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British Diver

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameBritish Diver
Cruise period1980-03-25 — 1980-03-27
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePlymouth, United Kingdom
Port of returnPlymouth, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo 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.
Chief scientistJohn D Humphery (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton)
ProjectA P Salkield
Cruise reportBritish Diver  cruise report british_diver_mar80.pdf (0.07 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel