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Joining up

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Joining up for the Navy and Submarine service is a shift to a different type of life.

Our Submariners share an insight into what led them to joining the Submarine Service, whether it was a lifelong ambition or just an accident that worked out perfectly.

Ron Gordon and crew on side of submarine

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HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964
Steve Thorpe – A message for young people
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Ian Moore – Father unhappy I had joined the Navy
Chris Groves standing on submarine casing
Chris Groves – Defining moment to join Submarine service
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Ron Gordon – Offered Officer path, but turned down due to cost of uniform
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David White – Why I became a chef
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Steve Thorpe – The initial appeal
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Jim Perks – Joining the Navy
HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – Love of engineering came from making and fixing bikes
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Jim Perks – Joining the Submarine Service
Blockhouse - Aerial 1950s - Neg 5759
Ron Wright – Joining the Submarine Service
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Ami Burns – An early fascination with engineering
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Ami Burns – Advice for those wanting to join the Submarine Service
Engineering department HMS Eskimo in West Indies 1968 - Colin Hamilton
Andy Dinsdale – Why I wanted to become a submariner
Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's
Ron Wright – Joining the Navy
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Ron Gordon – Why I joined the Submarine Service
HMS Raleigh for under training in 1961 - Colin Hamilton
Midge Ure – A Submariner’s rig
Trenchant crew on commissioning
Colin Clarke – Joining the Navy
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Ian Moore – Father’s pride after I outranked him
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Chris Groves – Joining the Navy
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Don Cleavin – Joining the Submarine Service
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Ian Moore – Finding your specialism
HMS Ganges (the annex) Bulwork Mess March 1962 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – Forgot that I’d volunteered for the Submarine Service
Brian Wood received the first set of Dolphins at HMS Dolphin 1971
Brian Wood – Joining the Royal Navy
HMS Ursula
Midge Ure – Why I joined the Navy
HMS Torbay Ships Company - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – The Navy is the full package
1984 - first time home in rig - Jim Perks
Jim Perks – Why join the Submarine Service?
Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White
David White – Why I joined the Navy
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Jim Perks – What is the future of the Submarine Service?
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Andy Dinsdale – Why being a submariner is such a good career
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Andy Dinsdale – What attracted me to join the Navy
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Don Cleavin – Applying to join the Navy
Selling Ice cream in New Brighton while waiting to join the Royal Navy 1959 - Colin Hamilton
Colin Hamilton – First became interested in Submarines
HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger
Ami Burns – Tempted onto submarines from the day I joined the Royal Navy
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Ian Moore – Friends joined Army and Navy
HMS Chichester on the way to Kuwait - Colin Hamilton
Colin Hamilton – Joining the Navy
DSRV-2 Avalon attached to UK submarine HMS Repulse May 1979 - Brian Wood
Midge Ure – Volunteering to join the submarine service

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