 5301 (NATO vessel, since 11 May 2007 under Italian government flag and since 14 May 2010 under Italian Navy flag)
* RV Ammiraglio Magnaghi A 5303
* RV Aretusa A 5304
* RV Elettra A 5340
* RV Galatea A 5308
* RV Vincenzo Martellotta A 5320
* RV Raffaele Rossetti A 5315

## Japan

* RV Chikyuu
* RV Hakurei Maru
* RV Hakuho Maru
* RV Kairei
* RV Kaiyo
* RV Mirai (formerly, Mutsu)
* RV Natsushima
* RV Shigen (formerly, RV Ramform Victory of Petroleum Geo-Services)
* RV Umitaka Maru
* RV Yokosuka
* RV Nisshin Maru
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force operated vessels
* Shirase
* JS Suma (AGS-5103)
* JS Wakasa (AGS-5104)
* JS Nichinan (AGS-5105)
* JS Shonan (AGS-5106)

## Kazakhstan

* Kanysh Satpayev [ru] (2014–)

## Lebanon

* RV Cana cnrs

## Mauritania

* RV Almoravide
* RV N´diago
* RV Al Awam
* RV Amrigue

## Netherlands

* RV Tyro (1979-1993)
* RV Pelagia
* RV Navicula
* RV Stern
* RV Tridens
* RV Isis
* HNLMS Snellius
* HNLMS Luymes

## New Zealand

* GRV James Cook (1969-1991)
* HMNZS Monowai (A06) (1975-1997)
* HMNZS Resolution (A14) (1997-2012)
* HMNZS Takapu (A07) (1980-2000)
* HMNZS Tarapunga (A08) (1980-2000)
* RV Tangaroa (1991–present)
* HMNZS Tui (T234) (1941-1967)
* HMNZS Tui (1970) (1970-1997)

## Norway

* RV G.M. Dannevig
* RV Johan Hjort
* RV Helmer Hanssen (Jan Mayen)
* RV Håkon Mosby
* RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen
* RV Johan Ruud
* RV G.O. Sars
* RV Trygve Braarud
* RV Bjørn Føyn
* RV Lance

## Pakistan

* SV BEHR PAIMA

## Peru

* B.I.C. Humboldt
* BAP Carrasco (BOP-171)
* B.I.C. Olaya
* B.I.C. Flores

## Philippines

* BRP Fort San Antonio (AM-700)
* BRP Fort Abad (AM-701)
* M/V DA BFAR
* BRP Gregorio Velasquez (AGR 702)

## Poland

* ORP Arctowski
* ORP Heweliusz
* ORP Kopernik
* RV Baltica
* RV Doktor Lubecki
* RV IMOR
* RV Kaszubski Brzeg
* RV Oceania
* RV Oceanograf 1
* RV Oceanograf 2
* ORP Planeta (retired)
* ORP Zodiak (retired)
* RV Birkut (retired)
* RV Hydromet (retired)
* RV Pomorzanin (retired)
* RV Professor Bogucki (retired)
* RV Profesor Siedlecki (scrapped)
* RV Wieczno (retired)

## Portugal
### Portuguese Navy

* NRP Dom Carlos I
* NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho
* NRP Andrómeda
* NRP Auriga
* NRP Almeida Carvalho (1972-2002)

### Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere

* NI Mar Portugal
* NI Noruega
* NI Diplodus
* NI Tellina (2003-2019)
* NI Capricórnio (1994-2008)

