Byford Dolphin
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Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy. Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda, and drilled s
Byford Dolphin in dry dock at Invergordon, Scotland, in 2008
The decompression chamber as seen from above at the moment the accident occurred. D1–D4 are divers; T1 and T2 are dive tenders. The trunk is the section that joins chamber 1 to the diving bell. Note T1 and T2 are outside the decompression chamber, in an area of normal pressure
Diving bell
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A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work. The most common types are the open-bo
Byford Dolphin
…Norwegian sector of the North Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin Arthur Coward (British, 35), Roy P. Lucas (British, 38), Bjørn Giæver Bergersen (Norwegian, 29) and Truls Hellevik (Norwegian…
Exterior view of an open (wet) diving bell
16th century Islamic painting of Alexander the Great lowered in a glass diving bell
Open diving bell on a stern mounted launch and recovery system