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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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Submarine Memorial Weekend - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The support of my wife

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1986 - Neg 11,537

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

Opening of SMERAS - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Being promoted to DACOS Ops

General submarine composite #29

Ian Moore – Homesickness whilst training at Tor Point

General submarine composite #46

Brian Wood – Going ‘ultra quiet’

Food & Drink composite #2

David White – Challenge of baking bread on board a submarine

Sonar composite #5

Colin Clarke – The role of an acoustic analyst

Office scenes composite

Ian Moore – Adjusting to civvy life after Naval career

Perisher 100 - the Teachers - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Uniqueness of Perisher

HMS Splendid in harbour - close up

Chris Groves – Time on first nuclear submarine

Food & Drink composite #6

David White – Cheese Ush and getting drafted to HMS Orpheus because the Captain loved his

Composite image of Gosport Pubs

Midge Ure – Joanna’s nightclub in Gosport

2002 Spearfish Live Sinkex - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First live firing of Spearfish torpedo

Ron Gordon and others from SPAG on airplane

Ron Gordon – If you don’t concentrate, things can go wrong

HMS Odin - Engine room crew (after a long patrol) 1981 - Brian Wood

Midge Ure – Camaraderie of submariners

At sea in Command - Chris Groves

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

Commencement of trials to assessed the survivability of the latest submarine escape suit - Early 80s - David White

David White – Testing new survival suits

Life on board composite #4

Midge Ure – Free socks

General submarine composite #48

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

Life on board composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Role of the Petty Officer

7110 Gosport Royal Clarence Yard Weevil Lane Rum Store interior - Gosport Society

Colin Hamilton – Jamaica for eight weeks with SAS and Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Sonar composite #4

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

Joining up composite #5

Ami Burns – Advice for those wanting to join the Submarine Service

Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton

Don Cleavin – Getting a tot after explosion on board

Perisher - 05-11 COM(R) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – What is the Perisher course?

Life on board composite #2

Steve Thorpe – Water treated like gold

General submarine composite #32

Colin Clarke – Make or break of Perisher course

The Submarine Escape Training Tower

Chris Groves – After SETT closed – SMERAS is more realistic

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

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

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

bunch of wooden pegs

Lesley Ure – You want everything to go wonderfully

General submarine composite #7

Don Cleavin – Part Three Examination

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