The Sladen Suit was a heavy type of British divers' drysuit made by Siebe Gorman. ^[1] It is entered by a wide rubber tube at the waist: this tube is folded and tied off before the diver dives. It was used by British manned torpedo riders and for general underwater work.^{[ citation needed]}

It was sometimes nicknamed "Clammy Death". ^[2]

The first model had two small glazed viewports. It was redesigned with the single oval flip-up viewport so the wearer could get binoculars to his eyes.^{[ citation needed]}

"Universal" rebreather

There was an oxygen rebreather called the "Universal" that was designed to be used with it. The Universal was a long-dive derivative of the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus.^{[ citation needed]}

In popular culture

• Brian Evenson's collection of literary horror, Windeye, includes a story entitled, and about, "The Sladen Suit."

References

External links

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• B.R.155B/44. Instructions for use and maintenance of the Admiralty shallow water diving dress. (Addendum to B.R.155/43 and B.R.155A/43) 1944