Dunlop underwater swim breathing apparatus UWSBA
Over the past 20 years, I have been asked fairly frequently about the Dunlop diving suit. Dunlop was active for the Admiralty in WWII and produced a diving suit and underwater swimming and breathing apparatus. After the war, this division of Dunlop was not successful until later the Aquafort brand was launched. The brand flourished until 1963 after which Dunlop concentrated entirely on its core business, tyre manufacturing.
Virtually no information can be found about the WWII Frogman suit, so I would like to appeal to all my readers to find this information. A manual and technical details of the suit and breathing apparatus on this page would complete the history.
The photos have been sent to me by several readers of my website over the past few years. Unfortunately, I have not been able to track down the original owner or photographer. Should you recognize any photos I will gladly post the credentials.
Any information on the Dunlop UWSBA is most welcome!
Therebreathersite was founded by Jan Willem Bech in 1999. After a diving career of many years, he decided to start technical diving in 1999. He immediately noticed that at that time there was almost no website that contained the history of closed breathing systems. The start for the website led to a huge collection that offered about 1,300 pages of information until 2019. In 2019, a fresh start was made with the website now freely available online for everyone. Therebreathersite is a source of information for divers, researchers, technicians and students. I hope you enjoy browsing the content!