RRS Discovery

Summary

RRS Discovery is a royal research ship^[1]. It draws 253 Wikipedia views per month (royal_research_ship category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• RRS Discovery is located in Dundee City^[3].
• RRS Discovery is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• RRS Discovery's image is recorded as Discoveryboat.jpg^[5].
• RRS Discovery's instance of is recorded as royal research ship^[6].
• RRS Discovery's instance of is recorded as survey vessel^[7].
• RRS Discovery's instance of is recorded as square-rigged ship^[8].
• RRS Discovery's instance of is recorded as museum ship^[9].
• RRS Discovery's owned by is recorded as Dundee Heritage Trust^[10].
• RRS Discovery's manufacturer is recorded as Dundee Shipbuilders Company^[11].
• RRS Discovery's made from material is recorded as lumber^[12].
• RRS Discovery's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131268410^[13].
• RRS Discovery's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no89012422^[14].
• RRS Discovery's location is recorded as Dundee^[15].
• RRS Discovery's has use is recorded as museum ship^[16].
• RRS Discovery's Commons category is recorded as Discovery (ship, 1901)^[17].
• RRS Discovery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.456944444444, 'lon': -2.9666666666667}^[18].
• RRS Discovery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01qntl^[19].
• RRS Discovery's service entry is recorded as +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z^[20].
• RRS Discovery's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[21].
• RRS Discovery's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[22].
• RRS Discovery's official website is recorded as https://www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/attraction/discovery-point/^[23].
• RRS Discovery's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet^[24].
• RRS Discovery's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 002095895^[25].
• RRS Discovery's location of creation is recorded as Dundee^[26].
• RRS Discovery's gross tonnage is recorded as {'amount': '+736'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for RRS Discovery include Mount Discovery^[28], a mountain^[29] and Discovery Sound^[30], a channel^[31].

Why It Matters

RRS Discovery draws 253 Wikipedia views per month (royal_research_ship category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Mount Discovery^[28], a mountain^[29] and Discovery Sound^[30], a channel^[31].