Shipdle
Puzzle #20 was Marion Dufresne 2.
Marion Dufresne is a research and supply vessel named in honour of the 18th-century French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne launched in 1995 and having two main missions: logistic support for the French Austral Islands and oceanographic research.
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What the record says
Puzzle 20 ran on 29 Jul 2026 and the answer was Marion Dufresne 2, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - other; Flag - France; Tonnage - 1-10k; Builder - Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre. The numbers: Launched - 1990; Length - 120.75 m. 1 of the 7 columns is blank in the source (Status), so nobody could score it either way.
The photograph is by dimidam, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shipdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0 and Wikimedia Commons photographs - licence verified per photo (US government public domain, PD-old, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA; never NC or ND). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Type
- other
- Flag
- France
- Launched
- 1990
- Tonnage
- 1-10k
- Length
- 120.75 m
- Status
- Not recorded
- Builder
- Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre