Having spent a considerable portion of my life either organising, or helping to organise, dive-related events and activities, I was, until recently, rather proud to have had a hand in the development and growth of both the ADEX and the… Read More ›
closed circuit rebreathers
“Oggie! Oggie! Oggie! Oy! Oy! Oy!”
Several years ago, I was asked why my then dog was called, “Oggie”? An ‘Oggie’ is another term for a Cornish pastie; a lunch-time meal for the Cornish tin-miners of old whose wives would, apparently, inform the miners that lunch… Read More ›
“Hazardous And Arduous Service” – Part 2
X-Craft Developed by the Royal Navy, in 1942 during WWII, as a more potent undersea weapon than the ‘Chariots’, the X-craft were midget submarines manned by a crew of four – one of whom was the designated diver. Embodying… Read More ›
“Hazardous And Arduous Service” – Part 1
Inspired by the successful WWII attack by six Italian divers riding three manned torpedoes on the British battleships, HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth, then – in December, 1941 – at anchor in Alexandria Harbour, the British Prime Minister, Winston… Read More ›
Is It Dark In There? By Steve Lewis
Reviewing a book is made so much easier when the reviewer has, at the very least, a smidgeon of insider knowledge regarding the topic. Regrettably, pride often stands in the way when it comes to confessing one’s ignorance. Which is… Read More ›
USS Lagarto – On Eternal Patrol
In 2005, Thai diving veteran, the late, Jamie Macleod (owner and Instructor Trainer of a leading technical diving facility on the island of Koh Tao, in the Gulf of Thailand) together with Stewart Oehl, located one of the US Navy’s… Read More ›
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