what is this type of ship ????

[abkebab]

what is this

[shrinkingman]

Turn on the GE Community layers, lots of things have been found before, it's worth checking that first. This is an experimental trimaran called the RV Triton.

http://www.trimaran.dera.gov.uk/

[cermo]

Here's some info. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Triton)

(edit) Too...slow...never...mind...

[Lord SteveO]

That ship is moored opposite where i work in Aberdeen at the moment. Ha, never thought it was on GE.
It's not very wide but it is quite long and has a very high bow.

Its now a marine research vessel, it was sold off by the people who designed it. I take it the navy didn't see much chance of it being any use to them.