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OAS platform Detail for WEATHER EXPLORER
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platforms_id: 6094
Title:
Name: WEATHER EXPLORER
ICES Code: 74WE
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED KINGDOM
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel WEATHER EXPLORER from UNITED KINGDOM.

Code : 74WE
Name : WEATHER EXPLORER
Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 34 Vessel at fixed position - Includes light vessels and weather ships
Commissioned Date : 1947
Decommissioned Date : 1958
Built : 1941
Previous Name (Notes): HMS Thyme
Notes : Flower-class corvette converted to a weather ship in 1946-47. Became a Greek merchant ship named Epos in 1958.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.weatherships.co.uk/te.htm
- http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5561.html

General Comments:
Miramar has conversion to Weathership in 1952 but other sources say 1947.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2016-07-01 18:01:02+00