ship

[daneswalk]

what does the letters rr stand for for instance rr discovery

[dot.hawkes]

Royal Research ship, Discovery, googled it and it was on an expedition to the Falkland Islands in 1928 organised by the Royal Geographical Society.

[kempie]

As indicated by dot's post, it should be RRS not RR.

NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) currently operate 3 RRS's - Discovery, James Cook, James Clark Ross - and the RV (Research Vessel) Prince Madog.

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/facilitie s/marine/facilities.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Research_Sh ip

For some reason there is no mention in the Wikipedia article of the decommissioned NERC vessel RRS Challenger, affectionately known as "Clanger".

[daneswalk]

dot.hawkes from daneswalk worked as a docker clerk for 40 years and no one seemed to know this thank you

[mattymatt123]

easy to say now but i knew that lol

[kempie]

You couldn't have worked on Docks where NERC have been based then, such as Southampton or Barry.