SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography

87-031
87-033
87-037
Aug. 23-Sep. 17
Sep. 18-Oct. 6
Oct. 9-Nov. 2
C.S.S. MAXWELL
� THE C.S.S. MAXWELL is a diesel-driven
ship designed and used for inshore hydrographic
surveying. The ship is owned by the
federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
and was operated by DFO’s Scotia-Fundy
until 1987, when it was transferred to DFO’s
Newfoundland Region to be used for the
same purposes.
� Principal statistics - built in 1962 . . . length
35.0m . . . breadth 7.6m . . . draft 2.4m . . .
278 tonnes displacement . . . 262 gross
registered tons . . . 12.2 knot full speed . . .
10 knot service speed . . . 10 day endurance
. . . 2,400 n. mile range at service speed
scientific complement of 7 . . . drafting and
plotting facilities . . . two survey launches.
� 180 days at sea and 2,020 n. miles steamed in
1986.
VOYAGE
YEAR
NUMBER
86-004
86-010
86-043
VOYAGE
DATES
Apr. 14-May 2
May 6-Oct. 30
Nov. 5-21
C. Ross, PCS
G. Vilks, AGC
R.A. Clarke,
PCS
OFFICER
IN
CHARGE
R.M. Eaton, CHS
J. Ferguson, CHS
R.M. Eaton, CHS
Hudson Strait,
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait,
Baffin Bay
Newfoundland
Basin
AREA
OF
OPERATION
Bedford Basin
Passamaquoddy Bay,
Cobscook Bay,
Maine, U.S.A.
Bedford Basin
Seismic survey, current meter
deployment and recovery, CTD
surveys
Sedimentary history on Baffin
Island shelf and quaternary
stratigraphy in other areas
Mooring recovery, CTD sections
and Batfish mapping along edge of
N. Atlantic Current
VOYAGE
OBJECTIVES
Electronic chart testing
Standard navigational charting
Electronic chart testing
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