Costume - Divers suit - Siebe Gorman-Davis type 6 suit, c. 1950

Historical information

Port of Portland collection. Dive suit purchased in 1952 by the Portland Harbour Trust for the purposes of constructions and demolitions of timber and steel structures at the Port. |leant to Frank Ziegler, Dive shop.| Exhibited -|Suit worn to the ball at Sea-Bath on 13 September 1997 and wrist torn

Physical description

Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd divers suit, cotton canvas and rubber around neck and wrists, extra padding - feet, shins and knee areas. Siebe Gorman-Davis type on stud.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: Siebe Gorman-Davis type 6 (on stud).
Back: (no inscriptions)

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