IMO: 9050814 Shot taken on: 18/02/03 Seen here heading downstream from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia heading back to Antarctica. Shot taken by: Nancy Jacobs and posted with her permisson.

a second view of the Marion Dufresne in Durban

The research vessel Marion Dufresne called at Durban in 1996. Length 120.50 m, breadth 20.60 m, depth 12.80 m, draft 7 m, displacement 10380 t, deadweight 4900 t. 3 diesel generator sets, 8250 kW electrical production capability, 2 synchronous electrical motors for vessel propulsion (3000 kW each),

French research ship in Hobart on January 23 2006.

French research vessel Marion Dufresne departing Hobart February 18 2003 bound for Perth Western Australia.

French research vessel Marion Dufresne departing Hobart February 18 2003 bound for Perth Western Australia.