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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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General submarine composite #22

Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board

Covid masks

Jim Perks – The impact of Covid on Submariners

The Submarine Escape Training Tower

Chris Groves – After SETT closed – SMERAS is more realistic

DSRV-2 Avalon attached to UK submarine HMS Repulse May 1979 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Judging where you are by the temperature of the sea water

Chief Tiff making tea for everyone - proof!

David White – The camaraderie of submariners

The entrance to HMS Dolphin

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

Food & Drink composite #4

David White – Disproportionate importance of food

HMS Splendid in harbour - close up

Chris Groves – Time on first nuclear submarine

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

Ian Moore – Popped eardrums at SETT

Joining up composite #4

Ian Moore – Friends joined Army and Navy

Life on board composite #13

Ian Moore – Military comes first, family second

Joining up composite #1

Ian Moore – The different ranks in the Submarine Service

Life on board composite #11

Andy Dinsdale – Becoming an officer

Life on board composite #9

Ian Moore – Ear protection

Food & Drink composite #1

Andy Dinsdale – The importance of food onboard

General submarine composite #40

Ami Burns – The difference between surface fleet and submarine broadcast pipes

bunch of wooden pegs

Lesley Ure – You want everything to go wonderfully

Life on board composite #6

Ian Moore – The impact of perfume after 6 months at sea

Food & Drink composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin

Shore leave composite #1

Midge Ure – Being briefed for shore leave

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Colin Clarke – Returning to Dolphin as an instructor

General submarine composite #7

Don Cleavin – Part Three Examination

General submarine composite #46

David White – Reacting to sudden noises still now

Life on board composite #7

Ian Moore – One experience of claustrophobia

HMS Opportune in Portsmouth

Ron Gordon – Not recognised by daughter after growing beard on 2 month deployment

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

HMS Ursula

Midge Ure – Why I joined the Navy

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Colin Clarke – Time spent on Perisher

Ron Gordon and crew on side of submarine

Ron Gordon – Submariners’ brotherhood

Vigilant Surfacing 1

Colin Hamilton – Adding hydrogen to the reactor loop

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

Ian Moore – The role of Sea Dads

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

Colin Hamilton – Students less enthusiastic for the service

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