research ship

English

Alternative forms

• researchship

Noun

research ship (plural research ships)

1. A ship that is designed and used for research.
   • 1960, Lester Rosenblatt, The Design of Modern Oceanographic Research Ships, page 213:

     . Experience also shows that a research ship spends from one quarter to one half of her sea time on scientific station when the sustained speed seldom exceeds 3.5 knots.