101. SONNE (1969/3557grt/IMO 6909777) a German-owned multi task research vessel, in drydock at the Babcock New Zealand (now VT Fitzroy) shipyard in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: February 2003 Image ID 2145
102. SONNE (1969/3557grt/IMO 6909777) a German multi-task research ship prepares for undocking at the Babcock New Zealand (now VT Fitzroy) shipyard in Auckland, NZ following a refit. Date: February 2003 Image ID 2144
103. SONNE (1969/3557grt/IMO 6909777) a German multi-task research ship prepares for undocking at the Babcock New Zealand (now VT Fitzroy) shipyard in Auckland, NZ following refit. Date: February 2003 Image ID 2143
104. SONNE (1969/3557grt/IMO 6909777) a German multi-task research ship prepares for undocking at the Babcock New Zealand (now VT Fitzroy) shipyard in Auckland, following refit. Date: February 2003 Image ID 2141
105. SONNE (1969/3557grt/IMO 6909777) - a German multi-task research ship, prepares for undocking at the Babcock Zealand (now VT Fitzroy) shipyard in Auckland, NZ following a refit. Date: February 2003 Image ID 2140
106. YOKOSUKA (1990/4439grt/IMO 8711019) - Captain Sadao Ishida, master of the JAMSTEC (Japan Agency of Marine-Earth Science & Technology) research/support ship YOKOSUKA which carries the world's... Date: 19 October 2004 Image ID 2139
107. SINKAI 6500 (1989/25.8 tons) is carried aboard the JAMSTEC (Japan Agency of Marine-Earth Science & Technology) research/support ship YOKOSUKA (1990/4439grt) and is the deepest diving submersible in... Date: 19 October 2004 Image ID 2135
108. SHINKAI 6500 (1989/25.8 tons) is the world's deepest diving submersible ccapable of depths of up to 6400 metres. She is carried aboard the support ship YOKOSUKA (1990/4439grt). Date: 19 October 2004 Image ID 2134
109. SHINKAI 6500 (1989/25.8 tons) is the world's deepest diving submersible capable of depths of up to 6400 metres. She is carried aboard the support ship YOKOSUKA (1990/4439grt). Date: 19 October 2004 Image ID 2133
110. SHINKAI 6500 (1989/25.8 tons), the world's deepest diving submersible, sits aboard her transportation cradle. In the foreground is the winch abaord the research/support ship YOKOSUKA (1990/4439grt). Date: 19 October 2004 Image ID 2132
111. PROFESSOR KHROMOV (1983/1754grt/IMO 8010350) currently sails under the name SPIRIT OF ENDERBY and is operated by Heritage Expeditions of Christchurch, New Zealand. She was built as a hydrograp[hic... Date: 9 March 2005 Image ID 2128
112. PROFESSOR KHROMOV (1983/1754grt/IMO 8010350) built as a hydrographic research ship, she is currently operated by Heritage Expeditions of Christchurch, NZ and sails under the name SPIRIT OF ENDERBY.... Date: 9 March 2005 Image ID 2126
113. PACIFIC HORIZON (1964/1792grt/IMO 6413807, ex-SUBSEA 1, NORTHSEA HUNTER, ERICH OLLENHAUER) berthed at Southampton. In 2014 she is registered as PACIFIC HORIZON in the St. Vincent as a research and... Date: 1999 Image ID 2122
114. NATHANIEL B. PALMER (1992/6174grt/IMO 9007257) a research ship/icebreaker of the US Antarctic Program, she is seen here approaching the VT Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, New Zealand. The tug is the Port... Date: 3 September 2004 Image ID 2117
115. NATHANIEL B. PALMER (1992/6174grt/IMO 9007257) - part of the US Antarctic Program, this research ship/icebreaker is seen here in Auckland, New Zealand prior to drydocking at the VT Fitzroy shipyard. Date: 3 September 2004 Image ID 2116
116. NATHANIEL B. PALMER (1992/6174grt/IMO 9007257) - part of the US Antarctic Program, this research ice breaker is seen arriving in Auckland, NZ for drydocking at the VT Fitzroy shipyard. Date: 2 September 2004 Image ID 2115
117. NATHANIEL B. PALMER (1992/6174grt/IMO 9007257) - part of the US Antarctic Program, this research ship/icebreaker manoeuvres toward the VT Fitzroy drydock in Auckland, NZ. At right is the now... Date: 3 September 2004 Image ID 2114
118. NATHANIEL B. PALMER (1992/6174grt/IMO 9007257) - a research ship/icebreaker of the US Antarctic Program, entering the VT Fitzroy drydock at Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 3 September 2004 Image ID 2113
119. KOYO MARU (1978/1988grt/IMO 7709253) an oceanographic research ship operated by the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries, Japan, sails from Auckland, NZ. Date: 12 November 2004 Image ID 2109
120. KOYO MARU (1978/1988grt/IMO 7709253) an oceanographic research ship operated by the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries, Japan, sailing from Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 12 November 2004 Image ID 2108
121. KILO MOANA (2002/1500grt/IMO 9229037) an oceanographic research vessel operated by the University of Hawaii, berths in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 28 December 2004 Image ID 2107
122. KILO MOANA (2002/1500grt/IMO 9229037) an oceanographic research vessel operated by the University of Hawaii arriving in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 28 December 2004 Image ID 2106
123. HAKUHO MARU (1989/3991grt/IMO 8714700) an oceanographic research ship operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) berthing in Auckland, NZ. Date: 15 January 2005 Image ID 2104
124. HAKUHO MARU (1989/3991grt/IMO 8714700) an oceanographic research ship operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) manoeuvres off her berth on arrival in Auckland,... Date: 15 January 2005 Image ID 2102
