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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />Additional information has come in for the vessel <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=5288' target='_blank'>SIR WILLIAM HARDY</a> from UNITED KINGDOM.
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<br />Code : 74WH
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=5288' target='_blank'>SIR WILLIAM HARDY</a>
<br />Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />IMO : 5329786
<br />Commissioned Date : 1955
<br />Decommissioned Date : 1977
<br />Current Length : 40
<br />Built : 1955
<br />Notes : MAFF fisheries research vessel built as Sir William Hardy. Offered for sale in 1977 and bought by Greenpeace. Refitted and renamed Rainbow Warrior in 1978. Sunk on 10 July 1985 in New Zealand by French intelligence agents.
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Warrior_%281955%29
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<br /> - http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?searchFor=sir+william+hardy&index=101566
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />2006-11-09 correction
<br />(Susanne Reimert 22/12/2006 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
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<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://admin.ices.dk/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a>
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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