### University of Azores

* NI Arquipélago

## Romania

* RV Mare Nigrum

## Soviet Union/Russia

Source:
* RV Aisberg-II (decommissioned)
* RV Akademik A. Karpinsky
* RV Akademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov (decommissioned)
* RV Akademik Aleksandr Sidorenko (decommissioned)
* RV Akademik Boris Petrov
* RV Akademik Fersman
* RV Akademik Fyodorov
* RV Akademik Ioffe
* RV Akademik Korolyov (decommissioned)
* RV Akademik Kovalevskiy (decommissioned)
* RV Akademik Kurchatov (decommissioned)
* RV Akademik Lazarev
* RV Akademik M.A.Lavrentyev
* RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
* RV Akademik Nemchinov
* RV Akademik Nikolay Strakhov
* RV Akademik Oparin
* RV Akademik Sergey Vavilov
* RV Akademik Shatskiy
* RV Akademik Shokalskiy
* RV Akademik Vernadskiy(decommissioned)
* RV Akvanavt (decommissioned)
* RV Aleksei Chirikov (decommissioned)
* RV Alexey Maryshev
* RV Amur (decommissioned)
* RV Anatoliy Zhilinskiy
* RV Andrei Vilkitzky (decommissioned)
* RV Arktika (decommissioned)
* RV Artemida (decommissioned)
* RV Atlantida
* RV Atlantniro
* RV Atlas
* RV Atmosfera (decommissioned)
* RV Bar
* RV Belomor
* RV Boris Davidov (decommissioned)
* RV Briz (decommissioned)
* RV Buran (decommissioned)
* RV Dalniye Zelentsy
* RV Dmitriy Ovtsyn
* RV Dmitriy Mendeleev (decommissioned)
* RV Dmitry Peskov
* RV Eduard Tolly (decommissioned)
* RV Faddey Bellinsgausen (decommissioned)
* RV Fyodor Matisen (decommissioned)
* RV Fritiof Nansen
* RV Fyodor Litke (decommissioned)
* RV Gals (decommissioned)
* RV Gelendzhik
* RV Geo Arctic
* RV Geofizik
* RV Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin
* RV Gidrobiolog
* RV Gidrolog (decommissioned)
* RV Gidrofizik (decommissioned)
* RV Gigrometr (decommissioned)
* RV Glubina (decommissioned)
* RV Grigoriy Mikheyev
* RV Groza (decommissioned)
* RV Ikhtiandr (decommissioned)
* RV Impuls (decommissioned)
* RV Iskatel-5
* RV Ivan Kireyev
* RV Ivan Kruzenshtern
* RV Ivan Petrov
* RV Jakov Smirnitskiy
* RV Kapitan Dranitsyn
* RV Kol'skaja
* RV Kompas (decommissioned)
* RV Leonid Morozov (decommissioned)
* RV Lugovoe (decommissioned)
* RV Mangazeya (decommissioned)
* RV Metan (decommissioned)
* RV Mikhail Verbitskiy
* RV Mikhail Lomonosov (decommissioned)
* RV Miklukho Maklay(decommissioned)
* RV Mirazh
* RV Murmanskaja (decommissioned)
* RV Nikolay Yevgenov (decommissioned)
* RV Okean (decommissioned)
* RV Odissey (decommissioned)
* RV Pamyat Merkuriya (decommissioned)
* RV Pavel Bashmakov (decommissioned)
* RV Pavel Gordienko
* RV Persey (operated between 1922 and 1941, the first Soviet research vessel)
* RV Pomor (decommissioned)
* RV Priboy
* RV Priliv (decommissioned)
* RV Professor Bogorov
* RV Professor Gagarinskiy
* RV Professor Kaganovskiy
* RV Professor Khromov
* RV Professor Kurentsov
* RV Professor Logachev
* RV Professor Molchanov (decommissioned)
* RV Professor Multanovskyi
* RV Professor Polshkov
* RV Professor Rjabinkin
* RV Professor Vodyanitsky
* RV Professor Shtokman
* RV Professor Vladimir Kuztensov
* RV Professor Zubov (decommissioned)
* RV Petr Kottsov
* RV Rift
* RV Roumb (decommissioned)
* RV Semyon Dezhnev
* RV Sergey Kravkov
* RV Shelf (decommissioned)
* RV Smolensk (decommissioned)
* RV Taimyr
* RV Tantal (decommissioned)
* RV Tor
* RV Vadim Popov (decommissioned)
* RV Valentin Shashin (decommissioned)
* RV Valerian Uryvayev (decommissioned)
* RV Viktor Buynitskiy
* RV Vityaz (III) (retired)
* RV Vityaz (IV) (decommissioned)
* RV Vladimir Sukhoskiyv
* RV Vsevolod Timonov (decommissioned)
* RV Vulkanolog Вулканолог (судно) (decommissioned)
* RV Vyacheslav Frolov
* RV Yakov Smirnitskiy
* RV Yantar (decommissioned)
* RV Yaroslavets (decommissioned)
* RV Yuzhmorgeologiya
* RV Zapolyarjye
* RV Zenit (decommissioned)