125. HAKUHO MARU (1989/3991grt/IMO 8714700) a oceanographic research ship operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) arriving in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 15 January 2005 Image ID 2101
126. RRS DISCOVERY (1962, rebuilt 1992/3008grt/IMO 5090660) - an oceanographic research ship operated worldwide by the NERC Research Ship Unit at the Southampton Oceanographic Research Centre, is the... Date: 1999 Image ID 2082
127. RSS DISCOVERY (1962, rebuilt 1992/3008grt/IMO 5090660) - the largest oceanographic research ship available in the UK, is operated worldwide by the NERC Research Ship Unit at the Southampton... Date: 1999 Image ID 2081
128. RRS CHALLENGER (1973/1055grt) a British hydrographic research vessel operated by the Natural Environment Research Council, outbound from Southampton. Date: 1998 Image ID 2080
129. DEVONPORT NAVAL BASE - Early morning sunshine bathes the Royal New Zealand Navy base at Devonport, Auckland, NZ. The cruiseship PACIFIC SKY (IMO 8024026, ex-SKY PRINCESS, FAIRSKY. She was subsequently... Date: 17 March 2003 Image ID 1559
130. YUAN WANG 2 (1979-21000-displacement) a Chinese missile tracking/space event support ship, departs Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 2002 Image ID 1223
131. YUAN WANG 2 (1979/21000-displacement) a Chinese missile tracking/space event support ship, sailing from Queens Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 2002 Image ID 1222
132. R.V. TRITON (2000/2236grt/IMO 4906551) is a hullform research ship, built by Vosper Thornycroft, UK to evaluate the structural and seakeeping of the trimaran hull for the Royal Navy's Future Surface... Date: April 2000 Image ID 1211
133. R.V.TRITON (2000/2336grt/IMO 4906551) is a hullform research ship built by Vosper Thornycroft, UK to evaluate the structural and seakeeping performance of the trimaran hull for the Royal Navy's Future... Date: April 2000 Image ID 1210
134. TOWNSEND CROMWELL (1963/IMO 7309546. Renamed LAU TRADER) - a former fisheries research ship, part of the US national Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet, she was decommissioned in 2002... Date: 2004 Image ID 1159
135. TOWNSEND CROMWELL (1963/IMO 7309546. Renamed LAU TRADER) - a former fisheries research ship, part of the US national Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet, she was decommissioned in 2002... Date: 2004 Image ID 1158
136. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: August 1985 Image ID 1144
137. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: August 1985 Image ID 1143
138. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: August 1985 Image ID 1142
139. KEA (SEABUS KEA/1988) - operated by Fuller Ferries, this commuter ferry is seen arriving at the downtown ferry basin in Auckland, NZ. In the background is the Japanese fisheries research ship HAKUHO... Date: 16 January 2005 Image ID 857
140. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] outbound from Auckland, NZ, bound for Matauri Bay, Northland, to take part in the 20th anniversary... Date: 8 July 2005 Image ID 791
141. BREEZE, a brigantine from the New Zealand National Maritime Museum, Auckland, and a veteran of anti-nuclear protests at Mururoa Atoll, accompanies Greenpeace's RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO... Date: 8 July 2005 Image ID 787
142. TANGAROA (1991/2282-grt), a stern trawler/research vessel operated by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand. Date: 16 May 2005 Image ID 129
143. KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (1979/259grt/IMO 7806233) - an Hawaiian-based oceanographic research ship, berths, with only metres to spare, astern of the decommissioned/scrapped frigate HMNZS CANTERBURY... Date: 19 May 2005 Image ID 114
144. KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (1979/259grt/IMO 7806233) - an Hawaiian-based oceanographic research ship, berthing astern of the decommissioned/scrapped frigate HMNZS CANTERBURY (F-421) at the RNZN base,... Date: 19 May 2005 Image ID 113
145. KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (1979/259grt/IMO 7806233) - an Hawaiian-based oceanographic research ship arriving in Auckland, NZ for drydocking at the VT Fitzroy shipyard. Date: 19 May 2005 Image ID 112
146. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] following float-out after drydocking, Auckland, NZ. The tug MAHIA assists. RAINBOW WARRIOR now serves as... Date: 23 May 2005 Image ID 82
147. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] is towed from the VT Fitzroy drydock by the tug MAHIA to a berth at Princes Wharf on the Auckland... Date: 23 May 2005 Image ID 81
148. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] awaits undocking from the VT Fitzroy drydock, Auckland, NZ after receiving an underwater hull inspection... Date: 23 May 2005 Image ID 80
149. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] undocking from the VT Fitzroy drydock, Auckland, NZ assisted by the tug MAHIA. RAINBOW WARRIOR now... Date: 23 May 2005 Image ID 78
150. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] in drydock at the VT Fitzroy shipyard, Auckland, NZ. She now serves as a hospital ship in Bangladesh. Date: 18 May 2005 Image ID 77
151. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] in drydock at the VT Fitzroy shipyard in Auckland, NZ. She now serves as a hospital ship in Bangladesh. Date: 18 May 2005 Image ID 74