gov.noaa.nodc:8700346 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-03-26T15:40:01Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Bathythermograph (MBT), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AGINCOURT, ARMADA, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1943-08-11 to 1990-04-13 (NCEI Accession 8700346) 2003-10-24 publication 2023-02-13 revision 1987 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8700346 NCEI Archive Management System 8700346 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Unknown - United Kingdom resourceProvider US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information contributor United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) contributor Unknown - United Kingdom contributor Unknown - United Kingdom author tableDigital The accession contains Bathythermograph XBT and MBT data in C116 and C128 format. The data spans a period from August 1943 to April 1990. The data is a compilation of unprocessed XBT data submitted by UK in accession numbers 7601931, 7800266 and 8700346. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 8700346 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:8700346 Preview graphic PNG 8700346 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1950-10-10 publication water depth WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS AGINCOURT ARMADA BATTLEAXE CHAPLET CHEVIOT CIROLANA CLYDE- OWS K CLYDE-OWS A CLYDE-OWS I CLYDE-OWS J CLYDE-OWS LIMA CORUNNA DACIA DAINTY DAMPIER DARING DECOY DEFENDER DELIGHT DIAMOND DIANA DISCOVERY ERNEST HOLT HERALD HMS Cook HMS Dalrymple HMS Duchess HMS Grenville HMS Hecate HMS Hecla HMS Hydra HMS Loch Alvie HMS Loch Insh HMS Loch Lomond HMS Saintes HMS Termagant HMS Tintagel Castle HMS Undine HMS Vigo MARINER MEEK MERMAID ONAWAY OWEN OWS A OWS D OWS I OWS J OWS K OWS L PLATESSA R/V CORELLA ROEBUCK RRS CHALLENGER RRS Discovery II RRS Frederick Russell RRS William Scoresby RV Clione SCORPION Scotia SHACKLETON SIR LANCELOT ST KITTS TYRIAN UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM VIDAL VIRAGO WAKEFUL WEATHER EXPLORER WEATHER RECORDER WEATHER REPORTER WEATHER WATCHER WHIRLWIND platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Unknown - United Kingdom US National Oceanographic Data Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Unknown - United Kingdom dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Arctic Ocean Balearic (Iberian) Sea Bali Sea Baltic Sea Banda Sea Barents Sea Bass Strait Bay of Bengal Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Bismarck Sea Black Sea Bristol Channel Caribbean Sea Ceram Sea or Seram Sea Coral Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) English Channel (La Manche) Flores Sea Great Australian Bight Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea) Gulf of Finland Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Oman Gulf of St. Lawrence Gulf of Suez Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Ionian Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Japan Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt Labrador Sea Laccadive Sea Ligurian Sea Malacca Straits Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin Molucca Sea Mozambique Channel New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz Philippine Sea Red Sea Rio de la Plata Sawu Sea Sea of Marmara Singapore Strait Skagerrak Solomon Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Sulu Sea Tasman Sea Timor Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian AGINCOURT (ICES code: 74AG, 1947-1972) ARMADA (ICES code: 74AM, 1945-1960) BATTLEAXE (ICES code: 74BT, 1980-1997) CHALLENGER (call sign: GPIU, ICES code: 74CH, 1975-2000) CHAPLET (ICES code: 74C2) CHEVIOT (ICES code: 74C3) CIROLANA (call sign: GNAM, ICES code: 74CZ, 1970-2003) CLIONE (ICES code: 74CN, 1967-1988) COOK (ICES code: 74C6, 1950-1964) CORELLA (call sign: GWMA, ICES code: 74CX, 1967-1982) CORUNNA (call sign: VMCO, ICES code: 74C7, 1947-1972) DACIA (call sign: YQCR, ICES code: 74DC) DAINTY (ICES code: 74DY, 1953-1969) DALRYMPLE (ICES code: 74DL, -1966) DAMPIER (ICES code: 74DA) DARING (ICES code: 74DR, 1952-1968) DECOY (ICES code: 74D1, 1953-1969) DEFENDER (ICES code: 74DF, 1952-1969) DELIGHT (ICES code: 74DD, 1953-1971) DIAMOND (ICES code: 74DM, 1952-1970) DIANA (ICES code: 74DN, 1954-1969) DISCOVERY (ICES code: 74DI) DISCOVERY II (ICES code: 74DS, 1929-1963) DUCHESS (ICES code: 74DH, 1952-1964) ERNEST HOLT (ICES code: 74EH, 1949-1971) FREDERICK RUSSELL (ICES code: 74GG) GRENVILLE (ICES code: 74GE, 1943-1974) HECATE (ICES code: 74HC, 1965-1990) HECLA (ICES code: 74HA, 1964-1997) HERALD (ICES code: 74HD) HYDRA (call sign: GRGE, ICES code: 74HY, 1966-1986) LOCH ALVIE (ICES code: 74LC, 1945-1965) LOCH INSH (ICES code: 74L1, 1945-1962) LOCH LOMOND (call sign: GULZ, ICES code: 74LM, 1944-1964) MARINER (ICES code: 74MI, 1954-1955) MEEK (ICES code: 74MK) MERMAID (ICES code: 74MM) ONAWAY (ICES code: 74ON) OWEN (ICES code: 74OW, 