RV Edward Forbes 10/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-07-04 — 1978-07-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Five submarine gas pipelines pass through the sandwave field at the N end of the Haisborough Bank. Concern has been expressed for the vulnerability of these pipes to damage as a result of exposure brought about by sandwave movement. The objective of the cruise was to undertake the first of a series of surveys of the sandwave field (and the pipes) in relation to tide and wave condititons. The results of these surveys would be used to study the mobility of the sandwaves and its effect on pipe exposure. |
| Chief scientist | D Nicholas Langhorne (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 14 |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell;cont. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: 120 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of hauls = 80 |
