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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 Otus (Welsh contingent) on a visit to Barry 1967 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – I started to enjoy it after Part 3

Life on board composite #7

Colin Clarke – Nickname

Nuclear propulsion short course 1966 at HMS Sultan - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – Award for longest serving member of HMS Sultan

Escape training & SETT composite #2

Ian Moore – Visiting a mouldy Dolphin

Life on board composite #13

Ron Gordon – Only one way communication into a submarine

Food & Drink composite #6

Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs

Chris Groves standing on submarine casing

Chris Groves – Defining moment to join Submarine service

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ian Moore – Tommy Gould released unexploded bomb under casing

Escape training & SETT composite #1

Ian Moore – Qualifying at SETT every four years

2002 Spearfish Live Sinkex - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First live firing of Spearfish torpedo

Food & Drink composite #4

Ron Gordon – Importance of food

Sonar composite #4

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

Suez - Watch Leader, HMS Spartan 1996 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Crew running sweepstakes on Perisher students

HMS Oracle - David White

David White – Meeting and working with Ted Briggs, one of the three survivors of HMS Hood

Sharing a joke with the Duke of Edinburgh at the build of HMS Ark Royal in Newcastle 1984 - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – No window for the Met Officer on Ark Royal

Opening of SMERAS - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Being promoted to DACOS Ops

CMEA Bob Barker - Exhaust Y piece change - boat unknown - 1991

Lesley Ure – Smell of diesel made me violently sick when pregnant

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

David White – Dad’s PTSD

Escape training & SETT composite #3

Colin Clarke – Memories of training at SETT

Colin Hamilton Testing for carbon dioxide on board HMSM Renoun port crew 1970

Colin Hamilton – Shutting down a nuclear reactor

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

Brian Wood – A mixed crew of submariners from around the World

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Love of engineering came from making and fixing bikes

Perisher 100 Dinner. BRNC Dartmouth 2017 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – You’ve got a Teacher for a reason

Light coloured sofa with cushions on it

Lesley Ure – Lonely weekends

5092 Alverstoke Village Road Village Home & Thatchers - Gosport Society

Midge Ure – Changing face of Gosport

General submarine composite #2

Jim Perks – Role of the Comms Officer

HMS Ursula

Midge Ure – Why I joined the Navy

Ocelot - June 1970 - W&L

Don Cleavin – How long diesels could stay under (2)

General submarine composite #2

Chris Groves – Commanding small surface ships provides great lessons for later on

General submarine composite #26

Chris Groves – Part 3 for Officers

'Channel night' HMS Odin (after a long patrol) 1982

Ron Gordon – Sod’s opera

Joining up composite #1

David White – Suggesting elasticated cap tallies – Genius idea rejected

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