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Brian Wood – Joining the Royal Navy

Jim Perks – Introduction of the Black Caps

Ian Moore – Qualifying at SETT every four years

Colin Hamilton – Adding hydrogen to the reactor loop

Colin Hamilton – Injured play rugby in Hong Kong

David White – Why I joined the Navy

Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point

Colin Hamilton – White sweaters and wearing pyjamas on board

Don Cleavin – Explosion on board (Part 2)

Ian Moore – Emma’s Nightclub, Gosport

Lesley Ure – Experience of being a service wife

Don Cleavin – Refuelling

Don Cleavin – How the diesel engine worked

Lesley Ure – Lonely weekends

Colin Clarke – Catching Dolphins in your teeth from tumbler of rum

Ron Gordon – Experiencing fear onboard – Beer kegs and Ballast tanks

Jim Perks – The importance of Gosport to the Submarine Service

Ian Moore – The Loch Long tragedy

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

Colin Clarke – Weapons Weeks and Inshore Ops on Perisher

Don Cleavin – Escape Training Tank

Brian Wood – ‘Sausage on a stick’ rather than Dolphins

Brian Wood – Turning up for first patrol with a full kit bag and case

Chris Groves – Defining moment to join Submarine service

Colin Clarke – Nickname

Colin Clarke – Going on a seven month mission

Don Cleavin – How long diesels could stay under

Chris Groves – Watch routine and structure of days for Officers

Lesley Ure – Wishing away my twenties

Jim Perks – The black training Dolphins

David White – Suggesting elasticated cap tallies – Genius idea rejected

Ron Gordon – Offered Officer path, but turned down due to cost of uniform

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