The Spanish Oceanographic Fleet consists of 10 vessels managed by different agencies. COCSABO (Commission for the Coordination and Monitoring of the Activities of Oceanographic Vessels) is the collegiate body responsible for the coordination of the scientific and technical activity carried out by the ships of this distributed ICTS.
The Oceanographic Research Vessel (BIO) Hespérides is a vessel of the Spanish Navy’s Maritime Action Force based in Cartagena. Its scientific equipment is managed by the Maritime Technology Unit of the CSIC. It has a reinforced hull for navigation in polar areas. Its main mission is to support the Antarctic campaign during the southern summer; it operates the rest of the year in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The CSIC Fleet consists of three vessels and a set of scientific instruments operable from any of the FLEET’s vessels.
B/O Sarmiento de Gamboa
B/O García del Cid
B/O Mytilus
The FLEET of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography is composed of 5 vessels, and a remote operation team (ROV) capable of reaching 2000 m in depth.
B/O Ángeles Alvariño
B/O Ramón Margalef
B/O Francisco de Paula Navarro
B/O José María Navaz
B/O Lura
