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Life on board

Food & Drink | Life after the service

Life onboard a submarine is unusual and by its nature hidden from the public.

Gain a better understanding of what it must be like working in a confined space with 130 people for weeks or months at a time.

HMS Odin - Engine room crew (after a long patrol) 1981 - Brian Wood

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Andy Dinsdale – Lost of all power, so loss of fresh food, just cheese sandwiches
Conqueror on return from Falklands with Jolly Roger flying
Colin Clarke – Enjoyed time out in the Falklands
Submarines at Gosport - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – Watch routine and structure of days for Officers
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Midge Ure – Watching films onboard (and smoking)
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David White – Reacting to sudden noises still now
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Colin Hamilton – FOS slept on racks of torpedoes
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Ian Moore – Sign language
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Steve Thorpe – Seven seconds
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Don Cleavin – Rum paid for by Jamaican Government
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David White – Lazy chefs lead to weight loss
HMS Oracle alongside the quay in Londonderry 1968 (I'm in No 1 uniform, kneeling on the jetty) - David White
Don Cleavin – First time on board
HMS Resolution underway
Andy Dinsdale – Adjusting your eyes to use a periscope
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Andy Dinsdale – Becoming an officer
General submarine composite #40
Ami Burns – The difference between surface fleet and submarine broadcast pipes
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Ami Burns – ‘Bin bags’ and ‘dabbers’
General submarine composite #42
Chris Groves – What can go wrong onboard a submarine
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Colin Hamilton – Acclimatising to the constricted life on board
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Ian Moore – One experience of claustrophobia
Joining up composite #1
David White – Suggesting elasticated cap tallies – Genius idea rejected
Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying
Colin Hamilton – White sweaters and wearing pyjamas on board
Covid masks
Jim Perks – The impact of Covid on Submariners
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Steve Thorpe – Travelling the World
Climbing Fujiyama 1962 - Colin Hamilton
Colin Hamilton – The Brotherhood
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Colin Clarke – Nickname
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Ami Burns – Submariners only care whether you’re competent at your job
Taking in the sun HMS Torbay 2006 - - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – No room for shouters
At sea in Command - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – How to deal with huge amounts of information in intense situations
Opossum in war livery - Diego Garcia 1991 - Ian Moore's
Don Cleavin – Travelling the world
General submarine composite #32
Steve Thorpe – Being a Warrant Officer
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Ian Moore – Being handed letters for crew’s family members
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David White – Challenge of baking bread on board a submarine
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David White – Process of loading food into a submarine’s freezer
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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Don Cleavin – Refuelling
DSRV-2 Avalon attached to UK submarine HMS Repulse May 1979 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – Judging where you are by the temperature of the sea water
HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964
Brian Wood – 11 months away at sea immediately after getting married
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Ian Moore – Restricted space on a submarine
24 - Trenchant Post WWII - No gun - Neg 7842
Don Cleavin – Smell of diesel
HMS Odin - Engine room crew (after a long patrol) 1981 - Brian Wood
Don Cleavin – Looking after the engines
General submarine composite #48
Jim Perks – What is the future of the Submarine Service?
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Don Cleavin – Flag Officer Submarine FOSM
General submarine composite #24
Andy Dinsdale – Being onboard during Perisher
HMSM on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton
Andy Dinsdale – Periscope not working. No, it’s night time Sir
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Steve Thorpe – Water treated like gold
HMS Otter
David White – Diesels had people sleeping were others were eating right on top of each other
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David White – A typical day for chefs
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Steve Thorpe – Relationship between Officers and Ratings
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Ami Burns – The importance of food at sea
General submarine composite #35
Don Cleavin – On board HMS Forth
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Ian Moore – Being able to react without thinking
HMSM on patrol 1971 - Colin Hamilton
Brian Wood – Going out on patrol
General submarine composite #41
Ron Gordon – What happens when you’re not on patrol
HMS Odin - Engine room crew (after a long patrol) 1981 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – A mixed crew of submariners from around the World
