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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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Food & Drink composite #5

David White – Lazy chefs lead to weight loss

General submarine composite #36

Jim Perks – What DACOS Ops do

Food & Drink composite #2

Don Cleavin – Rum tots and fresh water

General submarine composite #39

Ron Gordon – Being checked by US Navy for missile competence (DASO)

HMS Oracle - David White

Steve Thorpe – Compact sleeping

General submarine composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Depth Charge trials

Shore leave composite #2

Colin Clarke – First UK warship in Portsmouth, USA for a long time

Watch Leader Spartan - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Periscope training using toilet rolls

HMS Ganges (the annex) Bulwork Mess March 1962 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Forgot that I’d volunteered for the Submarine Service

Life on board composite #8

Ian Moore – Restricted space on a submarine

General submarine composite #6

Ian Moore – Incident with Russian sub – Part 2

General submarine composite #22

Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board

General submarine composite #38

Chris Groves – Don’t know until Teacher’s handshake if you’ve passed Perisher

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

Chief Tiff making tea for everyone - proof!

David White – The camaraderie of submariners

Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – The Loch Long tragedy

Shore leave composite #1

Midge Ure – Being briefed for shore leave

General submarine composite #7

Don Cleavin – Part Three Examination

Life on board composite #11

Ian Moore – Sign language

Escape training & SETT composite #6

Steve Thorpe – Using a submarine escape suit

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Colin Clarke – Sadness of the state of disrepair

Perisher 100 Dinner. BRNC Dartmouth 2017 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – You’ve got a Teacher for a reason

Food & Drink composite #2

Colin Hamilton – It was good fun, I always volunteered

Life on board composite #10

Ian Moore – Becoming a Sea Dad

Inside HMS Alliance hatch

Jim Perks – When students on Perisher don’t make the grade

3rd job in Spartan - now Watch Leader - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The responsibility of being Teacher

General submarine composite #29

Ami Burns – Having to be humble as an upper yardy

Life on board composite #2

Ian Moore – Dealing with claustrophobia

Poseidon - 06 - Under way at sea - Neg 2255

Chris Groves – Used to be different officer training for diesel and nuclear

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Ian Moore – Visiting a mouldy Dolphin

Vigilant - Post Rollout - BW

Colin Hamilton – Switching to Polaris

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – Noise in the engine room

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