by Ann | Jul 14, 2021 | Exhibit of the Month
Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket (ABLJ) Modern sports divers wear a Buoyancy Compensator Device (BCD) that holds the cylinder on the diver’s back and allows the diver to trim his/her buoyancy so as to be totally neutral (ie. they neither rise nor sink down). The...
by Ann | Apr 4, 2021 | Exhibit of the Month
SINGLE CYLINDER BOOSTER PUMP This lever-operated pump was designed to charge high pressure oxygen or air cylinders to a maximum pressure of 3,000 psig (205 atm, 211 kg/sq cm) from large cylinders with pressures down to 600 psig (41atm, 42 kg/ sq cm). It is portable –...
by Ann | Oct 9, 2020 | Exhibit of the Month
JIM Suit Invented in 1969 by Mike Humphrey and Mike Borrow of UMEL (Underwater Marine Equipment Ltd), the JIM suit is an atmospheric diving suit (ADS) which can be simply described as a ‘man-shaped submarine’. It has a metal body, a large perspex viewing...
by Ann | May 12, 2020 | Exhibit of the Month
Hall Rees diving helmet In the early 20th century the increased use of submarine warfare led to an increase in the number of accidents and losses. To boost the morale of the crews two Royal Navy Officers (Capt. Sidney Stewart Hall and Fleet-Surgeon Oswald Rees)...
by Ann | Mar 15, 2020 | Exhibit of the Month
SOS Automatic Decompression Computer One of the earliest dive computers was the SOS Automatic Decompression Computer; affectionately referred to as the “Bend-o-matic”. This computer was a fully mechanical analogue computer. It had a balloon that was connected via a...
by Ann | Jul 2, 2019 | Exhibit of the Month, News
Cox’s Bolt Gun.This formidable piece of salvage gear could shoot a bolt clean through sheet steel one inch thick using an explosive charge! The gun itself weighs 16 kg (36 pounds) and was usually lowered to the diver on a rope or chain.Before it was invented...
