Diving Bell

Part of Technology of Otheia
A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, for the purpose of performing underwater work.  While having existed in some form for several hundred years, the modern diving bell was innovated by Talrack Hedelsa, an engineer from the Realm of Rasek. 
The most common use of the Diving Bell is to person salvage on wrecked ships, and it is this in this context that Hedelsa designed the modern bell. He was contracted to create a device capable of transporting divers to the bottom of the sea by the Warm Sea Company of Aslock in the year 357, to salvage some of the articles aboard the ill-fated trade fleet of 355, which was wrecked in a storm on the return voyage to Otheia. 
By 360, he had delivered the device, constructed with the foundries of the Steel Realm. The wrecks of fleet were salvaged, including over 200 cannon, 5,000 pounds of silver, and over 300,000 naudu worth of goods. 
Diving Bells have since been used by the Warm Sea Company to salvage a total of 200 wrecks, from their own ships to known wrecks which have long since gone unclaimed. The company also rents the use of their bells to other factions, such as the Moonfleet. 
=== Bellships ===
Bellships are specially designed ships of the Warm Sea Company, built to carry diving bells to wreck sites. They are designed as pontoon ships, with two hulls, between which is a single deck, upon which the machinery to operate the bell is set. In the middle of the deck is a single hole, where the bell is raised and lowered. There are 4 bellships in existence.
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