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OAS platform Detail for Discovery, meta_version: 3. Current meta_version is: 3
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platforms_id: 11912
Title: RRS
Name: Discovery
ICES Code: 74EQ
Callsign: 2FGX5
Countries: UNITED KINGDOM
Comments: ICES request for the vessel Discovery from UNITED KINGDOM.

Name : Discovery
Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)
Call Sign : 2FGX5
Title : RRS
Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
IMO : 9588029
Commissioned Date : 2014
Current Length : 99.7
Built : 2013
Notes : Replacement NERC research vessel for the ship of the same name(ICES code 74E3). As of November 2012 delivery is scheduled for June 2013, with the first research cruise planned for 2014.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://noc.ac.uk/research-at-sea/ships/rrs-discovery-replacement
- Picture of IMO on hull

General Comments:
The current ship in on her last cruise and will be decommissioned in December.

Confirmed by NOAA on 2012-12-05.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2012-12-05 21:17:52+00
Editdate: 2022-07-05 02:24:31+00