Ian Moore – Sign language

Simon: How do you communicate with people in that noise?

Sign language.

Simon: Oh really? You invent your own or there’s a …

We’ve got our own sigh language.

Simon: That’s passed down from other Submariners is it?

Yeah, it’s passed down through all the years and it would … a simple little thing like banging both your fists on top of your head like this, means that the Compressors are working.

It’s two fists on the head would be Compressors, the other thing would be that if you have two arms side by side, that means both Generators, they’re not Engines. Everybody calls them Engines but …

Simon: Because the Oberon Class weren’t driving propellors

Correct. They’re Generators. So, they generate electricity and they charge the batteries. Swinging both arms out shows that both Generators are on full load …