RRS Discovery

RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland, for research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1901 survey vessel
  • Also known as: “«Discovery»”, “ディスカヴァリー (調査船・6代)”, and “ディスカバリー号”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: V&A Dundee and Discovery Point.

Museum
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V&A Dundee is a design museum in , Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018.

Museum
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RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship…

Railway station
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serves the city of on the east coast of . is situated 610 feet west of RRS Discovery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dundee and Dundee city centre.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an industrial city and port, historically part of county in northeast Scotland.

Suburb
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Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City…

Suburb
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is an area of the city of .

RRS Discovery

Latitude
56.45692° or 56° 27′ 25″ north
Longitude
-2.96794° or 2° 58′ 5″ west
Established
1901
Open location code
9C8VF24J+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44384361
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­boat
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q82257
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“RRS Discovery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سفينة الأبحاث الملكية ديسكفري”
  • Basque: “RRS Discovery”
  • Catalan: “RRS Discovery”
  • Chinese: “发现号”
  • Chinese: “發現號”
  • Czech: “RRS Discovery”
  • Dutch: “RRS Discovery”
  • French: “RRS Discovery”
  • German: “Discovery”
  • German: “RRS Discovery”
  • Hebrew: “דיסקברי”
  • Hebrew: “ספינת המחקר דיסקברי”
  • Italian: “RRS Discovery”
  • Japanese: “RRS ディスカバリー”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RRS «Discovery»”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “RRS «Discovery»”
  • Norwegian: “RRS «Discovery»”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “RRS Discovery”
  • Persian: “آرآراس دیسکاوری”
  • Polish: “RRS Discovery”
  • Portuguese: “RRS Discovery”
  • Russian: “RRS Discovery”
  • Scots: “RRS Discovery”
  • Slovenian: “RRS Discovery”
  • Spanish: “RRS Discovery”
  • Swedish: “RRS Discovery”
  • Swedish: “RSS Discovery”
  • Ukrainian: “RRS Discovery”
  • Wu Chinese: “发现号 (三桅船)”
  • Wu Chinese: “发现号（三桅船）”
  • “RRS Discovery”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dundee Railway Station and Four Points Flex by Sheraton Dundee.

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Places to explore: 77º South and Tatha Bar and Kitchen.

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