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OAS platform Detail for Kimbla
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platforms_id: 631
Title: HMAS
Name: Kimbla
ICES Code: 09KI
Callsign: VLNK
Countries: AUSTRALIA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel KIMBLA from AUSTRALIA.

Name : KIMBLA
Flag : AUSTRALIA - AU (ISO Country Code)
Call Sign : VLNK
Title : HMAS
Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel
Pennant : GOR314
Commissioned Date : 1956-03-26
Decommissioned Date : 1985-02-15
Current Length : 54.56
Built : 1956
Notes : WOD 598. HMAS Kimbla was engaged as an oceanographic research vessel and conducted research for both naval and scientific purposes, including trials for the RAN Research Laboratory (RANRL), programmes for the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the NSW Department of Mines as well as a number of tasks for universities and museums.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-kimbla

General Comments:
Call sign VLNK confirmed for the KIMBLA in http://www.docstoc.com/docs/149960244/Follow-this-link-for-the-workbook-of-RAN---RAN-Communications
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2022-06-30 20:00:35+00