1949-1965) PLATESSA (ICES code: 74PL) ROEBUCK (call sign: GCYB, ICES code: 74RB, 1986-) SAINTES (ICES code: 74S1, 1946-1962) SCORPION (call sign: GUHZ, ICES code: 74SP, 1947-1971) SHACKLETON (ICES code: 74SF) SIR LANCELOT (ICES code: 74SL, 1964-1989) ST KITTS (ICES code: 74S2, 1946-1957) TERMAGANT (ICES code: 74TM, 1943-1965) TINTAGEL CASTLE (ICES code: 74TI, 1944-1956) TYRIAN (ICES code: 74TY) UNDINE (ICES code: 74UD, 1943-1965) VIDAL (ICES code: 74VI, 1954-1971) VIGO (ICES code: 74VO, 1946-1959) VIRAGO (ICES code: 74VR) WAKEFUL (ICES code: 74WK) WEATHER EXPLORER (ICES code: 74WE, 1947-1958) WEATHER RECORDER (ICES code: 74WC, 1947-1961) WEATHER REPORTER (ICES code: 74WR, 1958-1977) WEATHER WATCHER (ICES code: 74WW, 1947-1961) WHIRLWIND (ICES code: 74WI, 1944-1966) William Scoresby (ICES code: 74WS, 1950-1954) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Unknown - United Kingdom (2003). Bathythermograph (MBT), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AGINCOURT, ARMADA, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1943-08-11 to 1990-04-13 (NCEI Accession 8700346). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8700346. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. 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Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890. 2023-01-19 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0189890 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 documentation information US National Oceanographic Data Center https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher documentDigital crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -125.67 -126.8 -68.4 85.45 1943-08-11 1990-04-13 RRS Discovery cruise 49, 31st August-2nd October 1972 : air-sea interaction observations : JASIN 1972. Wormley, Surrey, [England] : National Institute of Oceanography, 1973. Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). 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All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2023-02-13T01:23:49Z NCEI Accession 8700346 v1.2 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8700346/1.2 HTTPS NCEI Accession 8700346 v1.2 published 2023-02-13T01:23:49Z download repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - MBT Mechanical BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph AGINCOURT AGINCOURT ARMADA ARMADA BATTLEAXE BATTLEAXE CHAPLET CHAPLET CHEVIOT CHEVIOT CIROLANA CIROLANA CLYDE- OWS K CLYDE- OWS K CLYDE-OWS A CLYDE-OWS A CLYDE-OWS I CLYDE-OWS I CLYDE-OWS J CLYDE-OWS J CLYDE-OWS LIMA CLYDE-OWS LIMA CORUNNA CORUNNA DACIA DACIA DAINTY DAINTY DAMPIER DAMPIER DARING DARING DECOY DECOY DEFENDER DEFENDER DELIGHT DELIGHT DIAMOND DIAMOND DIANA DIANA DISCOVERY DISCOVERY ERNEST HOLT ERNEST HOLT HERALD HERALD HMS Cook Updated information added below from ICES for the vessel COOK from UNITED KINGDOM Code : 74C6 Name : COOK Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : Naval vessel Pennant : A307 Commissioned Date : 1950 Decommissioned Date : 1964 Built : 1945 Notes : Constructed as Loch class frigate at the end of the war but never entered service. Converted to a survey ship between 1948 and 1950. Paid off at Devonport in 1964 and broken up in Zeebrugge in 1968. Information Source : http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-17Survey-Cook.htm HMS Dalrymple Updated information added below from ICES for the vessel DALRYMPLE from UNITED KINGDOM Code : 74DL Name : DALRYMPLE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : Naval vessel Decommissioned Date : 1966-03 Built : 1949 Notes : Constructed as bay-class frigate of the Royal Navy, completed as survey vessel HMS Dalrymple. Transferred to Portugal in 1966 and renamed NRP AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE in March 1966. Notes: Previous Name : Loch Glass Information Source : http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-17Survey-Dalrymple.htm (URL) HMS Duchess Updated information from ICES for the vessel DUCHESS from UNITED KINGDOM. NOTE: Use 74DH for UK vessel DUCHESS for data from 1952-1964. Use 09DU for AU vessel DUCHESS for data from 1964-1977. Code : 74DH Name : DUCHESS Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : D154 Commissioned Date : 1952-10-23 Decommissioned Date : 1964 Current Length : 120 Built : 1952 Notes : Royal Navy Daring-class destroyer. Transferred to Royal Australian Navy and renamed HMAS Duchess after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Duchess_(D154) Same Vessels Info: 09DU - DUCHESS General Comments: Launch date 09 April 1951. Confirmed in Miramar HMS Grenville Updated information from ICES for the vessel GRENVILLE from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : GRENVILLE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : R97 Commissioned Date : 1943-05-27 Decommissioned Date : 1974 Current Length : 111 Built : 1943 Notes : WOD 5807 with data at NOAA from 1954-1957. Royal Navy U-class destroyer. