A little piece of British diving history...
Pte. Patrick "Pat" H***** training with under water cutting gear at the Marchwood Royal Navy diving school in June 1969, wearing a standard diving helmet, and maybe even his Hema automatic diving watch (though I can't spot it in the photo!):
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After completing his training, Pat went on to have a successful career in the Diving Wing of the Royal Engineers, and was issued with a diving watch as part of his equipment. The watch remained a loyal and faithful friend throughout his career, and dived with him around the world and on numerous dives to the wreck of the Mary Rose. The super-dome crystal on the watch still retains numerous "battle scars", including a run-in with an oxy-hydrogen cutting torch!
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Pat retired from the Royal Engineers in the late 1980's, and sold off his old diving equipment to members of a local dive centre. Sadly, he died of cancer a few years later, leaving his wife and teenage son and daughter. Thirteen years after Pat's death, his family decided to let the last remnants of his diving career go, and they were very happy for them to end up with an enthusiastic collector...
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I think I will be a very worthy custodian of this stunning milSub!!
Mike Wood
:supercool:
