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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9359' target='_blank'>Discovery</a> from UNITED KINGDOM.<br /><br /><HR /><br /><b>Original Requester : Roy Lowry (rkl@bodc.ac.uk)</b><br /><br />Proposed Code : 74EQ<br />Name : <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9359' target='_blank'>Discovery</a><br />Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : 2FGX5<br />Title : RRS<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel<br />IMO : 9588029<br />Commissioned Date : 2014<br />Current Length : 99.7<br />Built : 2013<br />Notes : Replacement NERC research vessel for the ship of the same name(ICES code 74E3). As of November 2012 delivery is scheduled for June 2013, with the first research cruise planned for 2014.<br /><br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b><br /><br /> - Picture of IMO on hull<br /><br /> - http://noc.ac.uk/research-at-sea/ships/rrs-discovery-replacement<br /><HR /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><br /><br />Conflict resolved by Edward Cooper at noc.ac.uk. IMO number is 9588029.<br />http://noc.ac.uk/research-at-sea/ships/rrs-discovery-replacement to be corrected to 9588029.<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 26/11/2012 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />Found IMO 9588029 on the web and supplied by Edward Cooper. http://noc.ac.uk/research-at-sea/ships/rrs-discovery-replacement says 9588028.<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 23/11/2012 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />This may seem premature, but I thought it worth flagging the fact that a new RRS Discovery was coming. I've requested IMO and callsign information and will add them when I get them. The current ship in on her last cruise and will be decommissioned in December.<br />(Roy Lowry 06/11/2012 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br /><HR /><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><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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