The RV

Ship prefix

A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship.Prefixes for civilian vessels may either identify the type of propulsion, such as "SS" for steamship, or purpose, such as "RV" for research vessel. Civilian prefixes are often...

 MTA Selen is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 research vessel

Research vessel

A research vessel is a ship designed and equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel, others require a dedicated vessel...

 owned by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration

General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (Turkey)

Mineral Research & Exploration General Directorate of Turkey is a scientific institution established in 14 June 1935 by Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources ....

 (MTA) in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

 and operated by its division of Geophysical Directorate for subsea geophysical exploration in shallow waters.

Characteristics

MTA Selen is 20 metre long, with a beam of 5.6 metre and a max. draft of 3.3 metre. Assessed at and 30.64 NRT

Net register tonnage

Net register tonnage is a ship's cargo volume capacity expressed in "register tons", one of which equals to a volume of . It is calculated by reducing non-revenue-earning spaces i.e. spaces not available for carrying cargo, for example engine rooms, fuel tanks and crew quarters, from the ship's...

, the boat has a speed of 9 knots (17.6 km/h) in service. She was built in 2010 and commissioned in January 2011.