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 |
