Odón de Buen

Odón de Buen is a Spanish vessel name.

Oceanographic vessel built in 1973. Originally called “El Pescador” (the fisherman) and owned by the Federation of Fishermen’s Guilds of the Balearic Islands.

Later, in 1979 it was acquired by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and renamed Odón de Buen, the name of its founder.

Odón de Buen y del Cos was a Spanish naturalist who stood out as the founder of Spanish oceanography.

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