RV Atlantis

RV Atlantis in 1955 near the Virgin Islands[1]
History
United States
Name	RV Atlantis
Owner	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ordered	1930
Builder	Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yard number	596
Laid down	1930
Launched	December 1930
In service	1931
Out of service	1966
Argentina
Name	El Austral
Owner	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Acquired	July 1966
Identification	MMSI number: 701006249 Callsign: L2EF
Fate	Transferred to PNA
Argentina
Name	Dr. Bernardo Houssay (MOV-1)
Owner	Prefectura Naval Argentina
Acquired	1996
Status	Active
General characteristics
Tonnage	312 grt
Displacement	334 tons
Length	43.5 m (142 ft 9 in)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	MTU 1084 HP
Sail plan	Marconi Ketch

RV Atlantis was a ketch rigged research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1931 to 1966. The Government of Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council acquired her in 1966 and renamed her El Austral, transferring her to the Argentine Naval Prefecture in 1996 as the training and survey ship PNA Dr. Bernardo Houssay (MOV-1). In 2005 it was decided that a replacement vessel, with modern capablities and equipment was required and a new ship was built in Argentina, with a hull and rig along similar lines, and incorporating some small parts of the original. She was completed in 2009 and put into full service in 2011, again as Dr. Bernardo Houssay.