RRS Discovery D27&D28
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D27&D28 |
| Cruise period | 1969-06-09 — 1969-07-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Tarbert, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Southampton, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. Sea trials and use of GLORIA.
2. Sea trials and use of air gun reflection profiling equipment. 3. Reflection profiles west of Iberia. 4. Short range side-scan asdic survey. 5. Collection of zooplankton for chemical analysis. |
| Chief scientist | A H B Stride (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Mediterranean Sea |
| Specific | Mediterranean |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 14 Description: At various stations on the cruise samples were collected. 3 types of net were used. |
| Gear research | Description: In the lee of the Balearic Isles equipment trials took place. No. of trials not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: To aid the interpretation of GLORIA side-scan survey took place. No. of scans not noted. |