## South Africa

* S.A. Agulhas
* S.A. Agulhas II

## Spain
### Armada Española

* BIO A-33 Hespérides

### Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

* BO Sarmiento de Gamboa
* BO García del Cid
* BO Mytilus

### Instituto Español de Oceanografía

* BIO Angeles Alvariño
* BIO Ramón Margalef

### Secretaría General del Mar

* BIO Miguel Oliver
* BIO Intermares
* BIO Emma Bardán

## Sweden

* R/V Oscar von Sydow (1976–present)
* R/V Skagerak (1968) (1968–present)
* R/V Skagerak (2017) (2021–present)
* R/V Svea (2019–present)

## Turkey

* RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa
* RV Beluga
* RV Bilim-2
* RV Denar 2
* RV Derinsu
* RV K. Piri Reis
* RV MTA Oruç Reis
* RV MTA Selen
* RV MTA Sismik 1
* RV MTA Turkuaz
* RV TÜBİTAK Marmara

## Taiwan (Republic of China)
### Taiwan Ocean Research Institute

* RV Legend
* RV Ocean Researcher I (operated by National Taiwan University)
* RV Ocean Researcher II (operated by National Taiwan Ocean University)
* RV Ocean Researcher III (operated by National Sun Yat-sen University)
* RV Ocean Researcher V

### National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

* RV Jiangshu (operated by National Dong Hwa University Graduate Institute of Marine Biology)

### Republic of China Navy

* ROCS Ta Kuan (AGS-1601)

## Ukraine

* Borys Aleksandrov
* Noosfera

## United Kingdom
### Natural Environment Research Council

* RV Sepia Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* RV Squilla Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* RV Tamaris Plymouth Marine Laboratory
* OWS Cumulus (Ocean Weather Ship)

### National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

RRS Discovery (III), retired at the end of 2012 after 50 year's service.
* RRS Discovery
* RRS Discovery (2012)
* RRS James Cook
* RV Callista
* RV Bill Conway

### British Antarctic Survey

* RRS James Clark Ross (retired)
* RRS Ernest Shackleton
* RRS Sir David Attenborough

### Scottish Association for Marine Science

* RV Calanus
* RV Seol Mara

### Newcastle University

* RV The Princess Royal

### University Marine Biological Station Millport

(London & Glasgow Universities)
* RV Aora, now University of Washington, USA
* RV Aplysia

### University of Wales

(Swansea)
* RV Noctiluca

### Cardiff University

* RV Coda Octopus Guiding Light

### P&O Maritime

(Bangor University)
* RV Prince Madog

### PEML, University of Liverpool

* RV Roagan
* RV Marisa of Liverpool

### Marine Scotland

* FRV Alba na Mara
* FRV Scotia

### Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

* RV Huxley
* SY Hildegarde
* SY Hiawatha
* RV CEFAS Endeavour
* RV Cirolana
* RV Clione
* RV Corella
* RV Corystes
* RV Ernest Holt
* RV George Bligh
* SS Joseph & Sarah Miles
* RV Platessa
* RV Sir Lancelot
* RV Tellina

### Environment Agency

(National Marine Service)
* RV Coastal Guardian
* RV Sea Vigil
* RV Vigilance
* RV Water Guardian

### Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland

* RV Corystes (replaced RV Lough Foyle)

### Gardline Geoservices Ltd

* RV Coastal Surveyor
* RV Ocean Discovery
* RV Ocean Endeavour
* RV Ocean Observer
* RV Ocean Researcher formerly RRS Charles Darwin
* RV Ocean Seeker
* RV Triton

### Others

* RDV 01 Crystal
* RV Aurora Magnetica
* RV Diablo
* RV Song of the Whale

## United States
### Florida Institute of Oceanography

* RV Bellows
* RV Suncoaster

### Oregon State University

* R/V Taani, under construction
* R/V Pacific Storm
* R/V Oceanus, formerly Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
* R/V Elakha
* R/V Acona (retired)
* R/V Cayuse (retired)
* R/V Wecoma (retired)
* R/V Yaquina (retired)

### Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory

* USS Conger (SS-477) (23 August - 5 October 1947)
* RV Vema (1953-1981)
* USNS Robert D. Conrad (1962-1989)
* USNS Eltanin (1962-1974)
* RV Maurice Ewing (1988-2005)
* RV Marcus Langseth (2007-)

### Marine Biological Laboratory

* RV Gemma

### Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

* RV Western Flyer
* RV Zephyr
* RV Point Lobos
* R/V David Packard
* R/V Rachel Carson, formerly

### Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

* RV John H. Martin
* RV Point Sur
* RV Sheila B

### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

* NOAAS Bell M. Shimada
* NOAAS David Starr Jordan (Class IV)
* NOAAS Delaware II (Class IV)
* NOAAS Fairweather (Class II)
* NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (Class II)
* NOAAS Gordon Gunter (Class III)
* NOAAS Hi'ialakai (Class III)
* NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow (Class II)
* NOAAS Ka'imimoana (Class III)
* NOAAS Miller Freeman (Class II)
* NOAAS McArthur II (Class III)
* NOAAS Nancy Foster (Class III)
* NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (Class III)
* NOAAS Oregon II (Class III)
* NOAAS Oscar Dyson (Class II)
* NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (Class III)
* NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (Class I)
* NOAAS Rainier (Class II)
* NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (Class II)
http://www.moc.noaa.gov/flt_char.htm

### Ocean Alliance

* RV Odyssey

### Schmidt Ocean Institute

* RV Falkor

### Scripps Institution of Oceanography

* USS Snatch (ARS-27), better known as RV Argo (1960-1970)
* USNS Thomas Washington (T-AGOR-10) (1965-1992)
* RV Melville, sold to the Philippines and now BRP Gregorio Velasquez
* RP FLIP
* RV Horizon
* RV Spencer F. Baird
* RV New Horizon
* RV Robert Gordon Sproul
* RV Roger Revelle
* RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28)

### United States Antarctic Program

* Nathaniel B. Palmer
* RV Laurence M. Gould

### United States Coast Guard

* USCGC Healy (WAGB-20)
* USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)

### United States Environmental Protection Agency

* OSV Bold

### United States Navy

* USNS Hayes
* RV Knorr (transferred to Mexican Navy in 2016)
* RV Melville (retired from service in 2014)
* RV Thomas G. Thompson (operated by the University of Washington)
* RV Atlantis (operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
* RV Roger Revelle (operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
* RV Kilo Moana (operated by the University of Hawaii)
* RV Neil Armstrong (operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
* RV Sally Ride (operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
* USS San Carlos

### Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

* USS Chain (ARS-20) (1958-1977)
* RV Oceanus (now used by the Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences)
* RV Atlantis II (sold in 1996)
* RV Atlantis
* RV Knorr (transferred to Mexican Navy in 2016)
* RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) (Launched February 22, 2014. Now in service).
* RV Tioga

### Others

* FWS Black Douglas
* RV Blue Heron (Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth)
* SSV Corwith Cramer (Sea Education Association)
* RV Cape Hatteras (Marine Technology/Cape Fear Community College)
* RV Coral Reef II (John G. Shedd Aquarium)
* RV Endeavor (URI)
* RV Hugh R. Sharp (University of Delaware Marine and Earth Studies, in service 2005)
* DV JOIDES Resolution
* SSV Robert C Seamans (Sea Education Association)
* RV Savannah (SkIO)
* RV Te Vega (Hopkins Marine Station)
* RV Thomas G. Thompson (University of Washington)
* RV Vantuna (Occidental College)
* RV FG Walton Smith
* RV White Holly (White Holly Expeditions, LLC)
* RV Zephyr Outbound Marine Pacific Northwest (Private ownership, for hire)
* RV Pelican (LUMCON (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium))
* RV Rachel Carson, University of Washington, formerly University Marine Biological Station Millport, UK

## Vietnam

* HSV- 6613 Ocean surveillance ship (Giao su, Vien si Tran Dai Nghia)

## Survey ships
### Argentina

* ARA Comodoro Rivadavia (1974–present)
* ARA Cormorán
* ARA Puerto Deseado (1978–present)

