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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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Sonar composite #4

Ian Moore – Becoming a podiatrist

HMSM on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton

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

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Steve Thorpe – A really good job

DSVR-2 Avalon unloading at Glasgow Prestwick airport from Galaxy aircraft May 1979 - Brian Wood

David White – If a submarine gets in trouble anywhere in the world, they’ll send a DSVR

Sonar composite #1

Colin Clarke – Sonar is nothing like in the movies

Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying

Chris Groves – Types of Officer

Test rescue with Italian SPAG team Taranto, Italy mid 2000s - Brian Wood

David White – Escaping from a submarine at 400 feet deep

Dolphin 1986 - Neg 12,129

Ron Wright – Building at Dolphin

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

Brian Wood – Much more relaxed than a surface ship

HMS Otter

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

Watch Leader Spartan - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Periscope training using toilet rolls

Composite image photos of submariners for PHOTOS section on Home Page

Ron Gordon – Being ready for action

Repulse - View from dead ahead

Midge Ure – Submarine got an ASBO

DSRV-2 Avalon attached to UK submarine HMS Repulse May 1979 - Brian Wood

Chris Groves – What happens during an escape – pressure equalisation

LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood

Chris Groves – Rescue submarines

Terrible beard at sea - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – The feeling of completing Perisher, the handshake and Perisher Breakfast

1016 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens View from tower blocks 1966 - Gosport Society

Chris Groves – Silver Jubilee in Gosport as a child

Sonar composite #1

Ian Moore – Part Three

General submarine composite #23

Colin Hamilton – Doing Part 1 and 2

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

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

5092 Alverstoke Village Road Village Home & Thatchers - Gosport Society

Midge Ure – Changing face of Gosport

General submarine composite #14

Don Cleavin – Explosion on board (Part 2)

HMS Ursula

Midge Ure – Why I joined the Navy

Life on board composite #6

Steve Thorpe – Travelling the World

2031 Gosport Town Centre South Street George & Dragon - Gosport Society

Colin Hamilton – Socialising in Gosport

Food & Drink composite #4

David White – Disproportionate importance of food

Mk 8 Escape suit in SETT Late 1980s - Brian Wood

Ian Moore – Popped eardrums at SETT

Joining up composite #5

Don Cleavin – Applying to join the Navy

CMEA Arthur Mapstone - Armature change HMS Opossum 1990

Ian Moore – Tommy Gould released unexploded bomb under casing

HMS Resolution underway

Colin Clarke – Describing sonar arrays

Resolution - Lower Torpedo Compartment - P2006.19

Steve Thorpe – Bomber in the Cold War

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