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
 * 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
 * CCGS Sir John Franklin
 * Coriolis II
 * MV Nuliajuk

Chile

 * Cabo de Hornos AGS 61

China

 * Xuě Lóng
 * 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 FRENCH SHIP Pourquoi Pas?
 * RV FRENCH SHIP 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

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
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force operated vessels
 * 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
 * Shirase
 * JS Suma (AGS-5103)
 * JS Wakasa (AGS-5104)
 * JS Nichinan (AGS-5105)
 * JS Shonan (AGS-5106)

Kazakhstan

 * (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 (1975-1997)
 * HMNZS Resolution (1997-2012)
 * HMNZS Takapu (A07) (1980-2000)
 * HMNZS Tarapunga (A08) (1980-2000)
 * RV Tangaroa (1991–present)
 * HMNZS Tui (1941-1967)
 * HMNZS Tui (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
 * 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)

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 ==


 * 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

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 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

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 Bernicia

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

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 (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 Rachel Carson, formerly

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.moc.noaa.gov/flt_char.htm
 * 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)

Ocean Alliance

 * RV Odyssey

Schmidt Ocean Institute

 * RV Falkor

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

 * USS Snatch, better known as RV Argo (1960-1970)
 * USNS Thomas Washington (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

United States Antarctic Program

 * Nathaniel B. Palmer
 * RV Laurence M. Gould

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 (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 (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)

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 Cook (1973-1998)
 * HMAS Diamantina (K377) (1959-1980)
 * HMS Fantome (1901) (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 (1917) (1919-1923, 1925-1939, 1945-1969)
 * HMCS Cartier (1919-1939)
 * HMCS Cedarwood (AGSC 539) (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

 * (2008–)

Netherlands

 * HNLMS Willebrord Snellius (1929-1942)
 * HNLMS Snellius (1952-1972)
 * HNLMS Luymes (1952-1973)
 * HNLMS Tydeman (10 November 1976 - 3 June 2004), sold and renamed Plancius in 2007
 * HNLMS Snellius (2003-)
 * HNLMS Luymes (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 (H131) (Antarctic)
 * HMS Protector (A173)
 * HMS Roebuck (H130) (Coastal)
 * HMS Gleaner (H86) (Coastal)
 * HMS Magpie (H130) (Inshore)
 * HMS Echo (H87) (Multi-Role Survey Vessel)
 * HMS Enterprise (H88) (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 (1958-1971)