Spider 4 one-man tethered atmospheric submersible

A Spider 4 one-man tethered atmospheric submersible is shown outside a workshop at Slingsby Engineering works, Kirkbymoorside, York. The Spider has a man inside it, the lid is closed, and it is suspended from a crane about 1ft above a tank of water with ice on its surface. The handling trolley is in the background beside the edge of the water tank.

Object Details

ID: P67823CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Spider 4 (1983)
Date made: 1983
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 55 mm x 55 mm