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In Honor of Tan Kah Kee
Construction began in March 2015, launched and named in May 2016, officially delivered and put into service in April 2017, research vessel Tan Kah Kee (R/V TKK) is one of the most advanced and versatile research vessels in China. The new vessel was named in memory of our great founding father, the renowned patriotic overseas Chinese leader Mr. Tan Kah Kee, who established XMU in 1921. Since then, having a modern, highly capable research ship has been a century-long dream for generations of XMU’s oceanographic community.
