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RRS Discovery D50
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D50 |
Cruise period | 1972-10-11 — 1972-10-26 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Southampton, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Trials |
Objectives | Testing of the telesounder, a new type of side-scan sonar. |
Chief scientist | A H B Stride (National Institute of Oceanography) |
Cruise report | (0.31 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Skagerrak Bristol Channel |
Track charts | (0.01 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
Biology and fisheries | |
Gear research | |
Meteorology | |
Occasional standard measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Description: acoustic properties |
Multi-beam echosounding | Description: 16 days record |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: 16 days record |