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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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Ambush - Interior - After Torpedo Tubes

Midge Ure – The smell of submarines

Snorting watch - Big Bad Bungy Williams, me and stokers - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Ian Moore – The Submarine Family

HMS Vanguard entering harbour Sept 1994

Andy Dinsdale – Officer training

Life on board composite #9

Don Cleavin – Flag Officer Submarine FOSM

Composite image of Gosport Pubs

Lesley Ure – Going out in Gosport

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

Don Cleavin – Looking after the engines

Decommissioning HMS Trafalgar - Returning to Plymouth

Midge Ure – One of the first to do SMQ vs Part 3

Anchorite with gun - Neg 3272

Steve Thorpe – Paved the way with the Field Gun

Submariners Memorial Unveilling - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – International Engagements for the MoD

General submarine composite #13

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

Onboard - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Human Factors Training

Joining up composite #1

Ian Moore – The different ranks in the Submarine Service

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – Test firing nuclear missiles with the Americans

The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – Assets available to teacher during Perisher

Resolution - Lower Torpedo Compartment - P2006.19

Steve Thorpe – Bomber in the Cold War

HMS Raleigh for under training in 1961 - Colin Hamilton

Midge Ure – A Submariner’s rig

Life on board composite #2

Midge Ure – Life onboard so different from ships

Man in escape suit popping out of top of SETT - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – SETT training – Using a wine bag and let it pop

Life on board composite #5

Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners

HMS Torbay Ships Company - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – The Navy is the full package

17 - Churchill coming alongside at Faslane - No Neg

Ian Moore – Whistling at sea superstition

HMS Chichester on the way to Kuwait - Colin Hamilton

Don Cleavin – Submarine pay

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – How the diesel engine worked

General submarine composite #39

Jim Perks – How the simulators worked

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Ian Moore – Visiting a mouldy Dolphin

Skimmer coming - Chris Groves

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

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

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Steve Thorpe – First time in SETT

General submarine composite #33

Andy Dinsdale – What different engineers are responsible for

Joining up composite #1

Chris Groves – Joining the Navy

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Jim Perks – The importance of Gosport to the Submarine Service

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – 50 years undetected

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