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Built: Figaro Da Paz in Portugal. Finished by Oskar Bohmeship in Germany, 1978 Length: Beam: Draft: 65' 18'8" 7'7"

The wooden motor vessel Eagle Mar was donated to WHOI by Mr. And Mrs. Edward W. Scripps II. Mr. Scripps was the chairman of the Board of Scripps League Newspapers and grandson of the man who endowed Scripps Institution for Biological Research, now Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The vessel was used for several research projects, then sold in 1993.