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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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Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

HMS Trafalgar passing Fort Blockhouse

Colin Hamilton – Polaris and the Cold War

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

Brian Wood – Much more relaxed than a surface ship

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

Ian Moore – Gosport Pubs

HMS Raleigh for under training in 1961 - Colin Hamilton

Midge Ure – A Submariner’s rig

Joining up composite #2

Ron Gordon – Why I joined the Submarine Service

Torbay - 15 - Under way at sea - No Neg

Midge Ure – How the different shifts work for and aft

Joining up composite #5

Ami Burns – Advice for those wanting to join the Submarine Service

Life on board composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Role of the Petty Officer

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

Midge Ure – Camaraderie of submariners

Joining up composite #3

Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy

Food & Drink composite #6

Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs

Colin Hamilton Testing for carbon dioxide on board HMSM Renoun port crew 1970

Colin Hamilton – Shutting down a nuclear reactor

1082 Gosport Town Centre Aerial view of town Shows newly completed south relief road 1970 photo - Gosport Society

Ian Moore – Emma’s Nightclub, Gosport

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

Chris Groves – What the crew expects during Perisher

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

5096 Torpedos on display HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Steve Thorpe – Life in Gosport

General submarine composite #13

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

HMS Resolution underway

Andy Dinsdale – Adjusting your eyes to use a periscope

Light coloured sofa with cushions on it

Lesley Ure – Lonely weekends

Food & Drink composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin

Life on board composite #13

Ian Moore – Military comes first, family second

Socialising (Poss Gibraltar) c1960s - Brian Wood

Colin Clarke – Favourite Port

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) aerial - 1954 or 1955

Steve Thorpe – Decommissioning of Dolphin

Covid masks

Jim Perks – The impact of Covid on Submariners

Black dolphins

Jim Perks – The black training Dolphins

General submarine composite #36

Chris Groves -Tactical phase of Perisher

Composite image of Gosport Pubs

Lesley Ure – Going out in Gosport

Escape training & SETT composite #1

Ian Moore – Qualifying at SETT every four years

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