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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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Sonar composite #4

Colin Clarke – The distance sonar can hear things in the water

Mk 8 Escape suit in SETT Late 1980s - Brian Wood

Ian Moore – Popped eardrums at SETT

Joining up composite #2

Steve Thorpe – The initial appeal

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ron Gordon – Being vetted to go on a Bomber

Ron Gordon and others from SPAG by airplane

Ron Gordon – How the SPAG team deployed

Food & Drink composite #4

Ron Gordon – Importance of food

Composite image of Gosport

Midge Ure – Wine and Dine at Emma’s

General submarine composite #26

Ami Burns – Being promoted to Lieutenant Commander

General submarine composite #34

Jim Perks – Joining the Submarine Service

FOSM requalifying SETT top of the tank early 1990s - Brian Wood

David White – SETT training process

Life on board composite #9

Don Cleavin – Flag Officer Submarine FOSM

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

Steve Thorpe – Becoming a Swim Boy

Skimmer coming - Chris Groves

Jim Perks – Once in a lifetime chance to see warships up close through the periscope

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – How the diesel engine worked

Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White

Midge Ure – The importance of food onboard

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Steve Thorpe – Decommissioning of Dolphin

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

Life on board composite #4

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

Life on board composite #2

Ron Gordon – Difference between surface fleet and submarine service

Vigilant under way

Ami Burns – From a Mini to a Ferarri

General submarine composite #25

Colin Clarke – Inshore ops with the Marines

The entrance to HMS Dolphin

Chris Groves – Privilege of giving out Dolphins (Having a bucket nearby)

Faslane (Neptune)

Don Cleavin – Memories of Faslane

HMS Resolution underway

Andy Dinsdale – Adjusting your eyes to use a periscope

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Don Cleavin – Escape Training Tank

Sonar composite #1

Colin Clarke – Sonar is nothing like in the movies

On patrol - HMS Sceptre 2007 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Black humour helps you cope with the brutality of Perisher

General submarine composite #13

David White – Slept in, so late to swimming class, forced to jump off top board

SPAG - something was in the way - Brian Wood

Steve Thorpe – Getting MBE for work with San Juan

Onboard - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Eyes only exercise on inshore weekend

General submarine composite #29

Ian Moore – Homesickness whilst training at Tor Point

Sonar composite #2

Colin Clarke – Different sonar systems are basically the same thing

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