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OAS platform Detail for Africana, meta_version: 3. Current meta_version is: 8
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platforms_id: 11678
Title:
Name: Africana
ICES Code:
Callsign: ZUAB
Countries:
Comments: FRS Africana is a South African flagged fisheries research ship (FRS) built in Durban, South Africa and commissioned in 1982. The Africana is operated by the Department of Environmental Affairs (formerly: Marine and Coastal Management; formerly: Sea Fisheries Research Institute). The Africana had a major refit in 2001. IMO number: 7905405.

Sources:
Cape Times, "Port Pourri" column by Brian Ingpen, 23 April 2008. URL: http://www.capeports.co.za/archive_2008.html.
http://www.saeonmarine.co.za/SADCOFunStuff/ResearchVessels.htm
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=601047000
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=248268
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2011-06-30 15:49:23+00
Editdate: 2011-06-30 18:02:08+00