Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Charterer (74CW) |
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| Cruise period | 1975-07-22 — 1975-08-14 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | In the cruise which was part of the Hebridean Margin Seismic Project (see also ICESREF 75^74^155), the Charterer had two roles to fulfil:
1. To provide a hydrophone receiving station at the seaward ends of the shot lines.
2. To carry explosives for the project, to be transferred to the shooting ship RRS Challenger on two occasions. |
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| Chief scientist | Graham K Westbrook (University of Keele Department of Geology) |
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| Cruise report | (0.28 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Single channel seismic reflection | Quantity: 60 |
| Seismic refraction | Quantity: 11 Description: shots |
| Magnetic measurements | Quantity: 220 |