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Historical Diving Times No.43 Spring 2008

• Bob Campbell with Heinke's Venturi Jets
• From River Jamuna to Danzig and San Carlos Water - 2007 Conference Report
• From Regulator to the Relief Valve - Philippe Damon on the "Petit" regulator
• A History of Heinke Diverphones 1948-1963,
  Graeme Shortis
• Jan de Groot tells the Sorima story
• How our Diving Club was formed, Geoffrey Smethurst
• Obituarys:
  • Lieutenant Commander Harry Wardle
    Royal Navy 1918-2007
  • Olga Alexeevna Mandryka 1947-2007
  • Hugh "Dan" Wilson 1929-2007

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Historical Diving Times No.42 Summer 2007

• The Demone Regulators
• John Deane & the Russian link
• The Mystery of the Polluce
• Peter Hansenhessing
• Introduction to the Diving History of Poland
• Q&A - A day in the life of the HDS

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Historical Diving Times No.41 Spring 2007

• Know your regulator - Siebe Gorman or Esjee
• English Influences on Russian Diving Practice
• Making an Old Diver Happy
• From Gibraltar to Italy to France
• HDS 2006 Conference

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Historical Diving Times No.40 Winter 2006

• HMS Reclaim - a world record-breaker
• George Wookey's Deep Dive - The Bergen Commemoration
• Heinke's "Twin Horn" Regulators
• The Life and Times of Roland Morris
• Herman Wolter
• An adaptation of the Fernez Gear
• Obituaries:
  Henry Valance "Val" Hempleman MA PhD
  25th March 1922 - 14th July 2006

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Historical Diving Times No.39 Summer 2006

• Italian Charioteers at Malta in 1941
• Discovered in Denmark - an old photograph of an open diving helmet
• Siebe Gorman's "Tadpole" set
• The Lucky One
• Diving with Hass
• Letters
• Obituaries:
  Michael (Mick) Windsor Peters
  Charles Grech 1946 - 2006
  Ruari McLean DSC CBE 1923 - 2006
  Ben (Dinger) Bell

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Historical Diving Times No.38 Winter 2006

• Ted Eldred's Porpoise Oxygen Rebreathing Units
• Motorcycle Diver
• Short History of Newfeldt and Kuhnke
• Historic Cousteau Film Found
• 2005 Conference
• Letters
• Obituaries:
  MOVM Prof Luigi Ferraro 1914 - 2006
  Dr Jörg Böhler 1917 - 2005

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Historical Diving Times No.37 Autumn 2005

• The Carmagnolle Brothers Armoured Dress
• An Unknown British Pioneer of the Underwater Electronic Flash - Jork Andrews
• A Brief History of the Mexican Pearl Fishing Industry
• Le Cheval Marin [The Marine Horse]
• Calor Gas Valve Conversions
• The Life and Times of Willing [Bill] Taylor, South Australian Harbours Board Diver [Port Adelaide]
• Open Helmets, A Simple Method of Getting Under Water?
• First Catch Your Fish
• Obituaries: John Neuschwander 1952 - 2005

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Historical Diving Times No.36 Summer 2005

• Colossus - Diving History under the Sea
• Ted Eldred - Inventor of the "Porpoise" single hose scuba system
• Normandy - Italian Helmet Divers and the D-day landings
• Jeremiah Murphy - West Indies Salvage Diver from 1852-1895
• Clean seas- A part of our history and future
• Siebe Gorman & Co employees' annual supper
• In search of Sir Robert Davis
• Down to the Dodecanese
• From Virgin Champagne to Whisky Galore
• The Birmingham Dive Show
• WEG South at the London Aquarium
• An Honour for a HDS member
• A 'Brassy Welcome' - The London Dive Show at EXCEL
• Profile - Gary Wallace-Potter
• HDS USA helps in the launch of USS Momsen
• Memorial to the Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board, Melbourne, Australia
• The Dresden Bell

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Historical Diving Times No.35 Winter 2005

• Why was Diving Pursued in 19th Century Guernsey
• An Odyssey in New Zealand
• Australia 1953
• Joe Tomalin in New Zealand
• Christian Caspar Heppenstedt
• Two Pioneers of Close up/time lapse Cinémicrography in Underwater Photography
• The Dark and Murky Sides of Underwater Photography
• The Escapades of Dali, the Deep Sea Diver,, or Dali a Surrealist in a Diving Suit
• A Short History in the Advances in Underwater Photography since the 1940s
• Dart Plastic Camera Housing Advertisement
• Filming the First Commercial Lock-out Diving Bell
• The Calypsophot
• The Librarian who Likes Ice Diving
• The Underwater Channel Swims, 1960 and 1962
• First Catch Your Fish