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grenville_(R97) HMS Hecate Updated information from ICES for the vessel HECATE from UNITED KINGDOM Code : 74HC Name : HECATE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : Naval vessel Pennant : A137 Commissioned Date : 1965 Decommissioned Date : 1990 Current Length : 79 Built : 1965 Notes : Royal Navy Hecla class survey ship withdrawn in 1990 and broken up in India in 1994. Information Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hecate_%28A137%29 (URL) HMS Hecla Updated information added below from ICES for the vessel HECLA from UNITED KINGDOM Code : 74HA Name : HECLA Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : Naval vessel Pennant : A133 Commissioned Date : 1964 Decommissioned Date : 1997 Current Length : 79 Built : 1964 Notes : Royal Navy survey ship. Used as a hospital ship during the Falklands War. Information Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hecla_%28A133%29 (URL) HMS Hydra Updated information from ICES for the vessel HYDRA from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : HYDRA Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : GRGE Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : A144 Commissioned Date : 1966 Decommissioned Date : 1986 Built : 1966 Notes : WOD 5830. Survey vessel of the Royal Navy, sold to the Indonesian Navy in 1986 and renamed Dewa Kembar. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hydra_(A144) General Comments: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/codetbls/shipcode/name_H-K.html gives call sign GRGE for 74HY Hydra WOD 5830 has data from 1966-1989. Hydra was decommissioned in 1986. http://www.helis.com/database/unit/642/ gives call sign GRGE HMS Loch Alvie Updated information from ICES for the vessel LOCH ALVIE from UNITED KINGDOM. Code : 74LC Name : LOCH ALVIE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K428 Commissioned Date : 1945 Decommissioned Date : 1965 Current Length : 94 Built : 1944 Notes : Royal Navy Loch-class anti-submarine frigate. Loaned to Canadian Navy from 1944 to 1945. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Loch_Alvie_(K428) HMS Loch Insh Updated information from ICES for the vessel LOCH INSH from UNITED KINGDOM Name : LOCH INSH Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K433 Commissioned Date : 1945-11 Decommissioned Date : 1962-06-22 Current Length : 94 Built : 1944 Notes : WOD 5861 submitted by HYDRO Department (BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE). Royal Navy Loch-class anti-submarine frigate. Sold to Malaysian Navy and renamed KD Hang Tuah after decommissioning. Laid up from 1946-04 HMS Loch Lomond Updated information from ICES for the vessel LOCH LOMOND from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : LOCH LOMOND Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K437 Commissioned Date : 1944-11 Decommissioned Date : 1964-12-19 Current Length : 94 Built : 1944 Notes : WOD 5855 with data at NOAA from 1951-1963. Royal Navy Loch-class anti-submarine frigate. Scrapped after decommissioning. Laid up from 1946-04 to 1950-09-22. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Loch_Lomond_(K437) - http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/242.html General Comments: Loch Lomond confirmed in Miramar. HMS Saintes Updated information from ICES for the vessel SAINTES from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : SAINTES Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : D84 Commissioned Date : 1946-09-27 Decommissioned Date : 1962 Current Length : 116 Built : 1946 Notes : WOD 5942. Royal Navy Battle-class destroyer. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Saintes_(D84) General Comments: Saintes confirmed in Miramar Saintes with WOD 5942 has data at NOAA from 1950-1956 HMS Termagant Updated information from ICES for UK platform TERMAGANT: Title: HMS HMS Tintagel Castle Updated information from ICES for the vessel TINTAGEL CASTLE from UNITED KINGDOM. Code : 74TI Name : TINTAGEL CASTLE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K399 Commissioned Date : 1944-04-07 Decommissioned Date : 1956 Current Length : 76.8 Built : 1944 Notes : Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/66.html - http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/Unit-Info/2330 HMS Undine Updated information from ICES for the vessel UNDINE from UNITED KINGDOM. NOTE: Call sign removed from platform attributes (see comments) to align with ICES. Name : UNDINE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : R42/D141/F141 Commissioned Date : 1943-12-23 Decommissioned Date : 1965 Current Length : 111 Built : 1943 Notes : Royal Navy U-class destroyer. Converted to a Type 15 Frigate 1952-54 with the pennant number F141. