FRV Mara 8/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-07-07 — 1969-07-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To ascertain the response of the parachute drogues to the effect of swell on the surface pallet.
2. To investigate residual current flow at the eastern entrance to the Pentland Firth. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southern Moray Firth, North of Wick, Sinclair Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 Description: Parachute drogues released, 1 being supported by purse seine floats, the other by 50'' pallets |