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Historical Diving Times No.34 Summer 2004

• Salvage of a Junkers by Sq Ldr George J Beldecos and Sq Ldr Dimitris Nanousis
• Actors in History by Veronica Iñurrieta
• The Suit Behind the Door by Daniel David
• Out for a Duck by Peter Currie
• Hidden Secrets at the Mill by Phil Thurtle
• Leonardo's Amazing Diving Suit by Jacquie Cozens
• The Life and Times of Captain Falcon Barker by Reg Vallintine
• Obituaries: Cdr Bo Cassel, Major Hulme Wallace, Lt Cdr Ronald Robinson, Murray Black

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Historical Diving Times No. 33 Winter 2004

• Historic Diving Around the World - Still a way of life by Zanko Sajic and Phil Thurtle
• Cabirol by Philippe Damon
• Vice Admiral Swede Monsen - US Navy Diving and Submarine Pioneer [staff feature]
• Decompression Stop
• Recollections of an Australian Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board Diver by Des Williams
• Photographs of a Working Diver, circa 1939 by Ronald Peterson
• Obituaries: Paul Tzimoulis, Leni Riefenstahl

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Historical Diving Times No. 32 Summer 2003

• Thank you Nick Baker, Flexible Dive Plan from a very new editor
• Trapped under water by Reg Vallintine
• Halley's Bell Makes Another Descent by John Bevan
• A Drebellian Success by Staff Reporter
• Decompression Stop
• Rouquayrol and Denayrouze - The German Connection by Michael Jung
• Mark Jasinski Reminisces
• Obituaries: Doug Fane, Luis Marden, Sarah Milton

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Historical Diving Times No. 31 Autumn 2002

• The Siebe Collection by Nick Baker
• Diving in Australian Mines by Jeff Maynard
• ostenders, HDS Visit to Oossotende by Jim Hutchison
• Attack on the German Cruiser Nürnberg by Sven Eric Jorgensen
• The Diving Stone by Vidar Fondevik
• Return of the Goat by Nick Baker
• Surviving Under Pressure, the 2001 Conference, by Nick Baker
• The Furthest Dress South by Dick Woodward
• Helmet Diving Down Under by Des Williams
• Our Jim and the Queen Mum
• Army Divers Mystery Pictures
• Joe Marsicano by Helen Wynne-Dyke
• Descartes Diver Revisited by Nick Baker
• Picturing the Future of the Past by Anthony Appleyard
• Obituaries: Hans Brill, Capt. Trevor Hampton
  Stewart Daniels
  

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Historical Diving Times No. 30 Spring 2002

• Heroes and History: The HDS Liverpool Conference 2001
• A Sealab III Memoir by Capt. James Vorosmarti
• Lord Byron and The Mutinous Diver by Mike Fardell
• Prowd to be in Pompey by Nick Baker
• The Helmet Maker of Tarpon Springs by Nick Baker
• Carl Brashier: The Man by Tim Ecott
• Carl Brashier: The Movie by Nick Bakerl
• A Submarine Double Header by Nyle Monday
• Royal Navy Clearance Diving Branch 1952-2002 by Lt/Cdr Rob Hoole RN
• Book Reviews:
  Submarine Researches by C A Deane
  Bitter Sea by Faith Warn
  La Plongée Autonome, Le Temps des Pionniers by Dr. Claude Robinet
• Obituaries: Flt/Lt. Harry Avery, Jack Sheppard
  

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Historical Diving Times No. 29 Summer 2001

• Millennial Viking Dive by Vidar Fondevik
• The Klingert Enigma by JA Bauer MD
• Gunning for Siebe by Nick Baker
• The HDS Conference 2000 by Reg Vallintine
• Lyons Share - Leon Dips A Siebe
• Australian Tribute: Harry Chadwick by Des Williams and Gail Chadwick
• Master Diver, Captain Ed White - an interview by Leslie Jacobs
• Book Reviews:
  The White Divers of Broome by John Bailey
  A Demonstration of the Diving Engine by Jacob Rowe
  Salvage of the Century by Ric Wharton
• Obituaries:
  Alex Flinder
  Cdr Gerald Forsberg RN (Rtd)
  Cdr Peter John Messervy GM MBE EN (Rtd)
  Ron Parry
  John Steadman
  Mike Dungey
  Pamela Watts
  

