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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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Escape training & SETT composite #2

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

On patrol - HMS Sceptre 2007 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Black humour helps you cope with the brutality of Perisher

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's - Colour -1

Colin Clarke – Early memories of Gosport

General submarine composite #37

Jim Perks – Small Ship command

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Colin Hamilton – Escape routes

Conqueror on return from Falklands with Jolly Roger flying

Colin Clarke – Enjoyed time out in the Falklands

OSP - Box 9 - 23 - SPAG team loading into Royal Navy Plane

Ron Gordon – Training for SPAG

2062 Gosport Town Centre Weevil Lane St. George Barracks married quarters 1990s - Gosport Society

Midge Ure – Gosport was hit by the Navy leaving

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Steve Thorpe – Understanding Surface Abandonment

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964

Steve Thorpe – A message for young people

Joining up composite #3

Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy

Food & Drink composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin

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

Chief Tiff making tea for everyone - proof!

David White – The camaraderie of submariners

General submarine composite #26

Ami Burns – Being promoted to Lieutenant Commander

Congratulations Captain! Successful Perishers boat transfer to Faslane with Teacher and Capt Training(North), Ian Breckenridge OBE - Jun 2021 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Learning to look after your crew

5096 Torpedos on display HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Steve Thorpe – Life in Gosport

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point

General submarine composite #34

Don Cleavin – Other explosions

The entrance to HMS Dolphin

Chris Groves – Privilege of giving out Dolphins (Having a bucket nearby)

Another Perisher reunion - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – How I learnt of my Commandership

Vigilant - Post Rollout - BW

Colin Hamilton – Switching to Polaris

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

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – How the diesel engine worked

Office scenes composite

Don Cleavin – Jobs after the Navy

General submarine composite #37

Colin Clarke – Never felt unsafe on a submarine

Sonar composite #5

Colin Clarke – The role of an acoustic analyst

2066 Gosport Fort Blockhouse HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Don Cleavin – Life in Gosport

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

David White – Testing new survival suits

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