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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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Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

Lesley Ure – Gosport a terrific place to bring up a family

Life on board composite #4

Don Cleavin – Rum paid for by Jamaican Government

General submarine composite #48

Jim Perks – What is the future of the Submarine Service?

HMS Otus on return from Gulf

Ron Gordon – Sea running and sea riding

General submarine composite #31

Andy Dinsdale – Role and responsibility of being Periscope Watchkeeper

Joining up composite #1

David White – Suggesting elasticated cap tallies – Genius idea rejected

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964

Steve Thorpe – A message for young people

bunch of wooden pegs

Lesley Ure – You want everything to go wonderfully

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

General submarine composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Depth Charge trials

Vigilant - Post Rollout - BW

Colin Hamilton – Switching to Polaris

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

Ron Wright – Joining the Navy

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

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

HMSM on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton

Brian Wood – Going out on patrol

Escape training & SETT composite #1

Ron Gordon – Training to work at SETT

HMS Oracle - David White

Don Cleavin – Freshwater and washing

Taking in the sun HMS Torbay 2006 - - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – No room for shouters

'Channel night' HMS Odin (after a long patrol) 1982

Ron Gordon – Sod’s opera

Office scenes composite

David White – Becoming a rent officer

SPAG 1986-7 Jersey airport - Brian Wood

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

General submarine composite #22

Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board

General submarine composite #5

Colin Hamilton – Four Submarines that have been lost

Office scenes composite

Ian Moore – Adjusting to civvy life after Naval career

General submarine composite #34

Andy Dinsdale – Captain on the periscope in his boxers

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – Noise in the engine room

Ron Gordon and others from SPAG by airplane

Ron Gordon – How the SPAG team deployed

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Steve Thorpe – Decommissioning of Dolphin

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Chris Groves – Doing SETT was a great ride

General submarine composite #6

Ian Moore – Incident with Russian sub – Part 2

CO HMS Sceptre - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Being told by accident that I’d passed Perisher

Life on board composite #11

Andy Dinsdale – Becoming an officer

HMS Otus 1965 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Social time on board

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