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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=10567' target='_blank'>FLINDERS</a> from AUSTRALIA. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Greg Reed (greg@metoc.gov.au)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 09AX
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=10567' target='_blank'>FLINDERS</a>
<br />Flag : AUSTRALIA - AU (ISO Country Code)
<br />Title : R/V
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />Commissioned Date : 1967
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2000
<br />Current Length : 20.45
<br />Built : 1967-11-10
<br />Notes : Operated by the Western Australia Department of Fisheries as a mid-water trawler. Launched November 10, 1967 at the Dillinham Shipyards at North Fremantle, extensively re-fit in 1988. Replaced in 2001 by the new 22.7 metre research vessel R.V. Naturaliste.
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/departments/maritime-history/department-fisheries-files-held-state-records-office-web-table
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<br /> - http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/documents/research_reports/frr151.pdf
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<br /> - http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/process/data_files/cruise_docs/fl196907sum.pdf
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />Data in WOD from 1969 incorrectly attributed to HMAS Flinders (09FL)
<br />(Greg Reed 17/02/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />R.V. Flinders, operated by the Western Australia Department of Fisheries as a mid-water trawler. RV Flinders built at a cost of $148,000 was named and launched by Mrs. A.J. Fraser on November 10, 1967 at the Dillinham Shipyards at North Fremantle, extensively re-fit in 1988 at a cost of $350,000. Replaced in 2001 by the new 22.7 metre research vessel R.V. Naturaliste.
<br />(Greg Reed 17/02/2014 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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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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