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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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Office scenes composite

Don Cleavin – Transition to Civvy Street

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Colin Clarke – Sadness of the state of disrepair

Life on board composite #11

Ian Moore – Being able to react without thinking

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

Brian Wood – Joining the Royal Navy

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's - Colour -1

Colin Clarke – Early memories of Gosport

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Steve Thorpe – Diesel versus Nuclear

Ron Gordon in uniform abroad

Ron Gordon – Leaving the service and joining Civvy Street

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Colin Hamilton – Escape routes

Food & Drink composite #1

Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin

Climbing Fujiyama 1962 - Colin Hamilton

Colin Hamilton – The Brotherhood

Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – Dolphin cap tally

Life on board composite #4

Midge Ure – Free socks

FOSM requalifying SETT top of the tank early 1990s - Brian Wood

David White – First time doing SETT

HMS Ursula

Don Cleavin – Navigating the Great Barrier Reef

HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger

Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates

HMS Resolution underway

Colin Clarke – Describing sonar arrays

Trenchant crew on commissioning

Colin Clarke – Joining the Navy

General submarine composite #36

Chris Groves -Tactical phase of Perisher

Watch Leader Spartan - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Periscope training using toilet rolls

Ballast pump operator - HMS Oracle 1993

Don Cleavin – Tour Guide on HMS Alliance

Triumph - 8 June 1994

Chris Groves – Diving all the way to the Suez Canal

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point

HMS Chichester on the way to Kuwait - Colin Hamilton

Don Cleavin – Submarine pay

Woman standing by a smiley face graffiti on pavement

Lesley Ure – Being a Naval wife has been a positive experience

Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton

Don Cleavin – Getting a tot after explosion on board

Escape training & SETT composite #5

Midge Ure – SETT experience

Joining up composite #3

Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy

SPAG 1986-7 Jersey airport - Brian Wood

Ron Gordon – SPAG – How you join and how they work

Anchorite with gun - Neg 3272

Steve Thorpe – Paved the way with the Field Gun

Life on board composite #2

Steve Thorpe – Water treated like gold

HMS Otter

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

Composite image of Gosport Pubs

Midge Ure – Joanna’s nightclub in Gosport

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