Historical Diver, Number 14, 1998 Item Type monograph Publisher Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Download date 10/10/2021 22:26:25 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/30857 IDSTORI DIVER "elf((!} a;k o( wah ,wJ" li lhli- don't du wdhoul haumg bonowEd, ;/o(w, (;u'cha><d a< mad£ a hdm£1 o{ ;o,l>, to g!,mp>< (o' gouud( thli nEw wodd 'Wif(iam 'BEEbE, "'Bwwlh 1~wpio dw/ 1928 Number 14 Winter 1998 Rouquayrol Denayrouze in America • Nick !com's Museum of Diving History • Hans and Lotte Hass • Lloyd Bridges • • Robison Bros. of Melbourne Australia • Christie's Heinke • • Lillian Kimble Patton • DEMA 98 • ADC • Torrance Parker • • Ye Olde Master Divers Locker • De Helmduiker • James Lockwood • HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY USA HISTORICAL DIVER MAGAZINE A PUBLIC BENEFIT NONPROFIT CORPORATION ISSN 1094-4516 2022 CLIFF DRIVE# 119 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93109 U.S.A. THE HISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY U.S.A. PHONE: 805-692-0072 FAX: 805-692-0042 DIVING HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF e-mail: [email protected] or HTTP://WWW.hds.org/ AUSTRALIA, S.E. ASIA ADVISORY BOARD Historical Diving Society Corporate Members Dr. Sylvia Earle Dick Long Dick Bonin J. Thomas Millington, M.D. DIVING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL Scott Carpenter Bob & Bill Meistrell U.S. DIVERS CO., INC. Jean-Michel Cousteau Bev Morgan D.E.S.C.O. E.R. Cross Phil Nuytten BEST PUBLISHING Andre Galeme Sir John Rawlins MAR-VEL UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT INC. Lad Handelman Andreas B. Rechnitzer Ph.D. SKIN DIVER MAGAZINE Prof. Hans and Lotte Hass Sidney J. Smith OCEANIC Les Ashton Smith AQUA MAGAZINE SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS DRS MARINE, INC. W.J. CASTLE P.E. & ASSOC. P.C. Chairman: Captain Paul Linaweaver M.D., U.S.N. Rtd., Presi­ MARINE SURPLUS SUPPLY dent: Leslie Leaney, Secretary/Treasurer: James Forte, Direc­ DECADIVING tors: Bonnie Cardone, Skip Dunham, Bob Kirby, Nick Icorn, ASSOCIATION OF DIVING CONTRACTORS Bob Christansen, Steve Chaparro, Shane Anderson, Executive MARION HILL ASSOCIATES INC. Director: Andy Lentz DIVERS SUPPLY INC. MCGRIFF SEIBELS & WILLIAMS OF TEXAS, INC. .-----FOUNDING BENEFACTORS -----. OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC. WEST COAST Art Bachrach, Ph. D. Robert & Caroline Leaney MADCON CORPORATION Roger Bankston A.L. "Scrap" Lundy AMERICAN UNDERWATER CONTRACTORS INC. Ken and Susan Brown Jim Mabry JANE PETRO MD Wayne Brusate Andrew R. Mrozinski DIVERS WORLD LIMITED P.K. Chandran Torrance Parker PACIFIC COMMERCIAL DIVING SUPPLY PTY. LTD John Rice Churchill Alese and Morton Fechter MOORE MARINE SERVICES Raymond I. Dawson, Jr. Bob Ratcliffe BAMBOO REEF ENTERPRISES INC. Jesse and Brenda Dean Lee Selisky DRYDEN DIVING CO. INC. Diving Systems International Robert D. Shepard T N J MARINE INC. Fred Johnson Edward Lee Spence DIVE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. Randy Hanks Rod Stanley DIVER DOWN UNDERWATER SERVICES Ron & Christl Karlsson Hironao Tanaka NORTH COAST DIVERS INC. Bob & Claudia Kirby Dr. James Vorosmarti CALDWELL'S DIVING CO. INC. Leslie Leaney Gene & Elizabeth Webb AQUA TECH DIVE CENTER CROFTON DIVING CORPORATION MARITIME AUCTIONS SML CONSTRUCTION & DIVING W. L. DOFFING COMPANY SCUBA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. DEVELOPMENT COUNSELLORS INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE MEMBER CHARTER HDS ADVENTURES IN DIVING DHSASEA MEMBER HDSITALIA BOB EVANS DESIGNS, INC. HDS S.AFRICA THE UNDERSEA COMPANY HDSUSA SAN DIEGO COLLEGE OF OCEANEERING 2726 SHELTER ISLAND DRIVE #80 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92106 LIGHT AND MOTION INDUSTRIES TEL 619-226-1199 IMMERSED INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES HDS HDSITALIA HDS SOUTH AFRICA DHS AUSTRALIA HDS DENMARK, SECRETARY SECRETARY SECRETARY SOUTH EAST ASIA THE SECRETARY. LITTLE GATTON LODGE Via G.B. Barbiani, 13 P.O. BOX 36541 P.O. BOX 2064 FRIDTJOF NANSENSVEJ 25 GATTON ROAD 48100 RAVENNA CHEMPET 7442 NORMANVILLE 32, 8200- RHUS REI GATE, ITALY CAPETOWN 5204 SOUTH AUSTRALIA DENMARK SURREY RH2 OHB SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA UNITED KINGDOM 2 HISTORICAL DIVER No. 14 Winter 1998 HISTORICAL DIVER ISSN 1094-4516 Number 14 Winter 1998 EDITORS CONTENT Leslie Leaney, Editor PAGE Andy Lentz, Production Editor 4 Editorial, Secretary's Note Book CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bonnie Cardone E.R. Cross Nick Icorn 5 DHSASEA Peter Jackson Nyle Monday Jeff Dennis 6 Hans Hass John Kane Jim Boyd 8 News OVERSEAS EDITORS Michael Jung (Germany) 9 1997 HDSUSA E.R. Cross Award recipient. Nick Baker (United Kingdom) Torrance Parker Jeff Maynard (Australia) Email: [email protected] 10 Dive Into History. Rouquayrol and Denayrouze HISTORICAL DIVER (ISSN 1094-4516) is published four at Santa Barbara, California. times a year by the Historical Diving Society USA, a Non­ 12 ADCAWARDS Profit Corporation, 2022 Cliff Drive #119 Santa Barbara, Cali­ 13 New Members fornia 93109 USA. Copyright © 1998 all rights reserved His­ torical Diving Society USA Tel. 805-692-0072 Fax 805-692- 14 DEMA 0042. 