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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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Watch Leader Spartan - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Periscope training using toilet rolls

Food & Drink composite #4

David White – Disproportionate importance of food

Charity rugby match against nurses in HMS Terror, Singapore c.1978 - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – Injured play rugby in Hong Kong

HMS Ursula

Don Cleavin – Navigating the Great Barrier Reef

Blockhouse - Aerial 1950s - Neg 5759

Ron Wright – Joining the Submarine Service

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

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

Colin Hamilton – Students less enthusiastic for the service

Perisher 1999 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – You are always being assessed by Teacher

Chris Groves standing on submarine casing

Chris Groves – Defining moment to join Submarine service

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates

General submarine composite #37

Jim Perks – Small Ship command

Submariners Memorial Unveilling - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – International Engagements for the MoD

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964

Steve Thorpe – A message for young people

General submarine composite #49

Midge Ure – Watching films onboard (and smoking)

Submarine Escape Tank Staff Volleyball team winning the inter part competition - David White

David White – Exercise enabled longer time spent in SETT, so they played volleyball at lunch

Joining up composite #1

David White – Suggesting elasticated cap tallies – Genius idea rejected

HMS Oracle - David White

Colin Hamilton – Drafted to Barrow

SPAG 1986-7 Jersey airport - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – SPAG – How you join and how they work

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Steve Thorpe – Understanding Surface Abandonment

bunch of wooden pegs

Lesley Ure – You want everything to go wonderfully

General submarine composite #39

Jim Perks – How the simulators worked

General submarine composite #36

Chris Groves -Tactical phase of Perisher

Life on board composite #4

Midge Ure – Free socks

General submarine composite #2

Jim Perks – Role of the Comms Officer

Shore leave composite #2

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

Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – Dolphin cap tally

General submarine composite #35

Don Cleavin – On board HMS Forth

Food & Drink composite #4

Ron Gordon – Importance of food

Sonar composite #3

Ian Moore – How not to leave the Royal Navy

Capt SM, Irvine Lindsey OBE, retires - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – VIPs on board during inshore weekend exercise

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

Ron Gordon – Every person on a diesel submarine must know how everything works

On Patrol - 05 sub - Chris Groves

Jim Perks – Failing Perisher after Eyes Only

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