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OAS platform Detail for Toronto
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platforms_id: 1062
Title: HMCS
Name: Toronto
ICES Code: 18TR
Callsign: CGAD
Countries: CANADA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel TORONTO from Canada. This update aligns NODC platform code with ICES and Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans usage.

NOTE:
Use 18TR for data from HMCS TORONTO collected from 1993-present.
Use 18TA for data from HMCS TORONTO collected from 1944-1956.

Code : 18TR
Name : TORONTO
Flag : CANADA - CA (ISO Country Code)
Call Sign : CGAD
Title : HMCS
Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel
Pennant : FFH 333
Commissioned Date : 1993-07-29
Current Length : 134.2
Built : 1991
Notes : FFH 333. Halifax-class frigate, assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and is homeported at CFB Halifax, protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone. There was another ship of the same name during the Second World War.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/toronto/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Toronto_(FFH_333)
- http://www.helis.com/database/unit/783
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2022-07-01 03:09:47+00