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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=4555' target='_blank'>TUI</a> from NEW ZEALAND.
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<br />Code : 61TI
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=4555' target='_blank'>TUI</a>
<br />Flag : NEW ZEALAND - NZ (ISO Country Code)
<br />Title : HMNZS
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />Pennant : T234
<br />Commissioned Date : 1956-03-05
<br />Decommissioned Date : 1967-12-22
<br />Current Length : 48
<br />Built : 1942-03
<br />Notes : Built as a trawler, converted to a Bird Class Minesweeper and in 1956 reclassified as an oceanographic research ship. Data collected during 1956-1967.
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Tui_%28T234%29
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Tui_%28T234%29 In October 1955 Tui was docked for conversion to an oceanographic research ship. On 5 March 1956, the now disarmed Tui was recommissioned and reclassified as a fleet auxiliary. She made many scientific cruises for the DSIR and NRL to places around New Zealand and Pacific islands.
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 16/05/2013 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
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