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Franklin underway in 2000
History
Australia
Name	Franklin
Builder	North Queensland Engineers & Agents Pty. Ltd, Cairns
Yard number	110
Launched	1985
Completed	March 1985
Identification	IMO number: 8301797 MMSI number: 231781000
Name	Franklin
Port of registry	Faroe Islands (2011-) Sweden (??-2011)
Identification	Call sign: OZ2102 (2011-) Call sign: SEIN (??-2011)
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,178 tons
Length	55.61 m (182 ft 5 in)
Beam	11.99 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)

RV Franklin is an oceanographic and hydrographic research vessel. She was operated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as a national facility between 1985 and 2002.

References

1. "The end of an era". National Facility Research Vessel. CSIRO. 2004.

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