Triton magazines, by British Sub-Aqua Club, 1962

Triton magazines, 1962
Editors: Gordon Ross and Colin McLeod

Triton was the official bimonthly magazine of the British Sub-Aqua Club that pre-dated Diver magazine.

5 magazines from the private collection of Lee Kenyon.
Remains of paper stickers at the top of several pages. Most in very good condition.

January-February. 36 pages. Home printed replacement cover. First page inscribed ‘Jan Feb/62’ with a few stains.
Contents: The World Congress of Underwater Activities; Underwater flora and fauna; Underwater photography; CMAS General Assembly in Tangier; Search for Ampurias; DIY quick release buckles.

March-April.  36 pages. Cover inscribed in pencil: ‘Single and 2-stage valve p. 23’ and ‘Photography p. 18’. Page on DIY weights has annotations along top edge.
Contents: Underwater activities in Russia; Underwater flora; Life jackets; Photography light and filters; DIY weights; Ralph Bodenham tragedy at Sheringham.

May-June.
Contents: 40 pages.  Mouth to mouth; Ice diving; Running a diving school; Expedition to the Caribbean; Amateur underwater archaeologists.

July-August. 36 pages. Top left hand corner of cover has been torn away. the top right hand quarter of page 9 has been removed. Asterisk inscribed at top of page 31.
Contents: Man Under the Sea exhibition; Church bells under the Sea; Diving medical exam; the Heinke competition.

September-October. 40 pages. Cover inscribed in pencil ‘Diving sites p.38’ and ‘Seaweeds p.11’. Asterisk inscribed at top of page 30.
Contents: Seaweeds; Diving in Czechoslovakia; Gibraltar; British diving sites; Continental vs British cylinders.

36-50 pages
Black and white photographs
182 mm x 243 mm (approx. 7 in x 9.5 in)
1962, British Sub-Aqua Club, London