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://www.britainsnavy.co.uk/Ships/HMS%20Undine/HMS%20Undine%20(1943)%20DD%207.htm General Comments: According to itu.int, call sign 3EHG9 belongs KS TRUST from Panama. No confirmation for that the call sign was used by HMS UNDINE was found. HMS Vigo Updated information from ICES for the vessel VIGO from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : VIGO Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : D231 Commissioned Date : 1946-12-09 Decommissioned Date : 1959-10-01 Current Length : 116 Built : 1946 Notes : Royal Navy Battle-class destroyer. Pennant originally R31. Scrapped after decommissioning. MARINER this platform identifier, 74MI Mariner, is reserved for older data entries from 1950s MEEK MEEK MERMAID MERMAID ONAWAY ONAWAY OWEN OWEN OWS A OWS A OWS D OWS D OWS I OWS I OWS J OWS J OWS K OWS K OWS L OWS L PLATESSA PLATESSA R/V CORELLA R/V; commissioned April 1, 1967; decommissioned December 31,1982; IMO 6607393; Center for Environment,Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) research vessel; Renamed Dawn Sky in 1983; ROEBUCK ROEBUCK RRS CHALLENGER The RRS Challenger (IMO 7117761) was a 1973-built British oceanographic research vessel operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for marine studies, often in the Atlantic and North Sea, until her sale in 2000 and subsequent scrapping in 2004. She is not to be confused with the historic 1872 HMS Challenger expedition. Key Details of RRS Challenger (1973): Built: Launched in 1973 by James Lamont & Co., Port Glasgow. Operation: Used for oceanographic research, including seabed studies, current meter mooring, and biological surveys, particularly around the UK continental shelf and the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. Specs: 1,050 gross tonnage. Final Years: Sold in 2000 and renamed SV Explorer, later scrapped in Grenå in 2004. Cruise Activity: She conducted numerous cruises, such as CH14B/78 and CH8/86, conducting essential marine biology and physics data collection. RRS Discovery II Updated information from ICES for the vessel DISCOVERY II from UNITED KINGDOM Code : 74DS Name : DISCOVERY II Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : RRS Platform Class : Research vessel Commissioned Date : 1929 Decommissioned Date : 1963 Current Length : 71 Built : 1929 Notes : Research vessel used for Antarctic commissions between 1929 and 1935 and 1951. Primary UK National Institute of Oceanography research vessel in the 1950s until replaced by RRS Discovery in 1963. Information Source : http://sgwiki.gs/mediawiki/index.php/RRS_Discovery_II (URL) RRS Frederick Russell Updated information from ICES added on 2012-03-05. Code : 74GG Name : FREDERICK RUSSELL Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : RRS Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 7347938 Built : 1974 Notes : Renamed Lough Foyle *Additional Information Sources:* None found . *Same Vessels Info:* *74LG* - LOUGH FOYLE *General Comments:* There was only one RRS Frederick Russell. She was a NERC research vessel, which meant that cruises could be run on her by any NERC laboratory or UK university department. So the labels on the ROSCOPs indicate who organised the cruise, not who operated the ship. She was always operated by NERC Research Vessel Services based in Barry. She was then transferred to the organisation then known as Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland (DANI) and renamed Lough Foyle, so they are the both the same ship. RRS William Scoresby Updated information from ICES for UK platform Willim Scoresby, including removing the title from the name: Code : 74WS Name : William Scoresby Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : RRS Platform Class : Research vessel Commissioned Date : 1950 Decommissioned Date : 1954 Built : 1926-06 Notes : National Institute of Oceanography research vessel from 1950 until she was scrapped in 1954. Additional Information Sources: - http://www.hull.ac.uk/mhsc/FarHorizons/Documents/TheWilliamScoresby.pdf - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRS_William_Scoresby RV Clione Updated information from ICES for the vessel CLIONE from UNITED KINGDOM(GB). Name : CLIONE Country(s) : UNITED KINGDOM(GB) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31 Research vessel Title : RV Commissioned Date : 1967 Decommissioned Date : 1988 Notes : Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) research vessel. Commissioned and decommissioned dates based on cruise reports lodged with BODC from CEFAS archives. SCORPION SCORPION Scotia Multiple hulls; 1971 - 1998; Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department/Fisheries Research Services; Scotia NODC code 746S for 1902 - 1905; NODC code 747S for 1948 - 1971; NODC code 748S for 1998 - 2006 SHACKLETON SHACKLETON SIR LANCELOT SIR LANCELOT ST KITTS ST KITTS TYRIAN TYRIAN UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM VIDAL VIDAL VIRAGO VIRAGO WAKEFUL WAKEFUL WEATHER EXPLORER 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. WEATHER RECORDER WEATHER RECORDER WEATHER REPORTER WEATHER REPORTER WEATHER WATCHER WEATHER WATCHER WHIRLWIND WHIRLWIND