1909001_Walters Buoy-Shipfield Safety Device
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1909001_Walters Buoy

Sources:Shipfield | Date of issue: 2019-09-07 | Browse volume:
Abstract:WaltersBuoyThe Walters Torpedo Buoy was invented in1919 by Henry Walters of the American Red Cross Volunteer Life Savings Corps.World War II rescuebuoyDuring World WarIIatthe instigation of GermanGeneraloberst ErnstUdet,large buoys were deployed in th…

WaltersBuoy

The Walters Torpedo Buoy was invented in 1919 by Henry Walters of the American Red Cross Volunteer Life Savings Corps.

World War II rescuebuoy

During World WarIIat the instigation of GermanGeneraloberst ErnstUdet, large buoys were deployed in the English Channel fordownedlyers.Eachincluded a 43-square-foot (4.0 m2) enclosed cabin and a radio transmitter. One can be seen in the British films One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) and We Dive at Dawn (1943).

1909001_Walters Buoy


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