As of 2026-10-12, Manta tops the list with 63 km/h.
- #1 Manta — 63 km/h
small research vessel of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
source Wikidata - #2 RV Augusta — 37 km/h
Finnish research vessel
source Wikidata - #3 Falkor — 37 km/h
research ship and former fishery protection vessel
source Wikidata - #4 RV Kronprins Haakon — 35 km/h
Norwegian icebreaking polar research vessel
source Wikidata - #5 Xue Long — 31 km/h
Chinese icebreaking research vessel
source Wikidata - #6 CCGS Hudson — 31 km/h
Canadian Coast Guard research vessel
source Wikidata - #7 Amber Agatha — 31 km/h
offshore research vessel built in 1987
source Wikidata - #8 Aurora Australis — 31 km/h
Australian icebreaker and research ship
source Wikidata - #9 Italian ship Alliance — 30 km/h
research ship built in 1988
source Wikidata - #10 RV Triton — 30 km/h
research vessel launched in 2000
The research vessel Triton is a trimaran vessel owned by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited and a former prototype British warship demonstrator for the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. She was built as a technology demonstrator ship for the Royal Navy's Future Surface Combatant, and has been used to both prove the viability of the hull-form and as a trials platform for other QinetiQ innovations. The ship was used by the Australian Border Force's Marine Unit, and was for a time moored... Read more on Wikipedia.
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