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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />Additional information has come in for the vessel <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=4924' target='_blank'>ARGUS</a> from UNITED KINGDOM.<br /><br /><HR /><br /><br />Code : 74AR<br />Name : <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=4924' target='_blank'>ARGUS</a><br />Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : GDSA<br />Title : RFA<br />Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel<br />Pennant : A135<br />Commissioned Date : 1988-06-01<br />Current Length : 175.1<br />Built : 1982<br />Previous Name (Notes): Contender Bezant<br />Notes : Royal Fleet Auxiliary, aviation training and primary casualty reception ship. Built in Italy as the container ship Contender Bezant, she was taken up from trade by the RFA during the Falklands War and subsequently converted by Harland and Wolff in Belfast before being accepted into RFA service in 1988.<br /><br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b><br /><br /> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Argus_(A135)<br /><br /> - http://membres.multimania.fr/radiocomsecours/documents/proceduresradio/acp113indic.pdf<br /><HR /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><br /><br />Active service as of 2013<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 15/02/2013 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />Call sign found in http://membres.multimania.fr/radiocomsecours/documents/proceduresradio/acp113indic.pdf<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 15/02/2013 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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