R/V Tübitak Marmara is launched!

First local built research vesselof Turkey, R/V Tubitak Marmara is launched. The ship was built by Çeksan Shipyard. The ship is going to start research missions around May 2013 after fittings of research equipment. There are three labs onboard. You may say “alright but this is not helpfull for scale model hobby”. I am putting this video as a clue for upcoming plans 🙂