WORKING EQUIPMENT GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT
The HDS Working Equipment Group. (WEG) During 2023 the HDS board carried out an initial review of Working Equipment Group (WEG) activities and the legal duties and responsibilities associated with the continued practise of running recreational dives using historic...
Annual General Meeting, 24 November 2024
Our Annual General Meeting will be held by Zoom at 10am on the 24th November 2024. The Agenda and last year's Minutes can be found below. The Annual Financial Report and Trustees report will be posted on the HDS web site 10 days in advance of the AGM. AGENDA The...
EXCITING TIMES FOR THE DIVING MUSEUM
Our anxious wait to discover if our bid for Heritage Fund funding for the redevelopment of the Diving Museum galleries finally ended. In July we received the fantastic news that our bid to The National Lottery Heritage Fund was successful! Mike O’Meara, our...
Stoney Cove 2024
In a day that saw every season, we enjoyed another successful weekend of standard diving at Stoney Cove. We are indebted to Sandy, Jean Pierre and Thomas from the Dutch Historical Diving Society who brought their diving equipment and generously shared it with our...
Gosport Drones’ video of the external work at the Diving Museum
We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Steve Hammond of Gosport Drones for the excellent 4-minute video he has posted on his facebook page showing the work that is taking place at the Museum. More of Steve's work can be seen on his facebook...
A New Award for the Society
We are delighted to announce that the Diving Museum of the Historical Diving Society has received a prestigious award from the Association of Diving Contractors (ADC). The award was announced on the 29th November 2023, at the AGM of the Association of Diving...
Another successful WEG event in Liverpool
On Saturday 12th August 2023, the Working Equipment Group were in Liverpool at the invitation of Hughes Subsea Services to dip their colleagues in Standard Dress. Our Working Equipment Group Officer, Ty Burton was assisted by other members of the HDS and staff from...
The Eagle Has Landed!
Thursday 10th August 2023.The Diving Museum, Stokes Bay, Gosport. We are excited to announce that after 2 years in the planning, and thanks to the generosity of Subsea7, the Subsea7 DSV Eagle diving bell finally found its way to the Diving Museum. It was delivered in...
Commemorating Cdr. Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb
On 28 January 2023, on what would have been Commander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb's 114th Birthday, a small celebration was held at Durrants Cottage in Rowlands Castle where Crabb lived with for a short time with his wife Margaret in the last few years before his famous...