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| Picture No | 10652252 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Davis escape apparatus by G. H. Davis 1939 |
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How submarine crews train to use the Davis escape apparatus. A perfectly simple device whose use by the crew of the Thetis was probably prevented by a major disaster. Training men of the submarine service in the method of escape by Davis apparatus. HMS Thetis was a submarine which sank during trials on 1 June 1939 with the loss of 99 lives.
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| Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 15 July 1939, p100 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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