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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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Orpheus - bow on

Ian Moore – The Loch Long tragedy

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

Ron Gordon – Training for SPAG

HMS Ursula

Don Cleavin – Navigating the Great Barrier Reef

Shore leave composite #2

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

HMS Tireless - Second Watch 1991 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Finding out I was going to be Teacher

General submarine composite #46

David White – Reacting to sudden noises still now

Loading Mk24 Tigerfish - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's

Steve Thorpe – Deployment of weaponry

Submariners Memorial National Arboretum - May 2022 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Seeing service records of 91 years of Perisher

HMS Otus 1965 - Brian Wood

Brian Wood – Social time on board

General submarine composite #28

Chris Groves – What happens if you fail Perisher

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

Brian Wood – HMS Ganges was an eye opener for a young lad

Blockhouse - Aerial 1950s - Neg 5759

Ron Wright – Joining the Submarine Service

Light coloured sofa with cushions on it

Lesley Ure – Lonely weekends

Sonar composite #1

Colin Clarke – Sonar is nothing like in the movies

Congratulations Captain! Successful Perishers boat transfer to Faslane with Teacher and Capt Training(North), Ian Breckenridge OBE - Jun 2021 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – The pride of the Perisher breakfast

Jim Perks - 20210715_122621_FRPUN-20210715-NE0015-090lowres_resized

Jim Perks – Introduction of the Black Caps

Perisher - 05-11 COM(R) - Chris Groves

Chris Groves – What is the Perisher course?

Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1986 - Neg 11,537

Andy Dinsdale – What happened at Dolphin is an unknown to most people in Gosport

SPAG - something was in the way - Brian Wood

Steve Thorpe – Getting MBE for work with San Juan

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

Ron Gordon – Sod’s opera

Composite image of Gosport Pubs

Midge Ure – Joanna’s nightclub in Gosport

Poseidon - 06 - Under way at sea - Neg 2255

Chris Groves – Used to be different officer training for diesel and nuclear

General submarine composite #42

Chris Groves – What can go wrong onboard a submarine

Suez - Watch Leader, HMS Spartan 1996 - Jim Perks

Jim Perks – Crew running sweepstakes on Perisher students

Life on board composite #5

Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners

Sonar composite #3

Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works

General submarine composite #34

Ami Burns – ‘Bin bags’ and ‘dabbers’

Faslane (Neptune)

Don Cleavin – Memories of Faslane

Ocelot - June 1970 - W&L

Don Cleavin – How long diesels could stay under (2)

General submarine composite #48

Jim Perks – What is the future of the Submarine Service?

Joining up composite #2

Steve Thorpe – The initial appeal

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

Chris Groves – What the crew expects during Perisher

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