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RRS Discovery D83
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
Cruise identifier | D83 |
Cruise period | 1977-05-26 — 1977-06-09 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | South Shields, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Trials |
Objectives | The primary objective was to carry out trials and to commission the new GLORIA II vehicle, its launch and recovery gantry and associated electrical/electronic power and signal processing equipment for use on Cruise 84.
Secondary objectives were to: a) carry out further tests on the shipborne side-scan sonar MkIII, to assess modifications made during the refit and the fitting of fins to the pod. B) check the two drum hydraulic capstan for hydrophone/air gun deployment, recently converted for two drum operation. |
Chief scientist | William E Elford (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory) |
Project | GLORIA II Proving Trials |
Cruise report | (4.02 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bay of Biscay |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Meteorology | |
Routine standard measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: track kilometres = 2592 Description: short range side-scan on MuFax paper(also telesounder);long range side-scan on magnetic tape |