by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
The French Oxpro explorer is a semiclosed rebreather designed to be used in the 40 MSW range with nitrox. It was shown at the “Salon de Plongee” in Paris in the year 2008. The design of the unit is still in progress. Here you see some pictures sent to me...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Brent Hudson from Narked at 90 kindly offered me this information about the legendary Undersea Technologies UT 240 rebreather. Here you find photos and information about this absolute unique rebreather!I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Brent for...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Recently I received this great story from Guy van Rentergem who used his homebuild oxygen rebreathers to explore the St. Clair cave in Jamaica. During their expedition oxygen levels dropped to 7,9 %! The cave was crowded with bats and chemicals. Read about the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX UK
UK oxygen rebreathers One of the world’s first oxygen rebreathers for industry and mining I was very fortunate to be able to buy me a Siebe Gorman Proto MK IV rebreather. Simon who sold me the unit was so kind to add all original papers in use with that unit. I...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Thanks to Richard Walsby and the kind cooperation of Dr. Finney I am very pleased to show you the Finney rebreather. It was not the original name but I thought it was appropriate to give the unit his inventor’s name. Dr. Finney was kind enough to help us...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Rebreather with superoxide cartridge for oxygen generation The MSA oxygen breathing apparatus modell Bphotpgraphs and text by Jan Willem Bechfirst published 20-01-2010 The MSA oxygen rebreathing apparatus model B is a oxygen rebreather equipped with chemical...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Manual Operated Oxygen Rebreather MOOR
George’s manual operated oxygen rebreather This well made homebuild CCR oxygen rebreather was sent to me by GK. He made the rig partly from Ray parts. Oxygen supply is fully manual.
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Back to German oxygenrebreathers Dräger’s first sportdiving rebreather sold on civilian market photpgraphs and text Jan Willem Bech 26-01-2010 I am very pleased I was able to buy a original Barakuda Delphin-1 rebreather. This extremely rare oxygen...
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
Return to german oxygen rebreathers The most famous rebreather of them all The Kleintauchgerät 138 is a further development of the Gegenlung, which, similar to the Bade-tauchretter, is intended for water rescue and light work under water. A catalog from 1933 mentions...
by Jan Willem Bech | Updates
Therebreathersite is regularly updated with new stories, new rebreathers or upgrades. This page shows the last 75 posts published. Have fun reading!
by Jan Willem Bech | Monitor
De Scandinavian Lt Lund II The Norge II is a rebreather specially developed by the Dräger company for the Scandinavian army. The rebreather is almost identical to the Lt Lund but a larger scrubber is used. The Norge II was produced from 1970 – 1985. The...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database SCR Germany
One of the first nitrox tauchretters build in the 60’s Recently I was able to buy a Dräger Tauchretter Model TR 60. This life saving dive jacket was designed in the 60’s and is a surprising rebreather. One of the most interesting aspects of this rebreather...
by Jan Willem Bech | Vademecum
How to become a rebreather diver? This page shows you organisations that provide rebreather training or organisations that provide technical training. Undertaking rebreather training is a completely different procedure than undergoing regular dive training. There are...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
I will never forget these guys setting the first footsteps on the moon. Neil Armstrong’s first steps made a deep impression on me. As a small boy of seven, my father woke me up and allowed me to watch the landing on the moon with him in the middle of the night....
by Jan Willem Bech | History
From escalator inventor to wreck gunner. Author: Janwillem Bech, 30 June 2006 Did you ever think of diving whilst you were on an escalator? Neither did I, till I wrote this article. John Felzenbeek, a friend of mine, gave me a photograph and that was the beginning of...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
A rebreather in a steel ball going down 800 ft with two man inside Beebe and Otis Bathysphere A very remarkable rebreather was the ‘Bathysphere’ from William Beebe and Otis Barton. Recently I managed to collect the original first Dutch edition from 1935 of the...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA
us World’s first electronic controlled ECCR For some weeks now I’ve been looking forward to writing this article. It is not a daily event that I rediscover a new rebreather with very particular properties. The rediscovery of this rebreather is however a very...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Louis Marie-Auguste Boutan was a French biologist and photographer. He was a pioneer of underwater photography. The son of Augustin Boutan, he was born in Versailles and studied biology and natural history at the University of Paris. Louis was born in 1859 and passed...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
September, 26th 2008, we sailed with our diving ship the Dolphin for a diving trip to the steamship Wilhelmina in the North Sea. A long trip from the Roompot in Zeeland. After leaving at half past four in the morning we reached the wreck after about six hours of...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Breathing at altitudes where there is a lack of oxygen Siebe Gorman Fleuss-Davis stratosuit form 1920 This information is about high altitude breathing equipment. The unit shown on this page was a predecessor of the breathing equipment in use these days. The pictures...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Documentary about the Second World War kampfswimmer This series of 5 films on youtube show the history of the German Kampfswimmer from the second world war. Their efforts remained limited, but eventually an action was carried out in Arnhem and Nijmegen. In this...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
Some historical motion pictures from the past.. Alexander Lebedev from Russia sent me these videos showing different models of rebreathers. Also shown are Hans and Lotte Hass and the rebreathers IPSA, Draeger model 138, Clearance Diver Breathing apparatus CDBA,...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database ECCR USA, History
Return to English oxygen rebreathers Liquid air & oxygen systems The 1960s created high expectations of people living in underwater habitats. Large-scale investments were made in new technology, including the development of cryogenic breathing systems. Extensive...
by Jan Willem Bech | History
This is the story about a ship, a pioneer and development of technical diving in the 1970’s This is the story about a fantastic ship built in 1897 that sunk in 1911 in Lake Superior in Canada. I was fortunate to get in contact with diver and archeologist Scott...
