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OAS platform Detail for Algoa
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platforms_id: 10439
Title: FRS
Name: Algoa
ICES Code: 91AL
Callsign: ZR4311
Countries: SOUTH AFRICA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel Algoa from SOUTH AFRICA has been added to the platform list.

Name : Algoa
Flag : SOUTH AFRICA - ZA (ISO Country Code)
Call Sign : ZR4311
Title : FRS
Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
IMO : 7410369
Commissioned Date : 1991-12
Current Length : 52
Built : 1975
Previous Name (Notes): Ludovic Jego
Notes : WOD 8684. Ludovic Jego decommissioned 1991-11-30

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.saeonmarine.co.za/SADCOFunStuff/ResearchVessels.htm#Algoa
- http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1330006
- http://www.fao.org/figis/vrmf/finder/!/display/vessel/UID/030052822#.UoUC0BqTx8E

General Comments:
Algoa confirmed in Miramar

Change of flag documented at http://www.fao.org/figis/vrmf/finder/!/display/vessel/UID/030052822#.UoUC0BqTx8E

The fisheries research ship (FRS) Algoa is owned by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), through its Oceans and Coasts Branch (formerly: Marine and Coastal Management (MCM); formerly: Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SFRI)). It is a converted trawler built in 1975 and purchased by the South African government in 1991. IMO number: 7410369.

Sources: The Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) project: http://www.asclme.org/frs_algoa.html
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=601045000
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2004-05-06 15:14:20.76569+00
Editdate: 2022-07-06 17:52:14+00