by Ann | May 12, 2019 | News
A new addition to our collection this year is a Jim suit. Jim suits were made by Underwater Marine Engineering Ltd (UMEL) in the late 1960s and 1970s. They are articulated man-shaped submersibles called atmospheric diving suits (because the diver inside the suit was...
by Ann | Apr 8, 2019 | News
Augustus Siebe, the founder of the legendary diving helmet manufacturing company ‘Siebe Gorman’ has arrived at the Diving Museum in the form of a marble bust. The bust has never been on public display before and has been loaned to the Diving Museum from...
by Ann | Apr 8, 2019 | News
At the other end of Stokes Bay is the Royal Navy Submarine Museum where JIM has been a resident for many years. JIM is an atmospheric diving suit (ADS). You could describe it as a man-shaped submarine – in other words, the diver does not need to decompress when...
by Ann | Mar 24, 2019 | News
In the late 1960s the MoD decided to develop a swimmer delivery vehicle to supplant the earlier ‘Archimedes’ 2-man human torpedo. Basing their design on Rebikoff’s ‘Pegasus’ underwater scooter they developed a swimmer delivery vehicle, which was called ‘AML’ (named...
by Ann | Mar 11, 2019 | News
Six years of hard work – the vision of our Chairman John Bevan, the unwavering direction of our Vice Chairman Mike O’Meara, and the dedication of every single volunteer has paid off and we are now proud to say that we are ‘Fully Accredited’.So what...
by Ann | Feb 12, 2019 | News
In response to Bruges’ Triennial theme, ‘Liquid City’, StudioKCA created a 11.5m blue and white whale from 5 tons of plastic recovered from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The whale is called, ‘Skyscraper’ – whales are the natural...
