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Nuclear Submarines

Diesel Submarines | First time on board/early experiences

Nuclear-powered submarines brought with them a large shift for the Submarine Service, providing the ability to stay underwater, hidden, for months at a time.

They are also much larger than the diesel subs that predated them.

Listen to our Submariners’ stories about life on board Nuclear Submarines.

Vigilant under way

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Vigilant - Post Rollout - BW
Colin Hamilton – Switching to Polaris
Vigilant under way
Ami Burns – From a Mini to a Ferarri
Weapons on HMS Alliance
Ron Gordon – Test firing nuclear missiles with the Americans
Sonar composite #1
Chris Groves – How submarines work out where they are when dived
13 - Porpoise in Portsmouth harbour
Colin Hamilton – Difference between diesel and nuclear submarines
Triumph - 8 June 1994
Steve Thorpe – Diesel versus Nuclear
Poseidon - 06 - Under way at sea - Neg 2255
Chris Groves – Used to be different officer training for diesel and nuclear
Vigilant under way
Ian Moore – Nuclear subs the ‘real deal’
Decommissioning HMS Trafalgar - Returning to Plymouth
Midge Ure – One of the first to do SMQ vs Part 3
LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood
Colin Hamilton – Escape routes
Colin Hamilton Testing for carbon dioxide on board HMSM Renoun port crew 1970
Colin Hamilton – Shutting down a nuclear reactor
Fathers and Sons at sea 2005 HMS Torbay - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – First time out as the Captain of a submarine
Ambush - Interior - After Torpedo Tubes
Midge Ure – The smell of submarines
Triumph - 8 June 1994
Chris Groves – Diving all the way to the Suez Canal
Vigilant Surfacing 1
Colin Hamilton – Adding hydrogen to the reactor loop
HMS Otus on return from Gulf
Ron Gordon – Sea running and sea riding
Torbay - 15 - Under way at sea - No Neg
Midge Ure – How the different shifts work for and aft
HMS Trafalgar passing Fort Blockhouse
Colin Hamilton – Polaris and the Cold War
Repulse - 1976
Chris Groves – First dive in a submarine
Sovereign under way - Neg 11,698
Midge Ure – Diesel engines still onboard nuclear submarines
HMS Repulse with Golden Jubilee Jolly Roger
Ami Burns – Tempted onto submarines from the day I joined the Royal Navy
HMS Splendid in harbour - close up
Chris Groves – Time on first nuclear submarine

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