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Historical Diving Times No. 28 Winter 2000

• Message from The President: Vice Admiral Sir John Rawlins
• Ten Years On: A Decade of the HDS
• HDS Conference 2000, Greenwich
• The Decade of Decompression by Nick Baker
• Sacramento Reunion by Leslie G Jacobs
• Capital Diving: the Diver in Central London
• The Best Dive in Town: Dipping at the London Aquarium
• A History of Diving Rubber by Peter Dick
• Swapping and Sharing: Bob Finch and the Diving Magazine
• In Conversation with Joe Marsicano, Part 2 by Woodburne, Clark & Wynne-Dyke
• Book Reviews: Stars Beneath the Sea by Trevor Norton; Sea Dwellers by Bob Barth; 1905 Handbook for Seamen Gunners; Wake of the Perdido Star by Gene Hackman & Daniel Lenihan; Beowulf, a new translation by Seamus Heaney; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling

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Historical Diving Times No. 27 Summer 2000

• The Original Diving Print by Kevin Casey
• Battleship Texas - UHEXSO at Action Stations
• In Conversation with Joe Marsicano, Part I by Woodburne, Clark & Wynne-Dyke
• Greenwich: Top Class Venue of The HDS Millenial Conference
• Robert Sténuit: Diving Pioneer and Archeologist
• Pearls of Wisdom
• Scott and the (lack of ) a Diver by Dick Woodward
• Banjo Patterson's Pearl Diver by Cormac Lowth
• When All Else Fails: Heinke Pump at Boston
• The Story of Al and Norma Hanson by Leslie Jacobs
• Book Reviews: Deep, Deeper, Deepest by Robert Marx; An Admiralty Diver's Notes by W G Harper; The Dolphin Within Man by Jacques Mayol.

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Historical Diving Times No. 26 Spring 2000

• The White Experiment by John Bailey
• Plymouth 1999: The HDS Conference by Reg Vallintine
• Do Sponges have Breath? by Peter Dick
• Liverpool 1999: HDS at the Mersey Festival
• Torrance Parker: Heavy Gear Historian by Leslie G Jacobs & Charles Orr
• Here for the Gear by Nick Baker
• Book Reviews: First Seal by Roy Boehm; One Man's War by Robert C. Sheats; Beneath the Sea by William High

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Historical Diving Times No. 25 Summer 1999

• Around the World in Dated Ways: Historical Diving Across a Small Planet
• Africa's Premier Historical Diving Venue, by David Park-Ross
• HDS Denmark Rallies, by Sven Jorgensen
• California Classic Equipment, by Leslie G Jacobs
• HDS Italia, Palumaro Sportivo, by Faustolo Rambelli
• Dipping in Britain: Diving with the HDS, by Nick Baker
• The Siebe Medals No 3, by Nick Baker
• Siebe to Invensys: Famous Firm Changes its Name
• Sport Diving in Britain in the 50s, by Anthony Appleyard
• The Illogical Appeal, by Stewart Daniels
• Russian Roulette: a correction by David Dekker

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Historical Diving Times No. 24 Spring 1999

• Diving Helmets and the Stamp Collector, by Roland Essig
• The Siebe Medals No 2, by Nick Baker and Peter Jackson
• The Diver in the Bible, by Alexander Flinder
• An Unidentified Open Helmet in Denmark by Sven Erik Jorgensen
• More Marseilles Iron Man Mystery, by Daniel David, Phillipe Rousseau
• Heinke Mine Disposal Helmet Gear by Peter Jackson
• Post Dive Analysis, by David Dekker, Leon Lyons
• The 1998 HDS Conference, by Reg Vallintine
• Down the Hatch: Dining Aboard the Great Britain, by Nick Baker

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Historical Diving Times No. 23 Winter 1998

• Ian Fraser, VC, DSC by Nick Baker & Kevin Casey
• From the Depths of the Dark Age by David Lazenby
• J Roberts and the Deanes' Early Years by Peter Dick
• Guillaumet's 1838 Demand Regulator Trials by Michael Jung
• Working Equipment 1998
• Bridge to the Past – Ironbridge
• Being there – IFOS98
• The Siebe Medals No.1 by Nick Baker

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Historical Diving Times No. 22 Summer 1998

• The Iron Man Mystery of Marseilles, by Robert Stenuit.
• Post Dive, by Ann Bevan.
• Diver Norman Feltham: The Black Prawn, by Reg Vallintine.
• For the Moment, Let's Forget the Diver, by Peter Dick.
• Whitstable Conference Report. The Place Where Divers Mostly Grow, by Reg Vallintine.
• Obituary:. Lloyd Bridges, by Nyle Monday.
• Book Review: Shipwrecks and Salvage in South Africa by Malcolm Turner.

