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

Museum
RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship…

Railway station
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.

is an industrial city and port, historically part of county in northeast Scotland.

Suburb
Until the Industrial Revolution, the current City…

Suburb
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
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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.

Nearby Places

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

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