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Oceanographic Vessels Commemorated at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

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The names of twenty well-known oceanographic research vessels personally selected by Prince Albert I were inscribed into the frieze of the museum's facade during its construction[1].

Oceanographic research vessels inscribed on the facade of the Oceanographic Museum
Country Vessel Image Year Launched Expedition Carved on Facade[2][1]
 German Empire SMS Gazelle[1] 1859 1874–76[3] GAZELLE
 United Kingdom HMS Investigator[1] 1801 1801–03 INVESTIGATOR
 Austrian Empire SMS Novara[1] 1850 Novara Expedition (1857–59) NOVARA
 Russian Empire Vitiaz [ru][1] 1862 1870–74

1883–85

VITIAZ
 Belgium RV Belgica[1] 1884 Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99) BELGICA
 France Talisman[1] 1883[4] TALISMAN
 German Empire SS Valdivia[1]
1886 Valdivia Expedition (1898–99)[3] VALDIVIA
 Kingdom of Italy Washington[1] 1881[5] WASHINGTON
 Sweden

( United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway)

SS Vega[1]
1872 1878–79 VEGA
 Norway

( United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway)

Fram[1] 1892 Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–96)

Sverdrup's Canadian Arctic islands expedition (1898–1902)

Amundsen's South Pole expedition (1910–12)

FRAM
 Monaco Princess Alice[6][1] PRINCESS ALICE
 Monaco Hirondelle[6][1] HIRONDELLE
 Austria-Hungary SMS Pola[1] Austro-Hungarian Deep Sea Expeditions [de] (1890–93) POLA
 United States USC&GS George S. Blake[1] 1874 1874–1904 BLAKE
 United Kingdom HMS Challenger[1] 1858 Challenger expedition (1872–76) CHALLENGER
 Netherlands HNLMS Siboga[1] Siboga expedition (1899–1900) SIBOGA
 United Kingdom Buccaneer[7][1] BUCCANEER
 Kingdom of Portugal SS Amélia I [pt], II [pt], III, IV[1] 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901–1910 AMELIA
 Denmark Ingolf[1] 1895–96 INGOLF
 United States USS Albatross[1] 1882 1883–97, 1899–1916, 1919–21 ALBATROSS

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Cotter, Charles H.; Dean, J. R. (1966-12). "Down to the Sea: A Century of Oceanography". The Geographical Journal. 132 (4): 560. doi:10.2307/1792593. ISSN 0016-7398. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ 1865-1947., Kofoid, Charles A. (Charles Atwood), (1910). The biological stations of Europe. G.P.O. OCLC 7310523. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b "Some Early German Contributions to Oceanography". hydro-international.com. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  4. ^ "The "Talisman" Expedition 1". Nature. 29 (739): 197–198. 1883-12. doi:10.1038/029197a0. ISSN 0028-0836. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 26 (help)
  5. ^ Maria., Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, (2013). Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems. Springer. ISBN 9781489922489. OCLC 1076260370.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b Monaco, Oceanographic Museum of. "The Career of a Navigator - The Oceanographic Museum - Presentation - Oceanographic Museum of Monaco - To know, to love, and to protect the oceans". www.oceano.mc. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  7. ^ Carpine-Lancre, Jacqueline; McConnell, Anita (January 2011). "Prince Albert and J. Y. Buchanan: Mediterranean investigations". History of Oceanography. 22. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: 29.
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