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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 #3

Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works

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

Midge Ure – The importance of food onboard

Escape training & SETT composite #1

Ron Gordon – Training to work at SETT

General submarine composite #39

Jim Perks – How the simulators worked

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – Escape from a submarine in the real world

Perisher reunion on HMS Westminster Cdre Bob Anstey OBE, RAdm Hugh Beard CB (CO Westminster at time), Me and RAdm Paul Halton OBE - Aug 2014 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The pressures of being Teacher

Joining up composite #2

Andy Dinsdale – What attracted me to join the Navy

5053 Gosport Hardway Priory Road The Old House at Home - Gosport Society

David White – Fond memories of Gosport

General submarine composite #15

Ron Gordon – Doing my Part 3 in just four weeks

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Ami Burns – Tempted onto submarines from the day I joined the Royal Navy

Food & Drink composite #3

David White – Process of loading food into a submarine’s freezer

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

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

Office scenes composite

Don Cleavin – Jobs after the Navy

Another Perisher reunion - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – How I learnt of my Commandership

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

Brian Wood – Much more relaxed than a surface ship

Resolution - Lower Torpedo Compartment - P2006.19

Steve Thorpe – Bomber in the Cold War

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

Midge Ure – Gosport was hit by the Navy leaving

Submarine Memorial Weekend - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The support of my wife

Engineering department HMS Eskimo in West Indies 1968 - Colin Hamilton

Andy Dinsdale – Why I wanted to become a submariner

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

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

01 - Trenchant in harbour - Neg 1158

Don Cleavin – How long diesels could stay under

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

Midge Ure – Camaraderie of submariners

General submarine composite #22

Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board

Sonar composite #2

Colin Clarke – Different sonar systems are basically the same thing

Torbay - 15 - Under way at sea - No Neg

Midge Ure – How the different shifts work for and aft

Life on board composite #11

Ian Moore – Sign language

General submarine composite #40

Midge Ure – Swimming off the submarine – Hands to Bathe and BBQ

3046 Gosport Town Centre Harbour Tower Aerial view of Blockhouse & Portsmouth - Gosport Society

Ian Moore – Going to Le Havre overnight

Life on board composite #4

Don Cleavin – Rum paid for by Jamaican Government

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

David White – SETT training process

Joining up composite #2

Steve Thorpe – The initial appeal

Office scenes composite

Ian Moore – Adjusting to civvy life after Naval career

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