[Platforms] Ship codes: BODC Part 1

Mon Jul 31 13:53:03 BST 2006

Dear Y'all:

I have added my actions and entries into the US NODC plaform list;  this 
is nearly as Susanne has entered here ; my entries are between the 
double ==== dash lines.

FRANK MITCHELL

Susanne Reimert wrote:

>Hello again,
>
>I sent my first mail to you at 16:17, but at the moment (17:17)  I have
>not
>received it myself, so our email connection is indeed slow!
>
>Here is the first part - many more to come the next days - of the BODC
>codes,
>which we need to solve.
>
>All the below codes as ICES74?? and related comments are as suggested by
>BODC. 
>Below the dashed line you will find my own (SR:) comments and possible
>solution.
>
>
>ICES74E3	RRS Discovery		
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----
>SR: I expect that this is the NEW Discovery? If this is the case, she
>was
>built in 1962 and rebuilt in 1991/92 and has the call sign GLNE.
>At ICES we have Discovery data from a 74DI (Discovery) and 74DS 
>(Discovery II), and we have allocated the suggested code 74E3 to the
>European Seafarer.
>However, we can accept to REMOVE this entry for the European Seafarer
>(since
>no data here and not allocated on a request) and use 74E3 for the new
>RRS
>Discovery. The 74E3 entry is then correct on the NODC list, but should
>have
>the prefix RRS added in the comments field as well as the call sign as
>GLNE
>
============

     NODC Code 74E3 - RRS DISCOVERY, callsign GLNE

   Note: NODC prefixes goverment ships with the appropriate abbreviation 
- HMS, RRS, USS, etc.
============

>ICES74P2	RV Prince Madog	UCNW research vessel 2001- 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----
>SR: BODC/NODC & ICES agreed back in August 2002 to continue with 74PD
>for
>the new Prince Madog (call sign ZNLJ5), since the former Prince Madog 
>(call sign GTQU) was sold to a private company in July 2001). 
>We at ICES then later in March 2004 allocated the code 74P2 to the Cast 
>Prospect. However, since BODC wish to have a separate code for the new
>Prince Madog, we can agree to have the code 74P2 for the NEW RV Prince
>Madog
>(Call sign ZNLJ5) launched July 2001 and we will remove the Cast 
>Prospect entry. We can do this, since we can't find any information of
>this
>ship and we don't have the data either. We had some misinformation about
>surface data and have allocated a code wrongly. Shame on us!
>On the NODC list, the call sign is ZNLJ and should be corrected to
>become
>ZNLJ5.
>  
>
   ===================
NODC Code 74P2 - PRINCE MADOG,  call sign ZNLJ5

    ==================

>ICES740B	RV G A Reay
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SR: We have data from 74GD (George Reay at ICES & NODC) from 1986 & 1988
>(10 stations), and I have found that between 1992 & 1993 the name
>changed
>from G. A. Reay to George Reay on the NODC/ICES code list.
>The BODC suggested code 740B should therefore NOT be used, as it is the
>same ship! Please change the name, so the entry will look like: 
>74GD G. A. Reay  RV (Call sign in ROSCOP in 1986 was GYAM, should we 
>add this and any other info?).
>I have found information that the G. A. Reay was built in 1968 and used
>by 
>Torry Research until ca. 1980, then by UEA until 1984. Bought by Marrs
>(www.j-marr.co.uk) in 1984, renamed Falklands Right 1/1997(NB!!),
>renamed
>Eastella 12/1997(NB!!), renamed Falklands Protector 1990 (74FP 
>Falklands Protector, call sign GYMA?), and then sold in 1993!
>
>(NB!!) I strongly believe that the year 1997 mentioned here should be
>1987
>rather than 1997! We have 2 ROSCOP forms at ICES from the Eastella in
>1988
>and 1989 and the 10 stations mentioned under G.A Reay in 1988 are coded
>as
>74GD, but I think these stations are from the Eastella (see below).
>  
>
    ==================

>NODC Code 74GD - G. A. REAY, callsign GYAM
>  
>
   ===================

>ICES740A	MV Eastella		
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SR: We can accept the code 740A for the MV Eastella, and this code is
>not
>used by NODC either. (I guess that this is the in 12/1997 renamed G.A
>Reay!)
>Any call sign or time of operation?
>  
>
    ==================
    NODC Code 740A - EASTELLA
   ===================

>ICES740C	MFV Kings Cross
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SR: We have no data or information on the Kings Cross MFV, but 4 ROSCOPs
>from 1988, 1994, 1995 and 1998. We can accept the code to become 740C.
>This code is also free on the NODC list.
>Any call sign or operation time etc. available?
>  
>
    ================
    NODC Code 740C - KINGS CROSS - call sign MBLM
       motor fishing vessel
    =================

>ICES740D	RV Nucella		
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SR: We have no data from the Nucella, but in a UEA Technical Report 112
>there is a RV Nucella which was in service from 1968-1980, could be the
>same ship?
>We can accept the code to become 740D. This code is also free on the
>NODC list.
>Any call sign or operation time etc. available ?
>  
>
    ===========================
    NODC Code 740D - NUCELLA
    ============================

>ICES740F	RV Tamaris	PML coastal research vessel
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SR: We have no data or information on the Tamaris,  and can accept the
>code
>to become 740F. This code is also free on the NODC list. I have found on
>the
>web, that the Tamaris was built in 1974 and the call sign was 2SWL.
>
>  
>
   ====================
   NODC Code 740F - TAMARIS,
   coastal research vessel - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
   ========================

>ICES740G	RV Squilla	PML coastal research vessel
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SR: We have no data from the Squilla, but 3 ROSCOP forms from 1981 
>(Inst.of Oceanographic Sciences, IOS, Taunton). We can accept the
>code to become 740G. This code is also free on the NODC list. Any call
>sign 
>or operation time etc. available?
>
>  
>
    ===================
    NODC Code 740G - SQUILLA
     coastal research vessel - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
   ======================

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