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  • “Ve haf vays of making you tock.”

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    In 1960 a diving watch, engineered from a single block of steel and featuring a large, hemi-spherical, crystal lens, was attached to the external hull of the bathyscaphe ‘Trieste’. Crewed by Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh, of the U.S…. Read More ›

  • ‘Hear’ today; gone tomorrow.

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    With so much emphasis placed on sleek equipment design and technology, it’s hardly surprising that divers tend to give greater priority to things like face masks and fins than they do to their more important biological bits and pieces. Take… Read More ›

  • A Corkhead’s Chronicle

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    A Corkhead’s Chronicle: Experiences of a Royal Navy Clearance Diver 1955 – 76 By: David J Lott BEM A riveting page-turner, ‘A Corkhead’s Chronicle’ is an enthralling, warts-and-all account of one man’s life and experiences as a Royal Navy Clearance… Read More ›

  • Deep thoughts

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    If Archimedes had been taking a shower instead of a bath then it might have been centuries before somebody else came along and defined the principles of buoyancy. It was a random thought that popped into my head while I… Read More ›

  • Diving & The Media: A Survival Guide – 5

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    Continuing with extracts from the Crisis Management section of the Media Survival Guide: ________________ WHAT NOT TO SAY It is a natural reaction for any person involved in a diving incident to try to present themselves and their organisation in… Read More ›

  • Artificial Reefs

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    It has long been recognised that fish are attracted to old wrecks, debris and other man-made structures such as offshore gas and oil platforms. Offering static surfaces that drifting marine life can cling onto, they provide refuge and shelter for… Read More ›