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Historical Diving Times No. 21 Spring 1998

• The History of the Diving Bell by Arthur J. Bachrach, PhD.
• Michael Mohrhardt, A German Diver in South Africa by Helen Wynne-Dyke.
• Mr J Roberts and The Deanes' Early Years by Peter Dick.
• Of Divers, Photographers, and Historians by Dr. Joe Bauer.
• 1997 Conference at Portsmouth:
  Bill Filer - My work in the RN Deep Trials Unit 1946 - 1962.
  Gary Potter - The lives of Alexander Lambert and William Walker.
  Alessandro Bianchini - A Combat Diver with the Gamma Group, 1942.
  Lt. Dickie Greenland RNVR - Into Combat on a Chariot.
• Book Review: 20,000 Jobs Under the Sea by Torrance Parker.

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Historical Diving Times No. 20 Winter 1997

• A Short History of Saturation Diving by Dr. Jim Vorosmarti USN (Rtd.).
• Joe Savoie - Diver and Inventor by John R Kane & Leslie Leaney.
• Letter from Baja, 50s diving in California by Dr. Sam Miller.
• Chuck Griswold & his Helmets by Joe Bauer.
• Book Review:. The California Abalone Industry - An Illustrated History by A L 'Scrap' Lundy.
• More French Helmet Doubts by Nick Baker.

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Historical Diving Times No. 19 Summer 1997

• The French Helmet - No Mystery by Phillipe Rousseau.
• William Thompson & The World's First Underwater Photograph by Nick Baker.
• Evening Conference. At The Lamb Tavern, London. John Bevan - Spalding's Bell, Peter Dick - Corneluis Drebell.
• More on Georges Commeinhes by Daniel David.
• Italian Salvage. 1930s Article by Roberto Galeazzi with modern notes translated by Riccardo Bocca.
• Polishing Helmets - For and (mostly) Against.
• Rob Palmer - Celebration of a Life by Clive Gardener.
• Tested Testosterone During WW2 by Stuart Daniels.

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Historical Diving Times No.18 Spring 1997

• HDS South Africa takes the Plunge by David Park-Ross & Jaco Boshoff.
• The Siebe Medals by Nick Baker.
• Medals of the Great Exhibition by Nick Baker.
• The Early Open Helmets - More Thoughts by Peter Dick.
• Dive 96 by Mike Wattts.
• Bibliophiles: The Treasure of Epping Forest by Reg Vallintine.
• Helmet Paintings by John Bevan.

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Historical Diving Times No.17 Winter 1996

• A Royal Marine Diver in WW2 by Bob Todd.
• Wantanabe Richi and Ohgushi's Peerless Respirator by Nyle C Monday.
• The Twin Eyeglass Helmet - Alternatives of Air Management by Peter Dick and Joe Bauer.
• Kitching OBE, FRS by Prof. Trevor Norton.
• 1950s Diving. Temperature Part 2 by Stuart Daniels.
• A Hans Hass Bibliography by Reg Vallintine.

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Historical Diving Times No.16 Summer 1996

• 60 Years of Cave Diving in Britain and 50 years of the Cave Diving Group by John Buxton.
• That French Helmet by John Bevan.
• The French Helmet - From Piltdown to Paris? by Nick Baker.
• Origins of the Demand Regulator by Peter Dick.
• 1950's Diving. Temperature - Getting too hot in the 50s by Stuart Daniels.
• Book Review: Niagara's Gold by Jeff Maynard.

Newsletter No. 15 April 1996

• The Development of Cave Diving in Britain by Pete Mulholland.
• 1995 Conference. Portsmouth. Ric Wharton - Wharton Williams and the Gold of HMS Edinburgh, Dr. Joe Bauer - Open Helmets, John Bevan - A History of Heinke, Nigel Phillips - Diving in Manuscripts.
• Book Review: Deep Diving & Submarine Operations, the new facsimile 9th Edition.
• A History of Deep Diving & Submarine Operations by Peter Jackson.

