RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs (commemorative naming origin)

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RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs are research and naval support vessels whose names were commemorated in the naming of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone in the North Atlantic.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval support vessel
oceanic fracture zone
research vessel
associatedWith Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
North Atlantic oceanography
marine geological research
commemoratedIn name of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
name of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
United States of America
hasRole platform for scientific research cruises
support for naval operations
locatedIn North Atlantic Ocean
namedAfter Charles Darwin
RRS Charles Darwin
USNS Gibbs
namingMotivation commemoration of research and naval support vessels RRS Charles Darwin and USNS Gibbs
operatedBy British Antarctic Survey
operatedIn North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
operator Natural Environment Research Council
United States Navy
partOf Mid-Atlantic Ridge
serviceDomain marine science
naval support
oceanography
shipType naval auxiliary ship
oceanographic research ship
vesselClass research ship

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
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