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Ian (Pony) Moore

Ian Moore
David White | Brian Wood
Having grown up watching submarines being built in Barrow-in-Furness, joining the Submarine Service made perfect sense to 16-year-old Ian Moore.

Starting out as a mechanical engineer, Ian had to study hard to work his way up the ranks, experiencing some pretty hairy incidents out at sea in the meantime.

When the Royal Navy decommissioned the last of the diesel submarines in 1994, Ian took redundancy and trained to become a podiatrist, which he has been practicing for the following 28 years.

Family life

Born: 1958
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Mother: Catherine
Father: James (Jock) Moore

Working life

Became an Army Cadet aged 14
Joined Royal Navy aged 16 November 1974
Moved to Submarine Service after training
Worked way up to becoming Charge Chief
Trained to become a podiatrist in 1994

HMS Orpheus (1975 – 80)
HMS Opportune (1983 – 86)
HMS Opossum (1989 – 91)
HMS Oracle (1992 – 94)

Full interview

Conducted: Simon Perry, Gosport, 25th Mar 2022
https://archive.org/download/ian-moore-submariners-stories-interview-no-dob-25-mar-2022/Ian%20Moore%20Submariners'%20Stories%20interview%20(No%20DOB)%2025%20Mar%202022.mp3

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Ian Moore: Interview transcription
Portrait of Ian 'Pony' Moore by Julian Winslow for Submariners' Stories Oral History project

Ian (Pony) Moore's audio clips​

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17 - Churchill coming alongside at Faslane - No Neg
Ian Moore – Whistling at sea superstition
CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990
Ian Moore – Tommy Gould released unexploded bomb under casing
Snorting watch - Big Bad Bungy Williams, me and stokers - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's
Ian Moore – The Submarine Family
CMEA Dulux Wadding (L) and POMEM Pip Cherry - Exhaust Y piece - HMS Oppossum - Diego Garcia - 1991
Ian Moore – The smell of diesel
Tigerfish nearly home ready for tube mounted dispenser - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's
Ian Moore – The role of Sea Dads
Vigilant under way
Ian Moore – Nuclear subs the ‘real deal’
Life on board composite #6
Ian Moore – The pirate rig
Orpheus - bow on
Ian Moore – The Loch Long tragedy
Life on board composite #6
Ian Moore – The impact of perfume after 6 months at sea
Joining up composite #1
Ian Moore – The different ranks in the Submarine Service
Life on board composite #11
Ian Moore – Sign language
Life on board composite #8
Ian Moore – Restricted space on a submarine
Escape training & SETT composite #1
Ian Moore – Qualifying at SETT every four years
Life on board composite #2
Ian Moore – Providing a friendly ear
Mk 8 Escape suit in SETT Late 1980s - Brian Wood
Ian Moore – Popped eardrums at SETT
Sonar composite #1
Ian Moore – Part Three
Orpheus - bow on
Ian Moore – Dolphin cap tally
Life on board composite #7
Ian Moore – One experience of claustrophobia
Life on board composite #5
Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners
General submarine composite #34
Ian Moore – My Sea Dad, Robbie Robinson
Life on board composite #13
Ian Moore – Military comes first, family second
General submarine composite #6
Ian Moore – Incident with Russian sub – Part 2
Sonar composite #3
Ian Moore – How not to leave the Royal Navy
General submarine composite #29
Ian Moore – Homesickness whilst training at Tor Point
Faslane (Neptune)
Ian Moore – HMS Neptune
2030 Gosport Town Centre Haslar Creek Pneumonia Bridge and Cockle Pond - Gosport Society
Ian Moore – Gosport Pubs
3046 Gosport Town Centre Harbour Tower Aerial view of Blockhouse & Portsmouth - Gosport Society
Ian Moore – Going to Le Havre overnight
Joining up composite #4
Ian Moore – Friends joined Army and Navy
Escape training & SETT composite #5
Ian Moore – First experience of SETT
Joining up composite #6
Ian Moore – Finding your specialism
Joining up composite #5
Ian Moore – Father’s pride after I outranked him
Joining up composite #3
Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy
General submarine composite #17
Ian Moore – Family the motivation to do well educationally
1082 Gosport Town Centre Aerial view of town Shows newly completed south relief road 1970 photo - Gosport Society
Ian Moore – Emma’s Nightclub, Gosport
Life on board composite #9
Ian Moore – Ear protection
Man in escape suit popping out of top of SETT - Brian Wood
Ian Moore – Doing SETT again
General submarine composite #1
Ian Moore – Depth charged by Russians on sneaky patrol
Life on board composite #2
Ian Moore – Dealing with claustrophobia
Escape training & SETT composite #1
Ian Moore – Day Two of qualifying at SETT
Life on board composite #4
Ian Moore – Being handed letters for crew’s family members
Life on board composite #11
Ian Moore – Being able to react without thinking
Life on board composite #10
Ian Moore – Becoming a Sea Dad
Sonar composite #4
Ian Moore – Becoming a podiatrist
Office scenes composite
Ian Moore – Adjusting to civvy life after Naval career
Sonar composite #4
Ian Moore – Accepting redundancy
Escape training & SETT composite #2
Ian Moore – Visiting a mouldy Dolphin
Royal Arms December 2023 - Richard Cook - enlarged (comp)
Ian Moore – The Royal Arms Pub in Gosport

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