15 DEMA Reaching Out Awards HISTORICAL DIVER is compiled by Leslie Leaney and 16 In the Mail Andy Lentz. The content is affected by various elements. The 18 In Memory, Chuck Griswold Society only guarantees that each issue will contain no fewer than 24 pages .. 19 In Memory, Lloyd Bridges ADVERTISING INQUIRIES should be directed to: Histori­ 20 Nothing New Under the Sea- by Eric Hanauer cal Diver Magazine at Tel. 805-692-0072 Fax 805-692-0042 24 Helmets of the Deep. Robison Bros. of CONTRIBUTIONS: WE WELCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ON ANY HISTORICAL DIVING SUBJECT. Submissions and Melbourne Australia - by Jeff Maynard contributions on floppy disk are preferred (3.5" Windows/DOS 26 Women Pioneers in Diving. text format or Apple Macintosh formats) Please send a typed Lillian Kemble Patton - by Bonnie Cardone hard copy in addition to any disk. Typed manuscripts are also welcome. Illustrations accompanying text are appreciated. Sub­ 28 Information Wanted. missions should be sent to: Editor, Historical Diver, 2022 Cliff Early scuba rig. Dr. #119, Santa Barbara, CA, 93 I 09 USA. If you have access 564 Years of Diving History to e-mail, contributions can be sent to [email protected]. 29 Ye Olde U.S. Navy Master Divers Locker THE OPINIONS AND VIEWS EXPRESSED are those of the respective authors and are not necessarily the opinions and 30 The Christie's Heinke- by Leslie Leaney views of the Historical Diving Society USA. © 1998 Historical 33 De Helmduiker Diving Society USA. All Rights Reserved. 34 James Lockwood DISCLAIMER 35 Bibliophiles Diving is a potentially hazardous practice and if practiced incor­ rectly or with incomplete planning and procedures can expose a person to considerable risks including serious injury or death. It On The Cover requires specialized training, equipment and experience. HIS­ Photo courtesy of James Forte. TORICAL DIVER is not intended as a substitute for the above Society Advisory Board member Jean-Michel Cousteau or for the diver to abandon common sense in pursuit of diving in the Le Groin helmet of France's Rouquayrol activities beyond his or her abilities. HISTORICAL DIVER is Denayrouze diving apparatus. The Society, in conjunc­ intended as a source of information on various aspects of diving, tion with the Musee du Scaphandre of Espalion, Sea not as a substitute for proper training and experience. For train­ Pearls and various American sponsors, displayed this ing in diving, contact a national certification agency. The reader is advised that all the elements of hazard and risk associated with historic equipment as part of the Dive Into History pro­ diving cannot be brought out within the scope of this text. The gram held in January. Jean-Michel was the Society's of­ individuals, companies and organizations, presented in HISTORI­ ficial host for the program that included dives in the unit CAL DIVER, are not liable for damage or injury including death in self contained and surface supplied modes. It is be­ which may result from any diving activities, with respect to in­ lieved to be the first time the equipment has been dis­ formation contained herein. played in America. HISTORICAL DIVER No.l4 Winter 1998 3 EDITORIAL An Avalanche and a Legend The first couple of months of this year have been our busiest yet. What was a mountain of work at the HDS office became an avalanche that has over run not only both of us but nearly all of the Society Directors too. The year began with the hugely successful visit of the Rouquayrol Denayrouze unit for the Dive Into History Program in Santa Barbara. Three days later we were all at DEMAin Anaheim for four days with Greg Platt, Jeff Dennis and Rocky Rockwell running our booth. A week after DEMA we appeared in New Orleans for Underwater Intervention '98. Once that was over the HDS booth traveled to the Boston Sea Rovers Show where John Strahan and Bob Rusnack teamed up with James Forte and Brad Doane to represent the Society. The next week end some of us went to cover the SEALAB Reunion in San Diego and a week after that the booth was in New York at the Beneath the Sea Show where Bob, Greg and John manned the stand. The outcome of all this activity was an enormous surge in new member­ ship. In a period of three months over 200 new members joined the Society, an increase of about 20%. Membership is now over 1200. With this increase in membership has come an associated increase in paperwork. Hence we have been a little behind in getting the new member packages and certificates out but are now up to speed. However, the Society is now at the stage where the officers and directors have to be focused on exactly where their energies are directed as they collectively have only a limited amount of volunteer time to apply to projects. The only major HDS project approved by the Board for the remainder of the year is the Film Festival honoring the work of Hans and Lotte Hass.