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In pictures: RRS Discovery berthed in Liverpool for first time this weekend UK’s £75m research vessel pays visit to city waterfront. News. Peter Elson. 13:12, 14 Dec 2013.
RRS Discovery arrived back in Dundee, the city where it was built and launched, 30 years ago.
Featured are HMS Warrior, RRS Discovery, HMS Hercules, STS Pogoria, ... MORE RETRO: 15 rare photos of Portsmouth parades from the past, 9 great old images of the Royal Pier Hotel in Southsea.
The work involves taking down the RRS Discovery's masts to clean and repair its rigging A £40,000 crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help restore RRS Discovery, Captain Robert Falcon ...
On the night of February 8, 2000, the crew of the British research vessel, Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery, were braced… Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Passers-by are witnessing a 'de-masting' of the historic ship, which is docked at Discovery Point in Dundee, as it enters an essential nine-month repair programme on its masts and rigging.
During her ten years on the sea, the current RRS Discovery has travelled 227,554.21 nautical miles, taking part in 56 expeditions to explore the world's oceans.
Image: NERC research vessel RRS Discovery. Photo: Plumbago. Normally we think of metals in our water supply as a bad thing, but when it ...
When travel resumes, a warm welcome awaits visitors to RRS Discovery in Dundee, writes Julia Hammond On November 29, 1901, RRS Discovery sailed into Lyttelton harbour near Christchurch.
RRS Discovery was built in Dundee and launched into the Firth of Tay in 1901. The ship's jubilant return in April 1986 was seen by many to mark a turnaround in the city's fortunes following years ...
RRS Discovery has been a popular tourist attraction since its return in 1986 Thirty years ago today Captain Scott's RRS Discovery returned to Dundee. Thousands of people eagerly awaited the ...