18/11/2021, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. On route to the Cape Verde Islands region.

A fisheries and oceanographic research vessel.

The vessel was built as part of the United Nations’ (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project and is jointly operated by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) and the University of Bergen (UIB) to help developing countries improve their fisheries management.

Keel laid on 30/03/2015, launched on 23/12/2015, & completed on 05/01/2017, by Astilleros Gondan, Castropol, Spain (460)
3,863 g.t. and 1,052 dwt., as:
'Dr. Fridtjof Nansen'.