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IMO 7928677 · MMSI 247442600
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Confirm the vessel name and IMO number match. Falkor (IMO 7928677)
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Gaia Blu (formerly RV Falkor) is an oceanographic operated by the National Research Council of Italy "National Research Council (Italy)") .[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaiaBlu#citenote-3) It concluded its first scientific expedition under this name on the 9th of December 2023.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaiaBlu#citenote-4)
Gaia Blu was originally a fishery protection vessel named Seefalke ("Sea Falcon") built in 1981 in Lübeck, Germany.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaiaBlu#citenote-:1-5) She was retrofitted into an oceanographic research vessel at Peters Werft shipyard in Wewelsfleth, Germany from 2009 to early 2012.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaiaBlu#citenote-:1-5) The retrofitted vessel was renamed R/V Falkor, after the Luckdragon in the fantasy novel The Neverending Story. The ship became fully operational in 2013 and conducted a full year of scientific expeditions.[\[2\]](https://en.wikiped…
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