Nella Dan 1987-88 Voyage 4 Underway Data

This dataset contains bathymetry (water depth), ship's heading, ship's speed and position data collected during the Nella Dan Voyage 4 1987-88. This was the Nella Dan's final voyage, as the ship ran aground at Macquarie Island and was subsequently scuttled. Some marine science was carried out en route to Macquarie Island from Hobart. Data are available online from the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (see Related URL below). For further information, see the Marine Science Support Voyage Report at the Related URL below. The voyage report in the download file provides extensive details on the grounding, salvage, and scuttling of the ship.Nella Dan grounded on December 3, at approximately 18:35 local time. The ship was eventually scuttled on December 24 in deep water off Macquarie Island at 17:42 local time, at 54 degrees, 37.4 minutes S and 159 degrees, 13.3 minutes E.