The Old Gentleman

I have been visiting a reddit page called submechanophobia. A little while back I was thinking about what attracts me to things like shipwrecks or ships in general. Part of it is the idea of human made objects underwater. I had a fear of water for a long time growing up and the fear wasn't really about drowning it was about stepping on or getting tangled up in machinery that was underwater. I have mostly gotten over the fear as the years have past; however, the idea of standing on an old engine submerged in merky water still makes me unsettled. Anyways while looking at the top post for submechanophobia I came across the Old Gentleman which is the oldest diving suit still in existence. It dates back to the early to mid 1700's. The suit is made of leather and sealed with pork fat, tar, and pitch.

In the hybrids of avalon there would have to be some verison of a suit like this and it would most often be used to go under the ship and check the hull, but could easily be used to investigate ship wrecks or anything underwater really.

I looks like a baked potato from outer space. Or a baked potato skin converted into a space suit.

There are a couple of Jacques Cousteau episodes where they go exploring old wrecks and they make for very eerie watching: The remnants of the ship and crew, the weird sealife that has moved in, strange corridor angles and lighting, and the dangers of the ship collapsing or your oxygen cord becoming cut or tangled...

That subreddit is a goldmine of interesting submerged objects.