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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=14947' target='_blank'>VALDIVIA</a> from GERMANY(DE).
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Alexandra Grodsky (Alexandra.Grodsky@noaa.gov)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 06T9
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=14947' target='_blank'>VALDIVIA</a>
<br />Country(s) : GERMANY(DE) (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 30 Ship
<br />Commissioned Date : 1898
<br />Decommissioned Date : 1899
<br />Current Length : 97.5
<br />Built : 1886
<br />Previous Name (Notes): TIJUCA
<br />WOD Code: 10176
<br />Notes : Steamer chartered for the German Deep Sea expedition 1898-99 from Hamburg-American Company and specially equipped for the voyage. Names history 1886 Tijuca,1896 Valdivia,1908 Tom G.Corpi,1909 Flandre
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.jstor.org/stable/1774523?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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<br /> - http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/hamburg.html
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<br /> - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vessel_Valdivia.jpg
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<br /> - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivia-Expedition
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<br /> - http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/06/book-of-week-valdivia-expedition.html
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<br />No comments have been made about this Platform Code yet.
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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 />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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