alist expertisewillberequiredtoensurethebestchanceofrecoveringandpreservingtheevidence.In additiontheassistanceandco-operationoftheowners,insurersandthemanufacturersofthe VDRandthoseoftheprotectivecapsulemayberequired. 3.)CustodyofVDR/data: Inallcircumstances,duringthecourseofaninvestigation,theinvestigatorshouldhavecustodyoftheoriginalVDRdata,perhapsintheformofthewholeorpart(s)oftheVDRitself,inthesamewayasifhehascustodyofotherrecordsorevidenceundertheCodefortheInvestigationofMarineCasualtiesandIncidents. 4.)Read-outofVDR/data: Inallcircumstancestheresponsibilitytoarrangedownloadingandread-outofthedatafromtherecovered memoryinwhateverformshould,inthefirstinstance,beundertakenbytheinvestigatorwhoshouldkeeptheship ownerfullyinformed.Additionally,identwherethememorymayhavesustaineddamage,ess.