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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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HMS Oracle - David White

Steve Thorpe – Compact sleeping

Shore leave composite #2

Colin Clarke – First UK warship in Portsmouth, USA for a long time

17 - Churchill coming alongside at Faslane - No Neg

Ian Moore – Whistling at sea superstition

General submarine composite #34

Andy Dinsdale – Captain on the periscope in his boxers

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates

Life on board composite #1

Colin Hamilton – FOS slept on racks of torpedoes

Joining up composite #5

Ian Moore – Father’s pride after I outranked him

Fathers and Sons at sea 2005 HMS Torbay - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First time out as the Captain of a submarine

General submarine composite #37

Midge Ure – First time at sea in a submarine

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

Ron Gordon – Family Grams

Life on board composite #8

Ian Moore – Restricted space on a submarine

General submarine composite #17

Ian Moore – Family the motivation to do well educationally

General submarine composite #37

Colin Clarke – Never felt unsafe on a submarine

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1986 - Neg 11,537

Andy Dinsdale – What happened at Dolphin is an unknown to most people in Gosport

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

Don Cleavin – Looking after the engines

Sonar composite #1

Chris Groves – How submarines work out where they are when dived

Brian Wood received the first set of Dolphins at HMS Dolphin 1971

Brian Wood – Joining the Royal Navy

Joining up composite #5

Don Cleavin – Applying to join the Navy

Life on board composite #13

Ian Moore – Military comes first, family second

Sonar composite #3

Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works

Anchorite with gun - Neg 3272

Steve Thorpe – Paved the way with the Field Gun

HMSM on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton

Andy Dinsdale – Periscope not working. No, it’s night time Sir

Submariners Memorial Unveilling - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – International Engagements for the MoD

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – Escape from a submarine in the real world

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Chris Groves – Types of Officer

Shore leave composite #1

Midge Ure – Being briefed for shore leave

Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton

Don Cleavin – Getting a tot after explosion on board

Otus Crew on return from Gulf War. March 1991

Andy Dinsdale – Getting hit during the first Gulf War

Black dolphins

Jim Perks – The black training Dolphins

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