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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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Families day, HMS Porpoise C. 1973 - My Dad with the Captain (Lt Cdr Jim Taylor)

David White – Captain Jim Taylor – a real gentleman. Let David’s Dad use the periscope

2066 Gosport Fort Blockhouse HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Don Cleavin – Life in Gosport

Perisher - 05-19 XO & COM (R) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – What the crew expects during Perisher

Terrible beard at sea - Chris Groves

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

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

Ian Moore – The role of Sea Dads

Black dolphins

Jim Perks – The black training Dolphins

Chris Groves standing on submarine casing

Chris Groves – Defining moment to join Submarine service

Joining up composite #1

Ron Gordon – Offered Officer path, but turned down due to cost of uniform

Passing out HMS Raleigh 1984 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Looking after our people better

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

Chris Groves – Growing up in Gosport

General submarine composite #49

Ami Burns – Doing a BSQ walk around

HMS Ganges - Opening of Leading Junior's canteen 1962 - Brian Wood

Colin Hamilton – Training other nations

bunch of wooden pegs

Lesley Ure – You want everything to go wonderfully

Covid masks

Jim Perks – The impact of Covid on Submariners

Colin Hamilton Testing for carbon dioxide on board HMSM Renoun port crew 1970

Colin Hamilton – Shutting down a nuclear reactor

General submarine composite #22

Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board

boy by sea showing his muscles

Lesley Ure – Try not to set your expectations too high

General submarine composite #32

Colin Clarke – Make or break of Perisher course

Sonar composite #1

Chris Groves – How submarines work out where they are when dived

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

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

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

Colin Clarke – Weapons Weeks and Inshore Ops on Perisher

2062 Gosport Town Centre Weevil Lane St. George Barracks married quarters 1990s - Gosport Society

Midge Ure – Gosport was hit by the Navy leaving

Food & Drink composite #5

Ami Burns – The importance of food at sea

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

Ian Moore – The Royal Arms Pub in Gosport

5092 Alverstoke Village Road Village Home & Thatchers - Gosport Society

Midge Ure – Changing face of Gosport

1016 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens View from tower blocks 1966 - Gosport Society

Chris Groves – Silver Jubilee in Gosport as a child

At sea in Command - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – How to deal with huge amounts of information in intense situations

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Midge Ure – SETT training drama

DSVR-2 Avalon unloading at Glasgow Prestwick airport from Galaxy aircraft May 1979 - Brian Wood

David White – If a submarine gets in trouble anywhere in the world, they’ll send a DSVR

Sovereign under way - Neg 11,698

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

5017 Alverstoke Park Road The Park Hotel - Gosport Society

Lesley Ure – Favourite haunts in Gosport

General submarine composite #30

Don Cleavin – Refuelling

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