Demonstration of new submarine escape technique

Jun. 15, 1965 - Demonstration of Mediterranean Escape Trials. Submarine escapes from depths as great as 450 feet will be undertaken during trials in the Mediterranean next month by a team of two officers and ten ratings from the staff of the submarine escape training tank, HMS Dolphin, the Gosport submarine base. The trials are a continuation of those carried out in Loch Fyne last September when ascents were made with a new technique in which the escaper is dressed in a suit incorporating a cotton fabric hood with plastic face-piece and uses trapped air on his way to the surface. Today, team members gave a demonstration in the escape training tank in HMS Dolphin wearing the escape suits to be used in the Mediterranean. The team from HMS Dolphin, led by Lt. Comm. L.D. Hamlyn, OBE, RN, the Submarine Command Escape Officer, will from 5th -19th July make progressively deeper escapes from HMS Orpheus in the vicinity of Malta. In the new technique being developed, the escaper is released from a one-man cylinder, flooded from the sea, inside the submarine. An important result of this escape method is that pressurisation is achieved rapidly and the man concerned is subjected to it for the absolute minimum period before leaving the submarine. Inside the cylinder he breathes air supplied automatically at the correct rate before making his escape. Photo Shows: CPO Scarr popping up in the tank during the demonstration today

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