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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=6235' target='_blank'>S. A. AGULHAS</a> from SOUTH AFRICA.
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<br />Code : 91AA
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=6235' target='_blank'>S. A. AGULHAS</a>
<br />Flag : SOUTH AFRICA - ZA (ISO Country Code)
<br />Call Sign : ZSAF
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />IMO : 7628136
<br />Commissioned Date : 1978
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2012-04
<br />Current Length : 111.5
<br />Built : 1978
<br />Notes : Ice-strengthened vessel used for research and to service the South African Antarctic bases. Replaced by S. A. Agulhas II in 2012 and transferred to South African Maritime Safety Authority as a training ship. MMSI 601048000
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._A._Agulhas
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<br /> - http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/601048000
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />Decommissioned flag has been set since platform class will change due to purpose change from research vessel to training vessel. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._A._Agulhas : "In July 2012 the S. A. Agulhas was recommissioned as a training ship operated by the South African Maritime Safety Authority, the ship will continue to provide facilities for scientific research while training up to seventy merchant marine cadets."
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 13/11/2013 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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