RV Clione CLI6/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI6/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-04-10 — 1970-04-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. In collaboration with HMS ECHO to carry out trials with the ARL
Scanner in the Thames Estuary on behalf of the Ministry of Technology's Committee on Marine Technology. 2. To study the sea-bed in marine gravel extraction areas using the ARL Scanner. |
| Chief scientist | Arthur J Lee (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory), Ronald B Mitson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Description: DRCM |
| Contamination | |
| Suspended matter | Description: suspended load |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of hauls = 21 Description: ARL Scanner |
