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THE great and growing importance of fundamenta research in marine biology and oceanography has recently been emphasised by the launch of two new vessels specially ordered and designed for this work. On September 23, 1933, a new French research vessel, the Président-Théodore-Tissier, left the builder's yard. This ship, built to the order of L'Office Scientifique et Technique des Peches Maritimes de France, is approximately 160 ft. in length, fitted with up-to-date Diesel engines capable of producing a maximum speed of 11 knots, and fully equipped with all the latest apparatus for both oceanographical and biological researches. The Président-Théodore-Tissier has now completed her trials and is already in commission. A few months before the launch of the French vessel, the Danish Biological Station, Copenhagen, took over from the builders the new research ship Biologen (Report of the Danish Biological Station to the Ministry of Shipping and Fisheries, 38, 1933. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel). Though considerably smaller than the Président-Théodore-Tissier, the Danish vessel is also fully equipped for carrying out scientific work in both narrow and high seas. In view of the acquisition of these two highly efficient modern research vessels by foreign powers, it is all the more regrettable that H.M.S. Challenger, originally destined for similar work by Great Britain, should have had to be given over to other purposes, and the activities of our existing ships seriously curtailed.
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Advances in Oceanographical Research. Nature 133, 867 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133867c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133867c0