Steve Thorpe – Decommissioning of Dolphin

Simon: What are your thoughts about the decommissioning of Dolphin then?

It’s sad.

You know it’s been a stalwart of the Submarine Service since 1901 really, since submarines came into conception, so to see it falling apart and being decommissioned and not used is really quite sad really.

Even though they’ve moved everything to Faslane, in Scotland, it’s not the same as what it was in Dolphin.

Faslane’s a massive base whereas Dolphin was quite small, so you sort of knew everybody and it was a good laugh.

It was a good laugh down there, and everybody knew everybody.