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Naval divers have been used for a long
period of time for various tasks and must have extensive training before
qualifying as a Royal Navy diver. We show some photographs taken in the
early 1900's of the steps taken to get a diver ready. |
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HMS Deepwater, Royal navy Diving Tender 1959 A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
Archive. Order Code PHX185
We have received the following message from 'Frank'
regarding this photo : The
photo shown of HMS Deepwater shown on your site was taken long before
1959.
I
trained as a Diver 3 in 1958 at HMS Vernon and the Deepwater was virtually
a hulk alongside at HMS vernon, looking nothing like the photo
Thanks
for pointing that out 'Frank'. The photo came within a christmas
card, which we believe was dated 1959, however this evidently applied to
the card and not the photograph, so any further suggestion of a date for
this photo would be appreciated..
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The Diver on Board Ship (1895)
The diver, with his equipment of helmet and dress and
air tubes, is an important institution on board the modern man-of-war,
where his services often prove of the highest utility and
importance. He is available in any emergency, whether it be to clear
a fouled screw, or to examine a ship's bottom under water after stranding
or collision, or in shallow waters to recover anything gone astray - from
an unshipped iron gangway ladder to a missing torpedo. He is a
specialist, and graduates in one of the "Submarine classes" that
are attached to each of the gunnery schools at Portsmouth, Devonport and
Sheerness.
Original
magazine photo page published 1895 - 1902. Price £25.
Or
reproduction of photograph ready mounted. Price £25. Click here to
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Photograph of a Lieutenants diving class c.1902. |
Photograph showing the warm clothes worn under the heavy diving
suit. |
Being helped into the diving suit. |
Fitting the metal corselet of the diving suit. |
The last thing to go on is the helmet. |
Fully clothed in the divers suit and ready to enter the water. |
On the ladder and preparing to descend. |
Finally getting into the water. |
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MESSAGES HMS ANNET...
I'm looking for a photograph of HMS
Annet which was in service during the 50's. I believe it was a
converted coal ship used for Navy Divers during that era. My father
served as a diver during this time (William George Leighton, (Bill
Leighton)). I also believe this was a German built vessel but might
be wrong. Can you help me?
Hi, Would love to know where the
photo was taken as I served aboard her in 1947. She came from the German
Navy under war reparations. Wonder if anyone knows her original
name. Well remember diving trials at Inverary, top of Loch Fyne.
Still have an identical copy to the one illustrated which I must have got
when I was aboard her. Ron C
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