RV Clione CLI5/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI5/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-03-08 — 1973-03-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Seabed surveys using the ARL Scanner and Bath University Side-scan Sonar
as a back-up to the fishery and faunal surveys of the Southwold - Shipwash area already conducted by Messrs Holden and Rolfe. 2. Sidescan sonar survey: Hastings Shingle Banks. 3. Shear-velocity current measurements: Southwold - Shipwash Area. 4. Observations on the depth stability of seabed drifters equipped with acoustic tags. |
| Chief scientist | Robert R Dickson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: bottom |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: activity duration in days = 7 Description: sector scanner |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: activity duration in days = 3 Description: sonar scanner |
