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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 #34

Ian Moore – My Sea Dad, Robbie Robinson

General submarine composite #37

Midge Ure – First time at sea in a submarine

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

Don Cleavin – Looking after the engines

HMS Raleigh for under training in 1961 - Colin Hamilton

Midge Ure – A Submariner’s rig

1093 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens & Bus Station Showing new ferry terminal but no Marina 1985 - Gosport Society

Lesley Ure – Growing up in Gosport

General submarine composite #23

Steve Thorpe – Seven seconds

Perisher reunion on HMS Westminster Cdre Bob Anstey OBE, RAdm Hugh Beard CB (CO Westminster at time), Me and RAdm Paul Halton OBE - Aug 2014 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The pressures of being Teacher

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point

HMS Otter

David White – Diesels had people sleeping were others were eating right on top of each other

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

Brian Wood – Much more relaxed than a surface ship

Man in escape suit popping out of top of SETT - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – SETT training – Using a wine bag and let it pop

General submarine composite #5

Colin Hamilton – Four Submarines that have been lost

Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – Dolphin cap tally

Life on board composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Role of the Petty Officer

Faslane (Neptune)

Ian Moore – HMS Neptune

Office scenes composite

Don Cleavin – Jobs after the Navy

General submarine composite #33

Andy Dinsdale – What different engineers are responsible for

Food & Drink composite #2

David White – A typical day for chefs

Charity rugby match against nurses in HMS Terror, Singapore c.1978 - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – Injured play rugby in Hong Kong

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Chris Groves – Diving all the way to the Suez Canal

SPAG waiting for the Green light - one minute to go - Brian Wood

Steve Thorpe – Response Force

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood

Andy Dinsdale – Catching the Dolphins in his teeth

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964

Brian Wood – 11 months away at sea immediately after getting married

Woman standing by a smiley face graffiti on pavement

Lesley Ure – Being a Naval wife has been a positive experience

Wall clock

Lesley Ure – Wishing away my twenties

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

HMS Porpoise alongside Faslane floating dock

Don Cleavin – Memories of Faslane

Vigilant under way

Ami Burns – From a Mini to a Ferarri

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