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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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Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – Dolphin cap tally

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – 50 years undetected

General submarine composite #28

Chris Groves – What happens if you fail Perisher

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

Brian Wood – A mixed crew of submariners from around the World

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – Escape from a submarine in the real world

Joining up composite #1

Ian Moore – The different ranks in the Submarine Service

Chris Groves standing on submarine casing

Chris Groves – Defining moment to join Submarine service

View of Gibraltar c.1965 - Colin Hamilton

Ron Gordon – Top of the Rock race in Gibraltar

5096 Torpedos on display HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Steve Thorpe – Life in Gosport

Food & Drink composite #6

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

Sonar composite #3

Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works

2030 Gosport Town Centre Haslar Creek Pneumonia Bridge and Cockle Pond - Gosport Society

Ian Moore – Gosport Pubs

children in wellies

Lesley Ure – Routine is key for many families

bunch of wooden pegs

Lesley Ure – You want everything to go wonderfully

Food & Drink composite #6

Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Steve Thorpe – Decommissioning of Dolphin

General submarine composite #39

Ron Gordon – Being checked by US Navy for missile competence (DASO)

Life on board composite #5

Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners

At sea in Command - Chris Groves

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

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Chris Groves – Doing SETT was a great ride

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

Chris Groves – What happens during an escape – pressure equalisation

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

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

General submarine composite #33

Andy Dinsdale – What different engineers are responsible for

Repulse - 1976

Chris Groves – First dive in a submarine

HMS Otus (Welsh contingent) on a visit to Barry 1967 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – I started to enjoy it after Part 3

In senior rates’ mess onboard HMSM Renoun on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton

Midge Ure – Lasting Camaraderie

Sonar composite #4

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

General submarine composite #25

Colin Clarke – Inshore ops with the Marines

Families day, HMS Porpoise C. 1973 - My Dad with the Captain (Lt Cdr Jim Taylor)

David White – Captain Jim Taylor – a real gentleman. Let David’s Dad use the periscope

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