RV MTA SelenRV MTA Selen is a Turkish research vessel owned by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration in Ankara and operated by its division of Geophysical Directorate for subsea geophysical exploration in shallow waters.CharacteristicsMTA Selen is long, with a beam of and a max. draft of. Assessed at and 30.64 NT, the boat has a speed of in service. She was built in 2010 and commissioned in January 2011.