RRS Discovery D41 Leg 3
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D41 Leg 3 |
| Cruise period | 1971-09-11 — 1971-09-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | To enable four shelf-tide recorders and four Bergen current meters to be recovered after at least 29 days of recording.
1 anchor station 50 hours of current meter readings. 2 bathythermography dips Tide gauge sphere tests Radio transmitter test |
| Chief scientist | David E Cartwright (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.53 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of measurements = 2 Description: dips |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: anchor station, 50 hour current meter readings |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 4 Description: Bergen |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of recoveries = 4 Description: shelf-tide recorders |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: tide gauge sphere tests |
| Gear research | Description: radio transmitter tests |
