High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Research Vessel Triton is a trimaran vessel owned by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited and a former prototype British warship demonstrator for the UK`s Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. She was built as a technology demonstrator ship for the Royal Navy`s Future Surface Combatant, and has been used to both prove the viability of the hull-form and as a trials platform for other QinetiQ innovations.