Photos Pirelli LS 901

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.
On first sight this unit looks like the LS901. In fact it is not. It is the Polifemo sports version of the Pirelli rebreather. If the unit would be equipped with the big mask her name would be Poseidon.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Siendo Guardiamarina, entre los a#os 1954/55 hice en la Escuela de Buceo de la Base Naval de Mar del Plata el curso de buceo tactico. Creo, sin poder asegurarlo, que, en la 3er. fotografia soy el 6ª contando a partir de la izquierda. Fue nuestro intructor el Comandante D. Eugenio Wolk que aparece en varias fotografias, y su ayudante era el Cabo Sotura que es quien, de overall y con gorra, aparece entre dos BT., en la cubierta del submarino en otra de las fotos

Lo saludo muy cordialmente. Luis E. Filgueira Otamendi.

Being a Naval cadet, between the year 1954/55 I was trained in the School of Diving of Naval Base of Mar del Plata (Argentina) the course of tactical diving. I am, without being able to assure it, the 6^th person from the left in the third picture of the page about the LS901,counted from the left. Commander D. was our instructor Eugene Wolk who appears in several photographs, and his assistant was the Cabo Sotura that is the one who, wears an overall and with cap, appears between two BT., in the cover of the submarine in another one of the photos With sincere greetings !
Luis Filgueira E. Otamendi.
(thanks Luis for your information!)

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Picture thanks to Verónica Elvira Iñurrieta from Argentina.

Polifemo, not LS 901

Pictures of Pirelli rebreathers are rare. If you have any info please contact me!

Mr René Hugenschmidt (Hugyfot)
in 1953 wearing a Pirelli LS-901

1953 absolviert René Hugenschmidt im Sommer die erste italienische Tauchschule in Nervi und weiß danach, daß sein Leben der Unterwasser-Fotografie gehört. Der junge Maschinenbauer macht aus der feinmechanischen Präzisionswerkstatt am Zürichsee die Manufaktur für HUGYFOT-Unterwasser-Kamerageräte.

Vornehmlich werden die dominierenden Kameras von Agfa, Edixa, Exakta, Kodak, Leitz, Voigtländer und Zeiss in die Gehäuse eingebaut, aber auch die französische Foca und die amerikanische Argus, später auch die Stereokameras von Wolensak und Reveere.

http://www.hugyfot.de/

UPDATE 07 SEPTEMBER 2005

Thanks to Bo-Ragnar Fröland the following pictures, instructions and information is now available to us all. Bo dived Pirelli rebreathers since 1956. He kindly offered all this information to my website!

basket.... a german or italian idea.....

Steve Taylor from Melbourne bought this nice Pirelli LS 901 with aluminium cylinders:

Photos my Pirelli LS 901

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