Newsletter No.14 December 1995

• Rowland Porter - Tender to the Mearns by Barry Porter
• The Earliest Inventor of the Demand Valve by Drs Joe and Sally Bauer
• The Deanes' Other Open Helmet, Part 2 by Peter Dick
• The Tomb of Joseph Cabirol by Daniel David.

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Newsletter No. 13 August 1995

• The Grave of Sir Robert Davis by Peter Jackson.
• The Life and Death of Georges Commeinhes by Daniel David.
• Illustrated Book Covers of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Peter Jackson.
• Deane Helmet. The Deanes' Other Open Helmets, Part 1 by Peter Dick.
• Book Review: Take Me Under The Sea by Thomas Burgess.
• The Williamson Story - A Clarification by Thomas Burgess.

Newsletter No. 12 April 1995

• 1994 Conference. Whitstable. Hans & Lotte Hass - Divng Lives, Cdr. Matthew Todd RN (Rtd) - Submarine Escape, Friedriech Struchmeir - Very Early Diving in Manuscripts.
• Deanes. In Defence of the Deanes by John Bevan.
• Divers Pubs. The Oriental Bar by Barry Porter.
• Winchester Cathedral and William Walker - A New Perspective by Gary Potter.
• Remembered Heroes - A Very Special Diving Knife by John Towse.

Newsletter No. 11 October 1994

• My Time at Siebe Gorman by John Hilton, Engineering Director 1968-77.
• Siebe Gorman's Twin Hose Regulators by Bob Campbell.
• Sir Robert Remembered by Nick Baker.
• Christian Augustus Siebe by John Bevan.
• The Diving Publications of Siebe Gorman & Co. and Sir Robert Davis, by Peter Jackson and Nigel Phillips.
• French Deane Helmet? A 'New' Deane Helmet?

Newsletter No. 10 May 1994

Newsletter No. 9 January 1994

• 1993 Conference. Portsmouth. Sir John Rawlins - Underwater Aircraft Ejection Experements 1950s, Prof. David Elliott - Deep Diving in the Royal Navy, Peter Dick - A History of Compressed Air, Ray Sutcliffe - The BBC's Discoveries Underwater Series.
• Whitstable. John Deane and the Bear & Key Hotel by John Bevan.
• BSAC Branch No.2 by Jeff Smethurst.

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Newsletter No. 8 Summer 1993

Newsletter No. 7 Spring 1993

• The Inventions of Jeronimo de Ayanz by Juan Perello.
• 1992 Conference. Charlestown. Bill Braithwaite - John Braithwaite the Diver, Richard Larn - Who Really Invented the Aqualung?, Daniel David - Lemaire d' Augville, Alex Hildred - The Deanes and the Mary Rose.

Newsletter No. 6 Winter 1992

• Australian Anti-Paralysis Double Dress, Part 2 by Jeff Maynard.
• The Deane/Siebe Helmet, A Consideration of its Rivets by Peter Jackson.

Newsletter No.5 July 1992

• Conference at Siebe Gorman, John Bevan - The Life of Augustus Siebe, Nick Baker, The Siebe Museum & Photo Archive.
• Diving with 'Calor Gas' Regulators by Adrian Barak.
• Early Salvage & Underwater Archaeology in Florida.

Newsletter No. 4 Spring 1992

• The Australian Anti-Paralysis Double Dress, Part 1 by Jeff Maynard.
• Edward Bendall - Americas First Diver? by Mike Fardell.

Newsletter No.3 Winter 1991

• 1991 Conference. Weymouth. Dr Val Hempelmen - Diving Physiology, Mike Borrow - ADS Diving, Ed Cummings - The Earl of Abergavenny, Mike Welham - Combat Diving.
• US Open Helmets. The American Legacy of the Deanes' Open Dress by Leslie Leaney.

Newsletter No. 2 Summer 1991

• Bernard Breakell Profile by Nick Baker.
• The Whitstable Museum.

Newsletter No.1 Spring 1991

• The Founding of The Historical Diving Society by John Bevan.
• Origin of the Society Logo by John Bevan.
• A Brief Description of the Siebe Gorman Museum by Nick Baker.