Midge Ure – First time at sea in a submarine

Well, as an Engineer, you might as well be sat in here, because you’re not aware of it. Your very first time you’re not really aware of it.

You’re getting told you’re doing it. As you go through your career, you’re actually responsible for the shutting of the hatch, or the shutting of that valve or doing the planes that take you down, or putting on the revs or whatever, so … and some of them have cameras on them so some of my early submarines we were lucky enough to have cameras fitted, because we were like a test.

It was a test and evaluation thing but the missiles on HMS Vigilant, and you can stand in the compartment and actually watch the submarine dive. It had cameras outside so you were watching so it was quite therapeutic to watch it go down.

Simon: A good feeling?

Yeah, to be fair, I have never had any real issues.