Steve Thorpe – Relationship between Officers and Ratings

On a submarine it’s really good. People switch from first name terms to Sir, Ma’am, really quickly.

General Service it’s a different world really. They’re a lot more segregated. The Officers on a ship are almost like old-fashioned Navy if that makes sense.

A bit more pompous and a bit more thinking they’re something special, whereas on a submarine … because everybody’s living in each other’s pockets, everybody is really down to earth, normally.

I mean there is the odd exception obviously but the difference between the Officers onboard a ship and a submarine are worlds apart, in the majority.