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Benfield has put THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE Loss OF THE MOTOR VESSEL `DARA'.. 15 down his pen and with much courage has proceeded into the UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY 17 great outside. The best of luck, Ben! ROYAL NAVAL AND ROYAL MARINE CHILDREN'S HOME . • 19 Owing to the co-operation of PORTSMOUTH COMMAND BOMB AND MINE DISPOSAL NOTES -)0 all concerned in the production SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DEPTH and sale of the magazine and I NTOX !('ATION . 21 more economical methods of printing, we can now offer far )IVINCS TI MOUS 'AIN'T' IT? 28 more quality in the magazine. I A ('i !If 'I 14 For a start, we have doubled )11O1'I'IN(I 31 the number of illustrations and hll Vi"i I BoAl ".114.1i 32 can also include a delectable `Pin Up' in each issue, the 4 III iii'II III\Iill Is '36-37 latter being supplied at the I HI Si, ittiA 1.11(oNli 37 expense of Bernards of Har- wich and by courtesy of the (`II I I inl. Rank Organisation. This I iI 1 , 1, •NIIIA I greatly increases our capacity 41 to use good photographs and It „ i v II I Allit'ItAl I I ()I I ()WINO 1)11(11ING 45 drawings and contributors stand a better chance of having PROMO! IONS AND AI)VAN('I•All N IS I)URING THE LAST SIX MONTHS .. 48 their articles adequately illus- WHAT IS A DIVER? 49 trated. So let's have more support and we will try not to disappoint the writers because of space ['WONDER 53 shortage. CALLING ALL SUB-AQUA CLUBS 56 This is your magazine. It will only thrive with your support. To make it cheaper we must increase sales and, most important of all, Receive Payment for Outstanding Bills. We are non-profit making and cannot write off as bad debts the amount at present outstanding. Give us your support and we will continue in our endeavours to make this magazine even more popular than FRONTISPIECE. A.B. David Glyn Williams of Southsea, Hants, cooling. it is at present. Our thanks go to the Officers and Ratings concerned who off between dives while operating from H.M.S. Protector. She is at present have done so well in distributing the magazine around the fleet. serving on the South Atlantic Station. 3 2 www.mcdoa.org.uk We require articles on all diving activities from our civilian readerswww.mcdoa.org.uk as well as from our teams and ships, and the odd diver stuck away on his own John (Mick) Steen writes from the `Guz' steamers and such old pals in some corner of the world who cares to send us news will receive the same Cassier, B.C. Canada. He wishes to as Shan Tuck, Dolly Duncan- and attention as would the writer for a large organisation. If you have little to be remembered to all the Divers and Spiro Collar. say, don't forget the 'Letters to the Editor' column. especially those on Reclaim 1954-56, Hoping to hear from you. EDITOR. Valete Letters to the Editor Superintendent of Divers From: MR. A. HIGGINS, London. of a chance of rescuing any of the by CDR. J. R. CARR, O.B.E., R.N., Dear Sir, poor souls trapped in the steel coffin HIS, is my last contribution while Report Form is beginning to have below. Reference your article re Tubby rin the 'chair' and on looking an effect. Linton who was commended for his I remember that night so well, for back over the last five years my While I personally have met fewer sterling work in the book 'The that was one of the rare occasions I first feeling is one of gratitude for the of the Clearance Divers, their ex- Admiralty Regrets' which tells of the leant over the rail not to be seasick support I have enjoyed. Harry ploits do not pass unoticed and they loss and recovery of H.M. Submarine but to gaze at the ever changing Wardle, Bill Filer, the Officers of have won for themselves a position of Thetis. cauldron of bubbles sweeping in Reclaim and Dingley, P.O. Wyvell respect within the service. The and many others have given me an During the war I was fortunate different circles, and to pray so hard activities of Med., Far East and I did not know I had the gift. I insight into diving matters, while Home Station Clearance Diving enough to spend two years of my six Captain Miles and Eric Mackay have aboard H.M.S. Tedworth and R.N. think too, that alongside the rest of Teams are now properly appreciated the hardened crew I shed a few tears, taught me the meanings of lots of as also are those of the Bomb and Diving and Salvage ship. Of the long words. Equally am I indebted many salvage lobs she did apart from being so helpless, and to wait for Mine Disposal Units. I hope that them to die, was the one thing 1 to those in the A.E.D.U.