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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

Ami Burns – ‘Bin bags’ and ‘dabbers’

CMEA Dulux Wadding (L) and POMEM Pip Cherry - Exhaust Y piece - HMS Oppossum - Diego Garcia - 1991

Ian Moore – The smell of diesel

At sea in Command - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – How to deal with huge amounts of information in intense situations

Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – The Loch Long tragedy

Life on board composite #8

Steve Thorpe – Relationship between Officers and Ratings

02 - Porpoise by Tower bridge 1958

Don Cleavin – Using just batteries and air

1090 Lee-on-the-Solent East beach Sailing and beechactivities 1950 postcard - Gosport Society

Chris Groves – Growing up in Gosport

Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White

Midge Ure – Getting your Dolphins

HMS Otter

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

5096 Torpedos on display HMS Dolphin - Gosport Society

Steve Thorpe – Life in Gosport

Chris Groves standing on submarine casing

Chris Groves – Brutal sudden departure for those who don’t pass Perisher

General submarine composite #1

Ian Moore – Depth charged by Russians on sneaky patrol

HMS Oracle - David White

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

Onboard - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Eyes only exercise on inshore weekend

Opening of SMERAS - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Being promoted to DACOS Ops

Families day, HMS Porpoise C. 1973 - My Dad with the Captain (Lt Cdr Jim Taylor)

David White – Captain Jim Taylor – a real gentleman. Let David’s Dad use the periscope

Nuclear propulsion short course 1966 at HMS Sultan - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – Award for longest serving member of HMS Sultan

Sonar composite #3

Ian Moore – How not to leave the Royal Navy

HMS Oracle - David White

Colin Hamilton – Drafted to Barrow

Joining up composite #1

Ron Gordon – Offered Officer path, but turned down due to cost of uniform

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

Steve Thorpe – Response Force

Resolution - Lower Torpedo Compartment - P2006.19

Steve Thorpe – Bomber in the Cold War

3062 Gosport New houses - Gosport Society

Lesley Ure – Changes in Gosport

Auriga - May 1958 - W&L

Don Cleavin – Explosion on board

Escape training & SETT composite #6

Steve Thorpe – Using a submarine escape suit

Skimmer coming - Chris Groves

Jim Perks – Once in a lifetime chance to see warships up close through the periscope

Joining up composite #2

Steve Thorpe – The initial appeal

Escape training & SETT composite #1

Don Cleavin – The instructors were good

Blockhouse - Aerial 1950s - Neg 5759

David White – HMS Artemis submarine sunk down next to Dolphin

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

Chris Groves – Travelled the World with surface fleet

Black dolphins

Jim Perks – The black training Dolphins

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ron Gordon – Being vetted to go on a Bomber

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