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Friday 21 December saw the final departure of a ship that has served UK marine science for the past 50 years.
The Royal Research Ship Discovery, the UK’s oldest research vessel, has been taken out of service after a distinguished half-century of service to UK marine science. She will be replaced by a new, state-of-the-art Royal Research…
The enormously exciting Ocean and Earth Day takes place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton this year on 23 March from 10.30am to 4pm (last entry 3.30pm), as part of National Science and Engineering Week.
In 2012 over 3,000 people came to learn about the wonders…
The 50th anniversary of the launch of the Royal Research Ship Discovery was marked on 2 July 2012. This is her last year of service, a half-century of science that has included surveying the ocean floor, measuring ocean currents, monitoring climate change, and discovering new species around the globe.
When RRS Discovery was…
Scientists, crew and support staff, past and present, associated with the Royal Research Ship Discovery gathered in 2012 to celebrate the half century of the vessel’s service to UK science.
On 2 July 2012 the National Oceanography Centre Southampton marked the 50th Anniversary of the launch of RRS Discovery. This one day event…