The
6 bolt helmet was the most popular with divers. On 12 and 8 bolt helmets, 4
brailles were needed. |
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This is a very early 6 bolt helmet
hand beaten not spun. The window grills are of the early flat design. |
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This helmet was used as a presentation gift by
the Construction company Reed and Mallik in 1960, presumably to one of their
employees. Reed and Mallik a Salisbury, in England Civil Engineering firm were very active around this time on water based projects and were contractors on several notable works. Below is a picture of the Gladesville Bridge in Sydney which when completed in 1964 was the longest single span concrete arch bridge ever constructed. |
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The Fisherton Bridge constructed in 1961 was
another notable project constructed by Reed and Mallik along with the Clywedog
Reservoir Seen below. |
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Helmet photos courtesy of Warren Hastings taken
at Amphibian Watersports of London. |
Used condition |
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6 bolt Admiralty pattern
helmet has a 4 1/2 inch diameter face glass which is 1/2 an inch thick. |
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The side view shows the
weight lug and the outlet or exhaust valve which is located to the rear
of the diver's right ear. Photos courtesy of
Jan Hasselbach |
A nice Jake! |
Siebe Gorman 6 bolt hinged front window
A rare find!
A Siebe Gorman helmet with hinged front window.... |
Here is
another 6 bolt hinged window helmet . The spitcock on the diver's right
hand side is an unusual design, operated by a wheel. |
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Here is
another 6 Bolt helmet with a hinged window. The spitcock is on the left
hand side of the diver. |
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Here we have 3 pictures of
Antonius at work with one of his helmets. |
Siebe Gorman 6 bolt Royal Dutch Navy
Especially for the Royal Dutch Navy the standard hat was fitted with a top light and an extra air inlet on the corselet for safety. The chest weight was replaced with a air-chest weight from the Draeger company. The weight nipples were replaced with hooks. The diver was able to let air in via the corselet. In case of an emergency he could even cut the hosepipe and go up on his own air-supply. |
A helmet similar to the Royal
Dutch Navy Helmet but with the conventional Siebe Gorman Weight nipples. The
Bail-out connection can be seen above the makers badge. A non-standard
protective grill has been fitted to the front port.
Photo courtesy of the Tom Chapman collection
Siebe Gorman 6 bolt Royal Dutch Engineers
Especially for the Dutch Engineers the standard hat was fitted with an extra air inlet on the corselet for safety. The chest weight was replaced with a air-chest weight from the Draeger company. The weight nipples were replaced with hooks. The diver was able to let air in via the corselet. In case of an emergency he could even cut the hosepipe and go up on his own air-supply.
Another
engineers helmet, Picture contributed by Raymond Dupont. |
A Royal Dutch Engineers
helmet with a difference.
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This helmet was bought in Bogata in South
America from |
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Here is
helmet 19443. It is one of the latest
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