RRS Shackleton S6/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | S6/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-08-07 — 1973-09-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Acoustic tests of deep sea and shallow tide gadges. And the measurement of currents and bottom temperatures in the area. |
| Chief scientist | James Crease (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
| Project | Overflow'73 |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.47 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 91 |
| Current meters | Quantity: 6 |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: 4 Description: tide gauges: 3 shallow;1 lost;1 deep;1 not recovered |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | |
| Gravity measurements | |
| Magnetic measurements |
