RRS Discovery D3_9
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D3_9 |
| Cruise period | 1964-09-07 — 1964-09-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aden, Yemen |
| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To complete its part of the UK contribution to the International Indian Ocean Expedition, Discovery occupied 291 water sampling stations in the Indian Ocean in 154 days at sea. |
| Chief scientist | John C Swallow (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Project | International Indian Ocean Expedition |
| Cruise report |  (0.63 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Bay of Biscay Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Gulf of Aden |
| Track charts | (0.68 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Bathythermograph | Description: hourly observations |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements | Description: continuous record |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: continuous record |