General submarine composite #13
David White – Slept in, so late to swimming class, forced to jump off top board
HMS Splendid in harbour - close up
Chris Groves – Time on first nuclear submarine
Submariners Memorial National Arboretum - Designed by Chris Groves and family
Chris Groves – Money is helpful but the greater good is far more motivating
HMS Odin - Engine room crew (after a long patrol) 1981 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – Much more relaxed than a surface ship
Weapons on HMS Alliance
Ron Gordon – 50 years undetected
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Midge Ure – Life onboard so different from ships
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Ian Moore – Ear protection
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Ian Moore – The pirate rig
Sonar composite #6
Colin Clarke – The three key tenets of a submarine
Snorting watch - Big Bad Bungy Williams, me and stokers - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's
Ron Gordon – Family Grams
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Ian Moore – The impact of perfume after 6 months at sea
17 - Churchill coming alongside at Faslane - No Neg
Ian Moore – Whistling at sea superstition
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Andy Dinsdale – Role and responsibility of being Periscope Watchkeeper
Opossum Finished with both generators 1992 - Ian Moore's
Don Cleavin – Noise in the engine room
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Midge Ure – Family Grams – getting good and bad news
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David White – Cheese Ush and getting drafted to HMS Orpheus because the Captain loved his
HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger
Colin Clarke – Factoring in pirates
Sonar composite #1
Colin Clarke – Sonar is nothing like in the movies
DSRV-2 Avalon attached to UK submarine HMS Repulse May 1979 - Brian Wood
Chris Groves – What happens during an escape – pressure equalisation
HMS Otus 1965 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – Social time on board
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Andy Dinsdale – Why being a submariner is such a good career
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Colin Clarke – Never felt unsafe on a submarine
HMS Oracle - David White
Steve Thorpe – Compact sleeping
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Colin Clarke – Going on a seven month mission
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Jim Perks – Small Ship command
The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves
Ami Burns – Crew coming to me to talk about their worries
HMS Oracle - David White
Don Cleavin – Freshwater and washing
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Ian Moore – Becoming a Sea Dad
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Ami Burns – Changes made to accommodate females on board
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Midge Ure – Free socks
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Midge Ure – Swimming off the submarine – Hands to Bathe and BBQ
1984 - first time home in rig - Jim Perks
Jim Perks – Why join the Submarine Service?
HMS Porpoise alongside Faslane floating dock
Don Cleavin – Memories of Faslane
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Ron Gordon – Only one way communication into a submarine
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Don Cleavin – Navy Chefs
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Steve Thorpe – Role of the Petty Officer
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Colin Hamilton – How Family Grams worked
View of Gibraltar c.1965 - Colin Hamilton
Ron Gordon – Top of the Rock race in Gibraltar
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Ami Burns – The role of an artificer
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Brian Wood – Going ‘ultra quiet’
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Andy Dinsdale – Captain on the periscope in his boxers
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Don Cleavin – Rum tots and fresh water
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Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works
'Channel night' HMS Odin (after a long patrol) 1982
Ron Gordon – Sod’s opera
7110 Gosport Royal Clarence Yard Weevil Lane Rum Store interior - Gosport Society
Colin Hamilton – Jamaica for eight weeks with SAS and Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Food & Drink composite #1
David White – Building a false deck of canned food
Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying
Chris Groves – Types of Officer
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Ian Moore – Dealing with claustrophobia
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Andy Dinsdale – The importance of food onboard
Faslane (Neptune)
Don Cleavin – Memories of Faslane
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Ian Moore – Providing a friendly ear
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Ian Moore – Nicknames for submariners
Sharing a joke with the Duke of Edinburgh at the build of HMS Ark Royal in Newcastle 1984 - Colin Hamilton
Colin Hamilton – No window for the Met Officer on Ark Royal
Torbay - 15 - Under way at sea - No Neg
Midge Ure – How the different shifts work for and aft
HMS Otus (Welsh contingent) on a visit to Barry 1967 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – I started to enjoy it after Part 3

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