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Food & Drink

Gosport | Life on board

Food and drink on board are incredibly important.

Our Submariners share their thoughts about food on board, from those who made it, to those who relied on it three times a day, seven days a week, for months on end when on patrol.

Chief Tiff making tea for everyone - proof!

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HMS Oracle - David White
Don Cleavin – Freshwater and washing
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David White – Building a false deck of canned food
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Don Cleavin – Rum paid for by Jamaican Government
Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton
Ron Gordon – Experiencing fear onboard – Beer kegs and Ballast tanks
Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White
Midge Ure – Getting your Dolphins
Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White
Midge Ure – The importance of food onboard
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David White – Disproportionate importance of food
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Andy Dinsdale – Lost of all power, so loss of fresh food, just cheese sandwiches
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David White – Cheese Ush and getting drafted to HMS Orpheus because the Captain loved his
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Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs
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David White – Process of loading food into a submarine’s freezer
Having drinks in Kuwait 1962 - Colin Hamilton
Don Cleavin – Getting a tot after explosion on board
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Colin Clarke – Catching Dolphins in your teeth from tumbler of rum
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Ron Gordon – Importance of food
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David White – Why I became a chef
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Don Cleavin – Rum tots and fresh water
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David White – Challenge of baking bread on board a submarine
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Andy Dinsdale – The importance of food onboard
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David White – A typical day for chefs
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David White – Lazy chefs lead to weight loss
HMS Otter
David White – Diesels had people sleeping were others were eating right on top of each other
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Steve Thorpe – Water treated like gold

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