An old image showing an all metal diving suit designed specifically to recover items from the sunken LUSITANIA which was Torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 on 7th May 1915. The 1-atmosphere JS Peress Tritonia diving suit was designed by British diving engineer Joseph Salim Peress and weighed half a ton (1000 Lbs).

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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