Deutsche Forschungsschiffe und ihre Namen. T. 1, Eine Liste deutscher Forschungsschiffe seit 1862

Abstract: Since the 1860s a variety of ship types and sizes have been made available by the navy and commercial shipping companies for the systematic exploration of the global waters under the respective German flag, usually - in the earlier decades - for isolated research tasks and expeditions. At the same time, a fleet of specially built vessels has developed for longer-term exploration projects. Data on the vessels which have contributed to Germany’s role in the exploration of the oceans from 1862 to the present can be found in a wide spectrum of literature including the annual reports of research institutes, descriptions of the respective research situations and applications for financial assistance, oceanographic and nautical textbooks, expedition reports and the information brochures and monographs of individual ships. On the basis of information gathered from the above-mentioned sources, a list has been drawn up of some 170 research vessels, including the approximately 40 widely diffe

Object Details

• Alternative title: German research vessels and their names. Part I, A list of German research ships since 1862
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; nicht begutachtet ; In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv ; 23 (2000) ; 217-250

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr
• Keyword: Forschungsschiff ; Schiff ; Name

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2000
• Creator: Wegner, Gerd

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55783-2
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:35 AM CEST