The RV Celtic Explorer surveyed the Rockall Bank in 2003. The Irish Light Vessel Granuaile (the same name as the steamer on the RIA 1896 botany survey) was chartered by the Geological Survey of Ireland, on behalf of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, to conduct a seismic survey of the Rockall Bank and the Hatton Bank in July 2004, as part of the Irish National Seabed Survey.
The RV Celtic Explorer surveyed the, Ro,ckall Bank in 2003. The Irish Light Vessel Granuaile (the same name as the steamer on the RIA 1896 botany survey) was chartered by the Ge,ological Survey of Ireland on behalf of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to conduct a seismic survey of the Rockall Bank and the Hatton Bank in July 2004 as part of the Irish National Seabed Survey.