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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 3879/4/4
Alt Ref NoA02
TitleTask Assessment for an Articulated Diving Suit
DateOctober 1973
Extent1 volume
Creator NameDHB Construction Limited
Description13 page report summarising the discussions of the potential tasks that articulated diving suit could be used for, held between DHB Construction and the Department for Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Defence, the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE), the Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit (AEDU), the Royal Naval Physiological Laboratory, British Petroleum Ltd (BP), Shell UK Ltd, Vickers Oceanics Ltd, the Underwater Engineering Group, the Institute of Geological Sciences and the Marine Technology Support Unit (MATSU).

Includes a 6 page appendix containing 2 black and white photographs of the suit's hand manipulator, a transcript of a letter from I Thomas of the AUWE to DHB Construction on three potential terminations for the suit with copies of three accompanying drawings, and 2 drawings provided by AUWE to show nominal sizes of miscellaneous weapon attachment points and a proposed standard recovery task. The report is interleaved with an additional copy of the latter two drawings.
Access StatusOpen
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