RV Celtic Voyager CV16031
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Celtic Voyager (45CV) |
| Cruise identifier | CV16031 |
| Cruise period | 2016-09-04 — 2016-09-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Repeat surveys over wreck sites surveyed in September 2015 (CV15021). The overall scientific goal is to acquire further very high-resolution data over World War I (WWI) wrecks in the Irish Sea which will be used for research into archaeological, biological and physical processes, 3D visualisation and cultural heritage management. The acquisition of data will include: multibeam and pinger geophysical data; grab samples for ground-truthing and the biological/chemical analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Rory Quinn (University of Ulster School of Environmental Sciences) |
| NPRC |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Rathlin Island. The approaches to Belfast Lough. The Outer Ards Peninsula. |