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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 - David White

Steve Thorpe – Compact sleeping

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Don Cleavin – Escape Training Tank

Socialising (Poss Gibraltar) c1960s - Brian Wood

Colin Clarke – Favourite Port

Resolution - Lower Torpedo Compartment - P2006.19

Steve Thorpe – Bomber in the Cold War

General submarine composite #28

Ami Burns – Submariners only care whether you’re competent at your job

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

Chris Groves – Assets available to teacher during Perisher

HMS Vanguard entering harbour Sept 1994

Andy Dinsdale – Officer training

Opossum in war livery - Diego Garcia 1991 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – Travelling the world

Sovereign under way - Neg 11,698

Midge Ure – Diesel engines still onboard nuclear submarines

5096 Torpedos on display HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Steve Thorpe – Life in Gosport

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

General submarine composite #50

Colin Clarke – Going on a seven month mission

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Colin Clarke – Sadness of the state of disrepair

Life on board composite #9

Don Cleavin – Flag Officer Submarine FOSM

HMS Otus on return from Gulf

Lesley Ure – Adjusting to the return of your submariner partner

Life on board composite #4

Ian Moore – Being handed letters for crew’s family members

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1986 - Neg 11,537

Andy Dinsdale – What happened at Dolphin is an unknown to most people in Gosport

General submarine composite #31

Andy Dinsdale – Role and responsibility of being Periscope Watchkeeper

Sonar composite #2

Colin Clarke – Different sonar systems are basically the same thing

Perisher 100 - the Teachers - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Uniqueness of Perisher

2002 Spearfish Live Sinkex - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First live firing of Spearfish torpedo

Escape training & SETT composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Working at SETT

Joining up composite #2

Don Cleavin – Joining the Submarine Service

Terrible beard at sea - Chris Groves

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

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

Colin Clarke – Playing tennis for Dolphin

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

Jim Perks – The responsibility of being Teacher

Test rescue with Italian SPAG team Taranto, Italy mid 2000s - Brian Wood

David White – Escaping from a submarine at 400 feet deep

Sonar composite #1

Ian Moore – Part Three

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964

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

boy by sea showing his muscles

Lesley Ure – Try not to set your expectations too high

Skimmer coming - Chris Groves

Jim Perks – The Perisher ballet

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood

Don Cleavin – The brotherhood

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