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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />Additional information has come in for the vessel BRIARTHORN from UNITED KINGDOM. The call sign GBPN has been removed as the only source found for this call sign is for a cargo ship built in 1980.<br /><br />Code : 74B6<br />Name : BRIARTHORN<br />Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)<br />Title : MV<br />Platform Class : Research vessel<br />Commissioned Date : 1974<br />Decommissioned Date : 1974<br />Current Length : 80.5<br />Notes : Survey vessel operated by Wimpey laboratories with drilling capability through a moon pool. Used extensively for Institute of Geological Sciences UK Shelf Survey during 1974.<br />Information Source : https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/cruise_inventory/report/briarthorn1_74.pdf (URL)<br /><br /><b>Important Comments (Conflict to be resolved!):</b><br /><br />http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=688546 Shows call sign GBPN with IMO 7917044 Briarthorn cargo ship built in 1980. Call sign removed from 74B6.<br />(added by: Marilynn Sorensen - 23/02/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />Other UK ships of this name, but this is the only one known to be oceanographically active.<br />(added by: Roy Lowry - 11/02/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />For more comments, go to platform request program at http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx.<br /><br />This suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />The ICES Data Centre<br /><br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea <br />Email: accessions@ices.dk<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk<br /><br />Tel: +45 3338 6718 Fax: +45 3393 4215<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a><br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/updates/DC_update.htm" target="_new">online</a><br /><br /></p><hr /><p>This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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