FRV Clupea 0274C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0274C |
| Cruise period | 1974-02-26 — 1974-03-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a series of handling trials to prove the completed handling system using a reduced number of staff.
2. To carry out an extensive series of emergency recoveries with the vehicle floating or submerged. 3. To investigate the problems of using a hand held location system during emergency operations. 4. To evaluate the limiting sea state for handling. |
| Chief scientist | George Cameron (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Perparatory Towed Underwater Vehicle Mock-up Trials |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of recoveries = 9 Description: Emergency recoveries made with the TUV sunk on the bottom |
