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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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General submarine composite #37

Colin Clarke – Never felt unsafe on a submarine

HMS Splendid in harbour - close up

Chris Groves – Time on first nuclear submarine

1093 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens & Bus Station Showing new ferry terminal but no Marina 1985 - Gosport Society

Lesley Ure – Growing up in Gosport

CMEA Bob Barker - Exhaust Y piece change - boat unknown - 1991

Lesley Ure – Smell of diesel made me violently sick when pregnant

General submarine composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Depth Charge trials

Joining up composite #3

Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy

Life on board composite #2

Steve Thorpe – Water treated like gold

HMS Oracle - David White

Steve Thorpe – Compact sleeping

CO HMS Sceptre - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Being told by accident that I’d passed Perisher

HMS Opportune in Portsmouth

Ron Gordon – Not recognised by daughter after growing beard on 2 month deployment

Food & Drink composite #2

Don Cleavin – Rum tots and fresh water

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Chris Groves – Diving all the way to the Suez Canal

Joining up composite #5

Don Cleavin – Applying to join the Navy

General submarine composite #15

Andy Dinsdale – What it’s like the first time sailing in a submarine

2016 - Taking over as COMSUBFLOT from Cdre Mike Walliker CBE - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – In the right place at the right time

General submarine composite #25

Colin Clarke – Inshore ops with the Marines

Vigilant - Post Rollout - BW

Colin Hamilton – Switching to Polaris

Sonar composite #4

Ian Moore – Becoming a podiatrist

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Midge Ure – SETT experience

Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – The Loch Long tragedy

17 - Churchill coming alongside at Faslane - No Neg

Ian Moore – Whistling at sea superstition

Shore leave composite #1

Midge Ure – Being briefed for shore leave

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Colin Clarke – Time spent on Perisher

1109 Gosport Bury Cross Annes Hill road The Wiltshire Lamb Pub 1970 - Gosport Society

Andy Dinsdale – Gosport pubs: G & D and Emma’s

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Ian Moore – Visiting a mouldy Dolphin

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

Brian Wood – I started to enjoy it after Part 3

Ron Gordon in uniform abroad

Ron Gordon – Leaving the service and joining Civvy Street

Sonar composite #4

Ian Moore – Accepting redundancy

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Steve Thorpe – Understanding Surface Abandonment

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