RV Ernest Holt 1B/67
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Ernest Holt (74EH) |
| Cruise identifier | 1B/67 |
| Cruise period | 1967-01-27 — 1967-02-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out tests of the acoustic arch headline system.
2. Test the F.M.T.D. system with X-Y plotter. 3. Use the high-powered 100 Kc/s echo sounder. |
| Chief scientist | Ronald B Mitson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Celtic Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: test acoustic arch headline system |
| Gear research | Description: test F.M.T.D system |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: fish livers collected |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: high powered H/F echo-sounder for fish traces |
