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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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Joining up composite #6

Ian Moore – Finding your specialism

Ambush - Interior - After Torpedo Tubes

Midge Ure – The smell of submarines

Suez - Watch Leader, HMS Spartan 1996 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Crew running sweepstakes on Perisher students

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates

HMS Chichester on the way to Kuwait - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – Joining the Navy

HMS Ganges (the annex) Bulwork Mess March 1962 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Forgot that I’d volunteered for the Submarine Service

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

Chris Groves – Travelled the World with surface fleet

Joining up composite #3

Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy

Life on board composite #6

Ian Moore – The impact of perfume after 6 months at sea

HMSM on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton

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

Escape training & SETT composite #3

Steve Thorpe – Working at SETT

Escape training & SETT composite #1

Don Cleavin – The instructors were good

Submarines at Gosport - Imperial War Museum - IWM HU 84836

Ron Gordon – Fondness for Gosport

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Midge Ure – SETT experience

General submarine composite #22

Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board

HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood

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

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Colin Hamilton – Escape routes

General submarine composite #34

Jim Perks – Joining the Submarine Service

General submarine composite #37

Midge Ure – First time at sea in a submarine

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ian Moore – Tommy Gould released unexploded bomb under casing

Escape training & SETT composite #4

Midge Ure – SETT training drama

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

Ian Moore – The role of Sea Dads

General submarine composite #38

Chris Groves – Don’t know until Teacher’s handshake if you’ve passed Perisher

Ballast pump operator - HMS Oracle 1993

Don Cleavin – Tour Guide on HMS Alliance

General submarine composite #34

Ian Moore – My Sea Dad, Robbie Robinson

2002 Spearfish Live Sinkex - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – First live firing of Spearfish torpedo

Joining up composite #5

Ami Burns – Advice for those wanting to join the Submarine Service

2030 Gosport Town Centre Haslar Creek Pneumonia Bridge and Cockle Pond - Gosport Society

Ian Moore – Gosport Pubs

Life on board composite #13

Ron Gordon – Only one way communication into a submarine

Sonar composite #1

Ian Moore – Part Three

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's

Lesley Ure – Gosport a terrific place to bring up a family

SETT Staff - 1984 - includes D Hubbard and Roy Taylor

Brian Wood – Joining SETT

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