RRS John Murray JM10/71 Leg3
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS John Murray (74MJ) |
| Cruise identifier | JM10/71 Leg3 |
| Cruise period | 1971-10-05 — 1971-10-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | To recover current meter moorings and a sea-bed mounted tide gauge deployed during legs 1 and 2 of JM10/71. This formed part of the BISOP 71 project to study the circulation of the Irish Sea.
All the moorings were recovered (see attached report), whilst the tide gauge was recovered by a French trawler on 12 December 1971. |
| Chief scientist | Leonard M Skinner (Institute of Coastal Oceanography and Tides) |
| Project | BISOP 71 |
| Cruise report |  (5.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 7 Description: Moorings |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of recoveries = 1 Description: Single instrument 28 days recording |
