P03434.029 Accession Number: P03434.029

Description

Royal Navy bomb disposal crew working from HMS Vernon at Milford Haven. An unidentified mine disposal officer wearing "The Vernon Dress" diving suit. Based on the earlier suits which required the diver to wear heavy rubberized clothing, lead boots and a bronze diving helmet and which required a continually replenished air source from above, this version had a self contained air supply. This enabled the diver to work in tangled wreckage without the fear of cutting his air line.