RRS Discovery D51 Leg 3
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Discovery (74E3) |
| Cruise identifier | D51 Leg 3 |
| Cruise period | 1972-12-09 — 1972-12-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gibraltar, Gibraltar |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Repeat the TSD and camera station in the Guld of Cadiz
2. Recover the tide gauge on Josephine Bank 3. Test new net monitors 4. Bathymetric and magnetic profiles on passage along chosen track to fill gaps 5. Recover 3 current meter moorings near 47.5° N and 8.5° W 6. Towing trials on near-surface T-S fish |
| Chief scientist | John C Swallow (National Institute of Oceanography) |
| Cruise report |  (1.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean Bristol Channel Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: geology and physical oceanography |
