The names of twenty well-known oceanographic research vessels personally selected by Prince Albert I were inscribed into the frieze of the museum's facade during its construction [1].
Country | Vessel | Image | Year Launched | Expedition | Carved on Facade [2] [1] |
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German Empire | SMS Gazelle [1] | 1859 | 1874–76 [3] | GAZELLE | |
United Kingdom | HMS Investigator [1] | 1801 | 1801–03 | INVESTIGATOR | |
Austrian Empire | SMS Novara [1] | 1850 | Novara Expedition (1857–59) | NOVARA | |
Russian Empire | Vitiaz [1] | 1862 | 1870–74
1883–85 |
VITIAZ | |
Belgium | RV Belgica [1] | 1884 | Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99) | BELGICA | |
France | Talisman [1] | 1883 [4] | TALISMAN | ||
German Empire | SS Valdivia [1] | 1886 | Valdivia Expedition (1898–99) [3] | VALDIVIA | |
Kingdom of Italy | Washington [1] | 1881 [5] | WASHINGTON | ||
Sweden | SS Vega [1] | 1872 | 1878–79 | VEGA | |
Norway | Fram [1] | 1892 |
Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–96)
Sverdrup's Canadian Arctic islands expedition (1898–1902) Amundsen's South Pole expedition (1910–12) |
FRAM | |
Monaco | Princess Alice [6] [1] | PRINCESS ALICE | |||
Monaco | Hirondelle [6] [1] | HIRONDELLE | |||
Austria-Hungary | SMS Pola [1] | Austro-Hungarian Deep Sea Expeditions (1890–93) | POLA | ||
United States | USC&GS George S. Blake [1] | 1874 | 1874–1904 | BLAKE | |
United Kingdom | HMS Challenger [1] | 1858 | Challenger expedition (1872–76) | CHALLENGER | |
Netherlands | HNLMS Siboga [1] | Siboga expedition (1899–1900) | SIBOGA | ||
United Kingdom | Buccaneer [7] [1] | BUCCANEER | |||
Kingdom of Portugal | SS Amélia I , II , III, IV [1] | 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901–1910 | AMELIA | ||
Denmark | Ingolf [1] | 1895–96 | INGOLF | ||
United States | USS Albatross [1] | 1882 | 1883–97, 1899–1916, 1919–21 | ALBATROSS |
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The names of twenty well-known oceanographic research vessels personally selected by Prince Albert I were inscribed into the frieze of the museum's facade during its construction [1].
Country | Vessel | Image | Year Launched | Expedition | Carved on Facade [2] [1] |
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German Empire | SMS Gazelle [1] | 1859 | 1874–76 [3] | GAZELLE | |
United Kingdom | HMS Investigator [1] | 1801 | 1801–03 | INVESTIGATOR | |
Austrian Empire | SMS Novara [1] | 1850 | Novara Expedition (1857–59) | NOVARA | |
Russian Empire | Vitiaz [1] | 1862 | 1870–74
1883–85 |
VITIAZ | |
Belgium | RV Belgica [1] | 1884 | Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99) | BELGICA | |
France | Talisman [1] | 1883 [4] | TALISMAN | ||
German Empire | SS Valdivia [1] | 1886 | Valdivia Expedition (1898–99) [3] | VALDIVIA | |
Kingdom of Italy | Washington [1] | 1881 [5] | WASHINGTON | ||
Sweden | SS Vega [1] | 1872 | 1878–79 | VEGA | |
Norway | Fram [1] | 1892 |
Nansen's Fram expedition (1893–96)
Sverdrup's Canadian Arctic islands expedition (1898–1902) Amundsen's South Pole expedition (1910–12) |
FRAM | |
Monaco | Princess Alice [6] [1] | PRINCESS ALICE | |||
Monaco | Hirondelle [6] [1] | HIRONDELLE | |||
Austria-Hungary | SMS Pola [1] | Austro-Hungarian Deep Sea Expeditions (1890–93) | POLA | ||
United States | USC&GS George S. Blake [1] | 1874 | 1874–1904 | BLAKE | |
United Kingdom | HMS Challenger [1] | 1858 | Challenger expedition (1872–76) | CHALLENGER | |
Netherlands | HNLMS Siboga [1] | Siboga expedition (1899–1900) | SIBOGA | ||
United Kingdom | Buccaneer [7] [1] | BUCCANEER | |||
Kingdom of Portugal | SS Amélia I , II , III, IV [1] | 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901–1910 | AMELIA | ||
Denmark | Ingolf [1] | 1895–96 | INGOLF | ||
United States | USS Albatross [1] | 1882 | 1883–97, 1899–1916, 1919–21 | ALBATROSS |
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