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OAS platform Detail for Benalla
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platforms_id: 12255
Title: HMAS
Name: Benalla
ICES Code: 09BN
Callsign: VLRW
Countries: AUSTRALIA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel BENALLA from AUSTRALIA.

Name : BENALLA
Flag : AUSTRALIA - AU (ISO Country Code)
Call Sign : VLRW
Title : HMAS
Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel
IMO : 8717324
Pennant : A 04
Commissioned Date : 1990-03-20
Current Length : 36.6
Built : 1990
Notes : Surveying Ship, Coastal (AGSC). 360 tonne Survey Motor Launch (SML) operates in the shallow waters of northern Australia.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-benalla-ii NB! Name is not Benalla II
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Benalla_%28A_04%29

General Comments:
https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Australianwarship-I1761517.html gives MMSI as 503154000 and callsign VLRW for Warship Benalla

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/503154000/vessel:BENALLA has warship Benalla

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/-8717324/vessel:BENALLA has research vessel Benalla

The name of the vessel is BENALLA (not II). Many RAN vessels have recycled names but there is no reference to I, II, etc.

Confirmed by NOAA on 2015-07-15.
Submitted to ICES 2014-10-07.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2014-06-20 20:23:18+00
Editdate: 2019-02-11 16:22:36+00