Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | British Diver |
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Cruise period | 1980-03-25 — 1980-03-27 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To replace the Waverider buoy on an existing mooring to the south of the Eddystone lighthouse. To recover the old Waverider. To deploy another Waverider in the free-floating mode operating on 29.725 MHz to compare received signal strengths at HMS Cambridge. To perform in-date training dives in preparation for the Blackpool Sands experiment after Easter. To give B M Norman his first salt-water dive. |
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Chief scientist | John D Humphery (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
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Project | A P Salkield |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |