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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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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

General submarine composite #15

Andy Dinsdale – What it’s like the first time sailing in a submarine

Torbay - 15 - Under way at sea - No Neg

Midge Ure – How the different shifts work for and aft

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Jim Perks – The importance of Gosport to the Submarine Service

Sonar composite #3

Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works

Passing out HMS Raleigh 1984 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Looking after our people better

HMS Odin - Engine room crew (after a long patrol) 1981 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Much more relaxed than a surface ship

Watch Leader Spartan - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Periscope training using toilet rolls

Capt SM, Irvine Lindsey OBE, retires - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – VIPs on board during inshore weekend exercise

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

General submarine composite #14

Don Cleavin – Explosion on board (Part 2)

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Colin Clarke – Sadness of the state of disrepair

Tigerfish nearly home ready for tube mounted dispenser - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Colin Clarke – Weapons Weeks and Inshore Ops on Perisher

Joining up composite #5

Ian Moore – Father’s pride after I outranked him

Life on board composite #4

Don Cleavin – Rum paid for by Jamaican Government

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ron Gordon – Being vetted to go on a Bomber

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

Brian Wood – Joining the Royal Navy

Submarines at Gosport - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – Watch routine and structure of days for Officers

Ron Gordon and the 'swim boys' at SETT in Gosport

Steve Thorpe – Becoming a Swim Boy

1090 Lee-on-the-Solent East beach Sailing and beechactivities 1950 postcard - Gosport Society

Chris Groves – Growing up in Gosport

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964

Brian Wood – 11 months away at sea immediately after getting married

Escape training & SETT composite #4

David White – BBC filmed David for ‘Diving Mammals’ TV programme

Royal Arms December 2023 - Richard Cook - enlarged (comp)

Midge Ure – Pubs in Gosport

Socialising (Poss Gibraltar) c1960s - Brian Wood

Colin Clarke – Favourite Port

Faslane (Neptune)

Ian Moore – HMS Neptune

HMS Warspite Atlantic on way to South Africa 1975 - Colin Hamilton - (comp) IMG_1937

David White – Dad’s PTSD

Sovereign under way - Neg 11,698

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

DSRV-2 Avalon attached to UK submarine HMS Repulse May 1979 - Brian Wood

Chris Groves – What happens during an escape – pressure equalisation

Conqueror on return from Falklands with Jolly Roger flying

Colin Clarke – Enjoyed time out in the Falklands

Food & Drink composite #6

Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs

Office scenes composite

Don Cleavin – Transition to Civvy Street

General submarine composite #6

Ian Moore – Incident with Russian sub – Part 2

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