RRS Challenger CH6/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Challenger (74CH) |
| Cruise identifier | CH6/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-07-01 — 1973-07-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The main objectives of the cruise were: a) to complete two 24-hour periods of continuous steaming at 10 knots and 8 knots in order to accurately gauge fuel consumption for future cruise planning; b) to take deep water bottom samples using the Anchor Box Dredge and Epibenthic Sledge samplers; and c) to test equipment for underway autoanalysis of the nutrient chemistry of sea water. |
| Chief scientist | John D Gage (Scottish Marine Biological Association) |
| Cruise report |  (0.94 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Rockall Trough |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Description: epibenthic sledge. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Description: Anchor box dredge. |
