by Ann | May 29, 2019 | Exhibit of the Month, News
Edinburgh’s Gold.In 1942 HMS Edinburgh was returning to the UK from Russia laden with gold bullion – payment to the Allies for supplies during World War 2. The convoy in which she was travelling was attacked. HMS Edinburgh was damaged and eventually scuttled....
by Ann | Jan 31, 2019 | Exhibit of the Month, News
Covert operations in the 1950s and 60s.How did UK military divers swim undetected some distance to a location to investigate a target underwater? Well, they used an oxygen rebreather (so as to leave no tell-tale bubbles) and navigated using a swim board. A swim board...
by Ann | Aug 8, 2018 | Exhibit of the Month, News
Almost everything in James Bond films can be made work or already exists in a similar form but NOT the infamous tiny twinset used by Sean Connery in ‘Thunderball’. The 7.5 gram sparklet cylinders have an internal volume of 10 ml filled to 5.7 bar with...
by Ann | Jun 13, 2018 | Exhibit of the Month, News
Would you be brave enough to don this suit and ride an underwater “chariot” towards the enemy? Only when you got close to the target would you close the faceplate and then dive your chariot to clamp your explosive warhead to the enemy ship. To get into the suit was by...
by Monica | Mar 15, 2018 | Exhibit of the Month, News
Russian IDA-64 rebreather mask from the 1960s. How do you stop your mask from misting up underwater? Different diving organisations and instructors have various remedies such as wiping saliva round the inside of the mask and then rinsing it in sea water or using a...
