South Africa has an important position on a global sea trading route and it's Navy takes very seriously its defensive tasks even on a comparatively restrictive budget. Right up till 1975 it shared responsibility with the British Royal Navy in patrolling the shipping lanes South Africa also had close connections with France during the 1970s, France supplied Submarines and specialist training ...
When Churchill heard of Italy’s use of human torpedoes against Royal Navy Ships in the Mediterranean he ordered that the British produce a similar device. The capital ships of the German fleet were a constant threat to North Atlantic convoys and strenuous attempts were made to sink ships such as the Tirpitz including Operation ‘Title’ Two British copies of the Human Torpedo, called 'chariots', ...
The Soviet Union began to use combat frogmen during World War 2, from August 1941 early units operated from a base near Leningrad on Deckabristov Island. These units were disbanded at the end of the war and it was not until 1953 that a new naval combat diving unit was formed. The soviets were used to repurposing captured German equipment and it is likely that they also put captured Diving ...
The specialist British naval divers undertake a very demanding role performing under the toughest conditions. Between 1982 and 1989 around 3400 Precista PRS watches were supplied to the Navy. Early on they would have been mechanical but due to the harsh nature of the divers work environment they were soon superseded by cheaper, more reliable Quartz movements. ...
Updated Mar 12, 2015 at 09:35 PM by Churchy
The French Navy started to use Tudor brand divers watches for Naval Divers and Marine Commandos in the 1960s. Tudor is a more affordable sub brand of Rolex, they use Swiss ETA or Valjoux movements but have similar styling. The specification of the watches used changed over time to a Blue Dial/Blue Bezel configuration from the 80s. ...
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