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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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General submarine composite #32

Steve Thorpe – Being a Warrant Officer

Life on board composite #12

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

Life on board composite #7

Ian Moore – One experience of claustrophobia

Brian Wood received the first set of Dolphins at HMS Dolphin 1971

Brian Wood – Joining the Royal Navy

Joining up composite #2

Andy Dinsdale – What attracted me to join the Navy

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

General submarine composite #23

Steve Thorpe – Seven seconds

Life on board composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Role of the Petty Officer

Terrible beard at sea - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – The feeling of completing Perisher, the handshake and Perisher Breakfast

Suez - Watch Leader, HMS Spartan 1996 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Crew running sweepstakes on Perisher students

General submarine composite #33

Andy Dinsdale – What different engineers are responsible for

Life on board composite #13

Ron Gordon – Only one way communication into a submarine

Life on board composite #5

Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Steve Thorpe – First time in SETT

Sovereign under way - Neg 11,698

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

7110 Gosport Royal Clarence Yard Weevil Lane Rum Store interior - Gosport Society

Colin Hamilton – Jamaica for eight weeks with SAS and Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Life on board composite #8

Ian Moore – Restricted space on a submarine

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Ian Moore – First experience of SETT

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Jim Perks – The importance of Gosport to the Submarine Service

Sonar composite #1

Colin Clarke – Sonar is nothing like in the movies

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

Brian Wood – I started to enjoy it after Part 3

5097 Gosport Postcard Views of Gosport - Gosport Society

David White – Memories of Gosport – Brickwood’s pubs

Food & Drink composite #6

Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs

The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves

Ami Burns – Crew coming to me to talk about their worries

HMS Splendid in harbour - close up

Chris Groves – Time on first nuclear submarine

General submarine composite #38

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

Sonar composite #2

Colin Clarke – Different sonar systems are basically the same thing

HMS OPPORTUNE Ships Company 1998 - Chris Groves (comp)

Chris Groves – Officers Training course (OTC)

HMS Oracle alongside the quay in Londonderry 1968 (I'm in No 1 uniform, kneeling on the jetty) - David White

Don Cleavin – First time on board

Selling Ice cream in New Brighton while waiting to join the Royal Navy 1959 - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – First became interested in Submarines

General submarine composite #15

Ron Gordon – Doing my Part 3 in just four weeks

2030 Gosport Town Centre Haslar Creek Pneumonia Bridge and Cockle Pond - Gosport Society

Ian Moore – Gosport Pubs

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