in memory of the 30th September 1953, a touching mark of esteem 

 from our friends of Chexbres. 



Here we are now in the spring of 1954. The Trieste slept all the 

 winter in the yards of Castellammare di Stabia. It is not that she lacked 

 the will to travel. But to take in hand the improvements which alone 

 would justify new dives, the money contributed was still insufficient. 

 Our wish, that of my son as well as my own, was to go back to our 

 work again as soon as possible and to put our bathyscaphe at the 

 disposal of oceanographers and all scientists who were interested in it.* 



* In Autumn 1954 my son made some dives with various scientists. 



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