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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 #2

Jim Perks – Role of the Comms Officer

Sharing a joke with the Duke of Edinburgh at the build of HMS Ark Royal in Newcastle 1984 - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – No window for the Met Officer on Ark Royal

Snorting watch - Big Bad Bungy Williams, me and stokers - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Ron Gordon – Family Grams

HMS Otus on return from Gulf

Lesley Ure – Adjusting to the return of your submariner partner

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates

Food & Drink composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin

Life on board composite #4

Midge Ure – Free socks

2002 Spearfish Live Sinkex - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First live firing of Spearfish torpedo

General submarine composite #26

Chris Groves – Part 3 for Officers

General submarine composite #14

Colin Hamilton – Different training

Life on board composite #6

Ian Moore – The impact of perfume after 6 months at sea

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Andy Dinsdale – SETT – The best Fairground Ride I’ve ever been on

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – 50 years undetected

Onboard - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Human Factors Training

General submarine composite #32

Steve Thorpe – Being a Warrant Officer

HMS Ursula

Midge Ure – Why I joined the Navy

Life on board composite #2

Ian Moore – Dealing with claustrophobia

Baby feet

Lesley Ure – Life as a submariner’s partner with a young baby

HMS Otus 1965 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Social time on board

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ron Gordon – Being vetted to go on a Bomber

Joining up composite #1

Ian Moore – The different ranks in the Submarine Service

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

Jim Perks – In the right place at the right time

Life on board composite #11

Ian Moore – Sign language

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Love of engineering came from making and fixing bikes

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Chris Groves – Types of Officer

Weapons on HMS Alliance

Ron Gordon – Test firing nuclear missiles with the Americans

General submarine composite #30

Don Cleavin – Refuelling

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point

Opening of SMERAS - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Being promoted to DACOS Ops

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