Some years ago, I interviewed, Terry Cummins – then still involved with PADI – on his thoughts about diving, and, more particularly, the diving industry. Since then, he has added to his academic qualifications with a PhD. A person who… Read More ›
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Taking Solace From The Quantum
uAccording to one of my many dismal school reports, and, in part, thanks to a Physics teacher’s comments, I, “lacked an imagination”. That particular physics teacher could have truthfully also added that I always appeared to be bored by the… Read More ›
A Load of ‘Old Cobblers’.
It was almost dusk on one of those perfect days in late Summer. Krabmann, our host, eased his bulk out of the sturdy Planters chair and set about freshening our drinks, pausing occasionally to listen to the muffled sounds of… 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 ›
Midget sinks the Mighty: XE-3 and the ‘Takao’
Britain’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, was well deserved by people like Able Seaman Magennis, the diver aboard the midget submarine, XE-3, and it’s skipper, Lt. Ian Fraser, during the successful mission to sink the Japanese cruiser, ‘Takao’, at… Read More ›
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