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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9389' target='_blank'>Admiral Beaufort</a> from UNITED KINGDOM. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.<br /><br /><HR /><br /><b>Original Requester : Roy Lowry (rkl@bodc.ac.uk)</b><br /><br />Proposed Code : 74W3<br />Name : <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9389' target='_blank'>Admiral Beaufort</a><br />Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)<br />Platform Class : 34 Vessel at fixed position - Includes light vessels and weather ships<br />Commissioned Date : 1977-05-25<br />Decommissioned Date : 1981<br />Built : 1944<br />Previous Name (Notes): Weather Monitor<br />Notes : Castle-class frigate HMS Pevensey Castle converted to weather ship Weather Monitor in 1961 then renamed Admiral Beaufort after a refit in 1977. Withdrawn in 1981 and scrapped in 1982.<br /><br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b><br /><br /> - http://www.weatherships.co.uk/pmb.htm<br /><HR /><br />No comments have been made about this Platform Code yet.<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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