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Dive straight in and have a listen to more than 400 interesting snippets from the fascinating lives of our interviewees to learn about how life in the Submarine Service was. They are generally a couple of minutes long and we have hundreds of them for you to enjoy. Just tap/click to read/listen.

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Commencement of trials to assessed the survivability of the latest submarine escape suit - Early 80s - David White

David White – Testing new survival suits

aprons hanging up

Lesley Ure – The concept of stay-at-home Naval wives is changing

General submarine composite #26

Chris Groves – Part 3 for Officers

OSP - Box 9 - 23 - SPAG team loading into Royal Navy Plane

Ron Gordon – Training for SPAG

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White

Midge Ure – The importance of food onboard

General submarine composite #39

Jim Perks – How the simulators worked

Chris Groves standing on submarine casing

Chris Groves – Brutal sudden departure for those who don’t pass Perisher

Life on board composite #12

Andy Dinsdale – Why being a submariner is such a good career

Office scenes composite

David White – Becoming a rent officer

Joining up composite #2

Don Cleavin – Joining the Submarine Service

General submarine composite #40

Ami Burns – The difference between surface fleet and submarine broadcast pipes

On Patrol - 05 sub - Chris Groves

Jim Perks – Failing Perisher after Eyes Only

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Steve Thorpe – Diesel versus Nuclear

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ian Moore – Tommy Gould released unexploded bomb under casing

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Jim Perks – Introduction of the Black Caps

Passing out HMS Raleigh 1984 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Looking after our people better

General submarine composite #41

Ami Burns – An early fascination with engineering

Escape training & SETT composite #6

Brian Wood – How to increase your lung capacity

Onboard - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – International Teachers get together to discuss course contents

Life on board composite #4

Ian Moore – Being handed letters for crew’s family members

Sovereign under way - Neg 11,698

Colin Hamilton – Engine change in Hamburg and held up by Greenpeace

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – Test firing nuclear missiles with the Americans

General submarine composite #5

Colin Hamilton – Four Submarines that have been lost

HMS Otus (Welsh contingent) on a visit to Barry 1967 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – I started to enjoy it after Part 3

Ron Gordon and the football team

Ron Gordon – Australians urged him to jump ship, to play football for them

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Colin Clarke – Time spent on Perisher

Test rescue with Italian SPAG team Taranto, Italy mid 2000s - Brian Wood

David White – Escaping from a submarine at 400 feet deep

1027 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens Roundabout 1975 - Gosport Society

Colin Hamilton – Memories of Gosport

General submarine composite #40

Brian Wood – ‘Sausage on a stick’ rather than Dolphins

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

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