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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://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=15025' target='_blank'>Lone Ranger</a> from CAYMAN ISLANDS(KY). This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br />Please check the flag against the commission years as no documentation has been found to confirm the flag/call sign/year combination.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Paul McGarrigle (pamcg@bodc.ac.uk)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : CILR
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=15025' target='_blank'>Lone Ranger</a>
<br />Country(s) : CAYMAN ISLANDS(KY) (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
<br />Call Sign : ZCYU9
<br />IMO : 7232729
<br />Title : RV
<br />Commissioned Date : 2009
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2012
<br />Current Length : 77.7
<br />Built : 1973
<br />Previous Name (Notes): Simson S
<br />Notes : Built 1973 as a tug named Samson, registered in Hamburg, Germany. Converted into a yacht in 1994, renamed Samson S. Rebuilt in Miami, USA and renamed Lone Ranger in 1997. Owned by the Schmidt Ocean Institute 2009-2012, registered in Bermuda then the Cayman Islands.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.superyachts.com/motor-yacht-3133/lone-ranger.htm
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<br /> - http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/43/article/id/10505
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<br /> - http://www.schmidtocean.org/story/show/65
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<br /> - http://www.mbari.org/expeditions/Sargasso3/index.htm
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />The Lone Ranger is too big to be classified as a self-propelled boat
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 01/06/2015 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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