### Australia

* HMAS Barcoo (K375) (1946-1964)
* HMAS Benalla (J323) (1943-1945)
* HMAS Benalla (A 04) (1990–present)
* HMAS Bungaree (1944)
* HMAS Diamantina (K377) (1959-1980)
* HMS Fantome (1906-1914)
* HMAS Flinders (1981-1990)
* HMAS Gascoyne (K354) (1959-1966)
* HMAS Kookaburra (1956-1958)
* HMAS Horsham (1944-1956)
* HMAS Leeuwin (A 245) (2000–present)
* HMAS Melville (A 246) (2000–present)
* HMAS Mermaid (A 02) (1989–present)
* HMAS Moresby (1918) (1933-1934, 1935-1946)
* HMAS Moresby (1963) (1964-1999)
* HMAS Paluma (A 01) (1989–present)
* HMAS Shepparton (J248) (1943-1946)
* HMAS Shepparton (A 03) (1990–present)
* HMAS Warreen (1952-1666)

### Canada

* HMCS Acadia (1919-1923, 1925-1939, 1945-1969)
* HMCS Cartier (1919-1939)
* HMCS Cedarwood (1948-1958)

### Chile

* AGS 61 Cabo de Hornos (2013)

### France

* A758 Beautemps-Beaupré
* A791 Lapérouse
* A792 Borda
* A793 Laplace

### Greece

* HS Naftilos (A-478)
* HS Pytheas (A-474)
* HS Strabon (A-476)

### India

* INS Mesh (J34)
* INS Sandhayak (J18) (1981-2021)
* INS Nirdeshak (J19) (1982-2014)
* INS Nirupak (J20) (1985-2024)
* INS Investigator (J15) (1990-present)
* INS Jamuna (J16) (1991-present)
* INS Sutlej (J17) (1993-present)
* INS Darshak (J21) (2001-present)
* INS Sarvekshak (J22) (2002-present)
* INS Makar (J31) (2012-present)
* INS Sandhayak (J18) (2024-present)

### Italy

* Aretusa A5304
* Galatea A5308
* Ammiraglio Magnaghi A5303

### Japan

* AGS Shōnan
* AGS Nichinan
* AGS Suma
* AGS Futami

### Kazakhstan

* Jaiyq [ru] (2008–)

### Netherlands

* HNLMS Willebrord Snellius (1929-1942)
* HNLMS Snellius (A907) (1952-1972)
* HNLMS Luymes (A902) (1952-1973)
* HNLMS Tydeman (A906) (10 November 1976 - 3 June 2004), sold and renamed Plancius in 2007
* HNLMS Snellius (A802) (2003-)
* HNLMS Luymes (A803) (2004-)

### New Zealand

* SMB Adventure (1998–present)
* HMNZS Lachlan (F364) (1949–1975)
* HMNZS Manawanui (to be commissioned 2019)
* HMNZS Monowai (A06) (1975–1997)
* HMNZS Resolution (A14) (1997-2012)
* HMNZS Takapu (1980–2000)
* RV Tangaroa (1991–present)
* HMNZS Tarapunga (1980–2000)
* HMNZS Tui (T234) (1956–1967)
* HMNZS Tui (1970) (1970–1997)

### Poland

* ORP Arctowski
* ORP Heweliusz

### Republic of Korea

* ROKS Sincheonji
* ROKS Sinsegi
* R/V ISABU

### South Africa

* SAS Protea (A324)

### Spain

* BIO Hespérides
* B/O Sarmiento de Gamboa
* B/O García del Cid
* A-23 Antares
* A-24 Rigel
* A-31 Malaspina
* A-32 Tofiño
* A-91 Astrolabio
* A-92 Escándalo

### Taiwan (Republic of China)

* Ta Kuan

### United Kingdom - Royal Navy

* HMS Scott (Antarctic)
* HMS Protector
* HMS Roebuck (Coastal)
* HMS Gleaner (Coastal)
* HMS Magpie (Inshore)
* HMS Echo (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
* HMS Enterprise (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
Humber Sentinel

### United States

* NOAAS Fairweather
* NOAAS Rainier
* NOAAS Rude
* NOAAS Thomas Jefferson
* USNS Maury and USNS Tanner
* USNS Pathfinder
* USNS Sumner
* USNS Bowditch
* USNS Henson
* USNS Bruce C. Heezen
* USNS Mary Sears
* Other members of the US Navy fleet with "AGS" notation
* USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) (1958-1971)