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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 #2

Colin Clarke – Different sonar systems are basically the same thing

Life on board composite #1

Colin Hamilton – FOS slept on racks of torpedoes

General submarine composite #36

Jim Perks – What DACOS Ops do

Ron Gordon in uniform abroad

Ron Gordon – Leaving the service and joining Civvy Street

Commencement of trials to assessed the survivability of the latest submarine escape suit - Early 80s - David White

David White – Testing new survival suits

Tim Shone - Horse - Snort smoke clearance during fire exercise- Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Colin Clarke – Impact of Perisher on rest of the crew

HMS Oracle alongside the quay in Londonderry 1968 (I'm in No 1 uniform, kneeling on the jetty) - David White

Don Cleavin – First time on board

HMS Ursula

Don Cleavin – Navigating the Great Barrier Reef

Life on board composite #8

Steve Thorpe – Relationship between Officers and Ratings

3rd job in Spartan - now Watch Leader - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The responsibility of being Teacher

Ron Gordon and the 'swim boys' at SETT in Gosport

Steve Thorpe – Becoming a Swim Boy

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Steve Thorpe – Diesel versus Nuclear

General submarine composite #35

Don Cleavin – On board HMS Forth

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – Noise in the engine room

Joining up composite #2

Steve Thorpe – The initial appeal

Vigilant - Post Rollout - BW

Colin Hamilton – Switching to Polaris

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

Life on board composite #5

Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners

General submarine composite #32

Steve Thorpe – Being a Warrant Officer

HMS Otus 1965 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Social time on board

The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves

Ami Burns – Crew coming to me to talk about their worries

HMS Ursula

Midge Ure – Why I joined the Navy

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Chris Groves – Types of Officer

General submarine composite #14

Don Cleavin – Explosion on board (Part 2)

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

Ron Gordon – Every person on a diesel submarine must know how everything works

HMS Oracle - David White

Steve Thorpe – Compact sleeping

1027 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens Roundabout 1975 - Gosport Society

Lesley Ure – Wanted children to have stability in one location

The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – Assets available to teacher during Perisher

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

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

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