JOIDES RESOLUTION

JOIDES RESOLUTION. Navio de exploração científica / Research Vessel / Drilling Ship. Comprimento fora-a-fora / Length overall: 143 m. Boca / Beam: 21 m. Calado / Draught: 7,6 m. Arqueação bruta / Gross Tonnage: 10282 T. IMO: 7423081. Indicativo de chamada / Call Sign: 5BMM3. Bandeira / Flag: Chipre / Cyprus. Cais da Rocha Conde de Óbidos, Lisboa, 2022.10.14.

«The JOIDES Resolution (JR) is a research vessel that drills into the ocean floor to collect and study core samples. Scientists use data from the JR to better understand climate change, geology and Earth’s history. It is a part of the International Ocean Discovery Program and is funded by the National Science Foundation.»

«The drillship was built in 1978 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a conventional oil drilling vessel. Then named Sedco/BP 471, she was refitted in Pascagoula, Mississippi during the fall of 1984 to accommodate the laboratory stack levels and other scientific facilities and equipment necessary for carrying out the program’s objectives. When drilling operations began in January 1985, the ship was informally christened JOIDES Resolution after Captain James Cook’s flagship of two centuries ago, HMS Resolution. She now officially carries the name JOIDES Resolution.»

https://joidesresolution.org/