A Royal Naval Reservist diver from Royal Navy Reserve Unit Dalriada conducting continuation training at the Defence Diving School, Horsea Island, Portsmouth. A biting wind whistled across Portsmouth Harbour as six Royal Naval Reservists plunged into the dark waters of the diving training lake at the Navy’s Horsea Island training site, swimming across the lake, completing a timed set of circuits and leaping several times from the highest platform (over 30 feet) into the water, clutching their fins to their chests. The reservists were conducting pre-joining aptitude and acquaint tests on a wintry Saturday morning in late November. These determined men have one collective ambition: to join the Royal Naval Reserve Diving Branch, a specialist cadre of the Maritime Reserves that supports the Fleet Diving Squadron of the Royal Navy. MoD Consent Form Signed and Held at FRPU(E). *Organization: Royal Navy *Object Name: FX130419007 *Category: MOD *Supplemental Categories: People, Royal Navy, Reservists, RNR *Keywords: Reservist, RNR, Royal Navy, Training, Diving, Divers, Reserve, Diver, Personnel, Identifiable, Sailor, Male *Country: UK