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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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Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton

Ron Gordon – Experiencing fear onboard – Beer kegs and Ballast tanks

The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves

Ami Burns – Crew coming to me to talk about their worries

HMS Oracle - David White

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

Joining up composite #4

Ian Moore – Friends joined Army and Navy

Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's

Don Cleavin – How the diesel engine worked

General submarine composite #34

Ian Moore – My Sea Dad, Robbie Robinson

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Colin Hamilton – Escape routes

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

Ian Moore – The Submarine Family

Life on board composite #8

Steve Thorpe – Relationship between Officers and Ratings

Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton

Don Cleavin – Getting a tot after explosion on board

General submarine composite #13

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

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

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

Lesley Ure – Growing up in Gosport

Life on board composite #1

Colin Hamilton – FOS slept on racks of torpedoes

General submarine composite #50

Colin Clarke – Going on a seven month mission

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

Ron Gordon – Training for SPAG

Shore leave composite #2

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

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

General submarine composite #37

Jim Perks – Small Ship command

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Don Cleavin – Escape Training Tank

Composite image photos of submariners for PHOTOS section on Home Page

Ron Gordon – Being ready for action

02 - Porpoise by Tower bridge 1958

Don Cleavin – Using just batteries and air

Food & Drink composite #4

Ron Gordon – Importance of food

Ron Gordon and the football team

Ron Gordon – Australians urged him to jump ship, to play football for them

Perisher - 05-19 XO & COM (R) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – What the crew expects during Perisher

Tigerfish nearly home ready for tube mounted dispenser - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Colin Clarke – Weapons Weeks and Inshore Ops on Perisher

General submarine composite #25

Colin Clarke – Inshore ops with the Marines

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Midge Ure – SETT training drama

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

Ron Gordon – Sod’s opera

Remembrance Day - Glasgow 2018 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The Submarine Family Initiative

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Steve Thorpe – Understanding Surface Abandonment

HMS Resolution underway

Andy Dinsdale – Adjusting your eyes to use a periscope

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