Role of the weather ships page 3

Launching a deep sea trawl from Institute of Oceanography Southampton in 1971 from Reporter

© Derek Ogle
Dave Southon being launched in the Z boat

Dave Southon being launched in the Z boat

© Derek Ogle
John Bunting placing a nanson bottle on deep sea winch line 1971

John Bunting placing a nanson bottle on deep sea winch line 1971

© Derek Ogle
Recovering a Bathythermograph

Recovering a Bathythermograph

© Derek Ogle
Practising abandon ship and Air Sea Rescue drills from Weather Watcher

Practising abandon ship and Air Sea Rescue drills from Weather Watcher

© Harry Cocks
Recovering mail onto Weather Watcher

Recovering mail onto Weather Watcher

© Harry Cocks
A balloon onboard Monitor in 1968

A balloon onboard Monitor in 1968

© Dave Pickerell
Alex Coulson with a Deep Sounding Plankton Recorder

Alex Coulson with a Deep Sounding Plankton Recorder

© Chris Jackson
Hector MacDonald recovering a deep bathythermograph on Weather Surveyor in 1967

Hector MacDonald recovering a deep bathythermograph on Weather Surveyor in 1967

© Chris Jackson
2 unknown seamen preparing a deep temperature sounding

2 unknown seamen preparing a deep temperature sounding

© Chris Jackson
Les McDonald checking sea temperatures

Les McDonald checking sea temperatures

© Chris Jackson

SAR exercise from Surveyor

© Chris Jackson
Recovering a Dan Buoy

Recovering a Dan Buoy

© Chris Jackson
Balloon launch from Cumulus II

Balloon launch from Cumulus II

© Chris Kent
Balloon launch from Starella

Balloon launch from Starella

© Chris Kent
Frank Kirkham, Ken Southerland computing a Sonde ascent, Weather Monitor 1962

Frank Kirkham, Ken Sutherland computing a Sonde ascent, Weather Monitor 1962

© Bernard Burton

Billy Felgate and others in a Z boat

© Billy Felgate

Onboard Weather Monitor

© Billy Felgate

Reporters Z boat with Bobby Dyer and 2 others

© Craig Dyer

Boat launch from Reporter with Bobby Dyer

© Craig Dyer

Weather Recorder with radiation booms deployed, as our contribution to the International Geophysical year in 1957. We measured the incoming suns radiation and the radiation reflected from the sea. 

© Brian Bailey

Boat Launch Sequence   

© Stephen Cox