The corrosion of uncoated metals in a marine environment restricts the choice of suitable engineering metals and alloys. Both anodic dissolution of metal and cathodic reduction of oxygen are important processes. Formation of a surface oxide film can affect both electrode reactions. Charge transfer and mass transfer data can provide information on corrosion rate and mechanism. The RCE geometry offers the benefits of a controlled, turbulent flow of electrolyte, facilitating controlled fluid flow and mass transfer in a compact cell geometry which is well-suited to bench-top operation. These features are illustrated using a variety of electrochemical techniques, including open-circuit potential vs. time monitoring, linear sweep voltammetry, rotation speed step- or potential step current transients and linear polarisation resistance measurements. Seawater, which was taken from Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, UK, was filtered, air-saturated, pH 8.0 and maintained at 25 oC. Dimensionless group correlations and graphical plots (using an analogous approach to the Koutecky-Levich equation for an RDE) enabled contributions of charge transfer-, mixed- and mass transfer- controlled data to be appreciated, allowing the Tafel slopes of electrode reactions, the diffusion coefficient of dissolved oxygen, the mass transfer coefficient for oxygen reduction and the mean corrosion rate to be estimated.