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Old 16-01-11, 01:17 PM
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Here are a few divers badges from my collection .Has anyone here ever seen a WRENS divers badge ?

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Old 16-01-11, 03:12 PM
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I have never seen a Wren's divers badge and suspect that it is highly unlikely that there ever was one as it would be considered too dangerous for females in that era.
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Old 16-01-11, 09:00 PM
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Hi very attractive divers badges, are they modern patterns ?
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Old 17-01-11, 06:34 AM
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By WRNS I asume you mean Pre 92 when they stopped wearing Blue on Blue and started wearing Red until 1995 when they changed again to Gold Wire. I have never seen any Blue on Blue in over 40 years of collecting RN badges etc and agree with the other posts that it was highly unlikly ever to have been any.

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Old 17-01-11, 06:48 PM
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I was referring to the pre 1992 blue on blue badges. Two wrens passed the port diving course in the late 1980s and there have been a few female ships divers in the past so there are some badges out there somewhere.

The first female Royal Navy clearance diver Lt Catherine Ker passed out of the defence diving school in November last year.

The helmet on the badge is a Siebe Gorman admiralty pattern six bolt helmet .Navy clearance divers are still issued with the helmet and two stars badge .I don’t think that the other badges are still in use.
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Old 17-01-11, 07:35 PM
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You have mentioned these are just a few divers badges from your collection. I seem to remember serving with a chap who had the initials SW (Shallow Water) beneath the helmet - would I be correct in this?
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Old 17-01-11, 07:54 PM
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Yes the Navy did have a badge with the divers helmet above SW Shallow water .I don’t have a British Navy SW badge.

The Royal Engineers have a SW badge.

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And I have this one SW with two stars? .Does anyone know this badge .The helmet in not the same design as the Royal Navy badges.

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Hi,
A couple of photos showings the RN Divers Badge with “SW”. There is also a printed version of this badge.

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Old 17-01-11, 08:24 PM
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Thats a very nice collection of badges.

The SW badges a rare because the were only issued for a short period of time .I like the gold F divers badge very very rare .
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Hi!
I am new here. Is there any metal British diver badges? Like this.
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I am new here. Is there any metal British diver badges? Like this.
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Royal Naval Divers Association.

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Thats a very nice collection of badges.

The SW badges a rare because the were only issued for a short period of time .I like the gold F divers badge very very rare .
Hi , only just joined the forum - I have a white divers badge with an " F " - the helmet is exactly the same design as the usual R.N. diver badge - but does anyone know what the " F " stands for ?
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Hi Steve

The 'F' stands for 'Free Diver' and badges bearing this were in use in the Royal Navy between 1960 and 1964. I have no idea what the term 'Free Diver' actually signifies.

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I have no idea what the term 'Free Diver' actually signifies.

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Free diving is basically "breath holding" but Wiki also notes:

"Historically, the term free diving was also used to refer to scuba diving, due to the freedom of movement compared with surface supplied diving."
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