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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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Shore leave composite #1

Midge Ure – Being briefed for shore leave

Life on board composite #2

Ron Gordon – Difference between surface fleet and submarine service

Poseidon - 06 - Under way at sea - Neg 2255

Chris Groves – Used to be different officer training for diesel and nuclear

5077 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens Ferry Gardens U - Gosport Society

Lesley Ure – Changes that would be good for Gosport

Sonar composite #3

Ian Moore – How not to leave the Royal Navy

General submarine composite #23

Colin Hamilton – Doing Part 1 and 2

Life on board composite #9

Don Cleavin – Flag Officer Submarine FOSM

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Ian Moore – Visiting a mouldy Dolphin

General submarine composite #37

Jim Perks – Small Ship command

General submarine composite #15

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

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates

Sonar composite #4

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

Decommissioning HMS Trafalgar - Returning to Plymouth

Midge Ure – One of the first to do SMQ vs Part 3

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Midge Ure – SETT experience

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

Steve Thorpe – Becoming a Swim Boy

Royal Arms December 2023 - Richard Cook - enlarged (comp)

Midge Ure – Pubs in Gosport

Perisher 100 - the Teachers - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Uniqueness of Perisher

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

HMS Warspite Atlantic on way to South Africa 1975 - Colin Hamilton - (comp) IMG_1937

David White – Dad’s PTSD

Mk 8 Escape suit in SETT Late 1980s - Brian Wood

Ian Moore – Popped eardrums at SETT

General submarine composite #13

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

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Jim Perks – Introduction of the Black Caps

SETT Staff - 1984 - includes D Hubbard and Roy Taylor

Brian Wood – Joining SETT

General submarine composite #14

Colin Hamilton – Different training

General submarine composite #24

Ami Burns – The role of an artificer

Food & Drink composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin

Life on board composite #9

Ian Moore – Ear protection

Ballast pump operator - HMS Oracle 1993

Don Cleavin – Tour Guide on HMS Alliance

General submarine composite #15

Ron Gordon – Doing my Part 3 in just four weeks

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