Sladen Suit

The Sladen Suit was a heavy type of British divers' drysuit made by Siebe Gorman.^[1] It is entered by a wide rubber tube at the waist: this tube is folded and tied off before the diver dives. It was used by British manned torpedo riders and for general underwater work.^{[citation needed]}

Diver in Sladen Suit

It was sometimes nicknamed "Clammy Death".^[2]

The first model had two small glazed viewports. It was redesigned with the single oval flip-up viewport so the wearer could get binoculars to his eyes.^{[citation needed]}

"Universal" rebreather

There was an oxygen rebreather called the "Universal" that was designed to be used with it. The Universal was a long-dive derivative of the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus.^{[citation needed]}

In popular culture

• Brian Evenson's collection of literary horror, Windeye, includes a story entitled, and about, "The Sladen Suit."