RRS James Cook explained

The RRS James Cook is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). She was built in 2006 to replace the ageing RRS Charles Darwin with funds from Britain's NERC and the DTI's Large Scientific Facilities Fund. She was named after Captain James Cook, the British explorer, navigator and cartographer at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton by The Princess Royal.^[1]

On her maiden scientific voyage, on 5 March 2007, the James Cook set off to study the Fifteen-Twenty fracture zone.^{[2] [3]}

James Cook was involved in the discovery of what is believed to be the world's deepest undersea volcanic vents, while in the Caribbean in 2010.^[4]

In September 2015, while on a cruise studying the seabed and marine life of the Whittard Canyon on the northern margin of the Bay of Biscay, oceanographers pictured what they believe was the first blue whale in English waters since the mammals were almost hunted to extinction in the north-east Atlantic.^[5]

In January 2020 she left Fort Lauderdale to take part in the Go-Ship programme of scientific expeditions, studying the changes in the physical and chemical make-up of the North Atlantic as a result of anthropogenic warming. The voyage ended at Tenerife in early March.^[6]

See also

• RV Neil Armstrong - United States equivalent

External links

• Skipsteknisk AS Design ST-345
• National Oceanography Centre - Sea Systems - RRS James Cook, Southampton
• Movie of the hull launch of the RRS James Cook in Gdansk, Poland
• Web site: YouTube. On the bridge of the RRS James Cook. June 3, 2013. National Oceanography Centre.
• Web site: YouTube. Take A Look Round The RSS James Cook With The Ship's Captain. February 6, 2017. That's TV Solent.

Notes and References

1. Web site: RRS James Cook named by HRH The Princess Royal. Natural Environment Research Council. 2010-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20100313194455/http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/briefings/2007/03-jamescook.asp. 13 March 2010. dead.
2. Web site: RRS James Cook, Research Vessel - Ship Technology. 2021-08-12. www.ship-technology.com. en-GB.
3. Web site: Cruise inventory - RRS James Cook JC007 - cruise summary report. 2021-08-12. British Oceanographic Data Centre.
4. Web site: British scientific expedition discovers world's deepest known undersea volcanic vents. physorg.com. 2010-04-12.
5. Web site: Morris. Steven. Blue whale caught on camera in English waters 'for the first time'. The Guardian. 7 September 2015.
6. Web site: NOC RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO ASSESS CONTINUED ABILITY OF NORTH ATLANTIC TO MITIGATE GLOBAL HEATING . Baird Maritime . 21 March 2020.