A scientist preparing to lower a water sampling bottle on the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea.

A scientist preparing to lower a water sampling bottle on the forecastle on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery (1962) while at sea. This is Slide 16 of Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Deep Oceans", about his service as Third Officer on board the Discovery from 15 December 1971 to 16 April 1972. The ship was on a Marine Biological Cruise to the seas off Cape Bojador in Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara), off the southern tip of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, around the Cape Verde Islands and along the West African Shelf off Nouakchott in Mauretania. She sailed from Barry on 4 February and returned on 16 April 1972. The lecture consists of 78 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT15803
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Discovery (1962)
Date made: February to April 1972
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 28 mm x 28 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm