RV Onnuri

Career (South Korea)
Name: Onnuri
Owner: Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute
Builder: Skipsteknisk AS, Bergen, Norway
Launched: 1991
General characteristics
Type: Research Vessel
Displacement: 1422
Length: 63.8
Beam: 12m
Propulsion: Main:2320 KW ( 2 main engines, 1160 kW each)
Speed: 15.4 kn (28.5 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km)
Crew: 16 + 25 Scientists

The RV Onnuri is one of the Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI)'s research vessels. She was built in Bergen, Norway in 1991 by Mjellem & Karlsen Verft AS and designed Skipsteknisk AS. She has been used to supply Korea's Antarctic research station (King Sejong Station) as well as undertaking oceanographic research in the Pacific Ocean. She has a sister ship named "Eardo" also operated by KORDI[1][2][3]

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