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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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Submarines at Gosport - Imperial War Museum - IWM HU 84836

Ron Gordon – Fondness for Gosport

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

Life on board composite #4

Midge Ure – Free socks

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

David White – First time doing SETT

Blockhouse - Aerial 1950s - Neg 5759

David White – HMS Artemis submarine sunk down next to Dolphin

Repulse - 1976

Chris Groves – First dive in a submarine

General submarine composite #15

Ron Gordon – Doing my Part 3 in just four weeks

Covid masks

Jim Perks – The impact of Covid on Submariners

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

Ami Burns – Crew coming to me to talk about their worries

Another Perisher reunion - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – How I learnt of my Commandership

Faslane (Neptune)

Don Cleavin – Memories of Faslane

Food & Drink composite #5

David White – Lazy chefs lead to weight loss

HMS Ganges - Opening of Leading Junior's canteen 1962 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Turning up for first patrol with a full kit bag and case

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

Ron Gordon – Sod’s opera

Joining up composite #1

Ron Gordon – Offered Officer path, but turned down due to cost of uniform

Food & Drink composite #1

David White – Building a false deck of canned food

2002 Spearfish Live Sinkex - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First live firing of Spearfish torpedo

Sonar composite #1

Ian Moore – Part Three

Escape training & SETT composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Working at SETT

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Jim Perks – The importance of Gosport to the Submarine Service

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

Chris Groves – Assets available to teacher during Perisher

Repulse - View from dead ahead

Midge Ure – Submarine got an ASBO

Perisher - 05-19 XO & COM (R) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – What the crew expects during Perisher

2062 Gosport Town Centre Weevil Lane St. George Barracks married quarters 1990s - Gosport Society

Midge Ure – Gosport was hit by the Navy leaving

1027 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens Roundabout 1975 - Gosport Society

Colin Hamilton – Memories of Gosport

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

HMS OPPORTUNE Ships Company 1998 - Chris Groves (comp)

Chris Groves – Officers Training course (OTC)

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Colin Clarke – Returning to Dolphin as an instructor

Decommissioning HMS Trafalgar - Returning to Plymouth

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

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – Escape from a submarine in the real world

SETT Staff - 1984 - includes D Hubbard and Roy Taylor

Brian Wood – Joining SETT

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – Climbing into the missile tubes on patrol to check springs

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