page_title: List of research vessels by country
section_title: Germany
hierarchical_section_title: List of research vessels by country / Germany
caption_attribution_description: Forschungsschiff Maria S. Merian im Kieler Hafen.
context_page_description: Following is a list of research vessels by country
context_section_description: 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
  RV Polarstern
  RV Poseidon
  RV Senckenberg
  RV Sonne
  RV Sonne (2014)
  RV Valdivia
caption: RV Maria S. Merian
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