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Training

First time on board/early experiences | Escape training / SETT

There’s a great deal for submariners to learn before they can work onboard a submarine.

All members of the crew must pass their Part 3 training in order to receive their Dolphins, meaning the chef needs to know more than just his own domain, but every part of the submarine and be able to step up in an emergency.

Our Submariners recount tales from their training days below.

 

At SETT FOSM qualifying c2000s - Brian Wood

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Perisher - 05-11 COM(R) - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – Example of someone not making it through Perisher
Black dolphins
Jim Perks – The black training Dolphins
Repulse - 1976
Chris Groves – First dive in a submarine
General submarine composite #7
Don Cleavin – Part Three Examination
LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood
Chris Groves – Rescue submarines
Skimmer coming - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – Not making it through Perisher Driving Test
Triumph - 8 June 1994
Colin Clarke – Time spent on Perisher
Escape training & SETT composite #5
Steve Thorpe – Finding your buoyancy point
General submarine composite #1
Colin Hamilton – Depth Charge trials
General submarine composite #30
Ami Burns – Passing BSQ Board
Faslane (Neptune)
Ian Moore – HMS Neptune
Joining up composite #1
Ron Gordon – Offered Officer path, but turned down due to cost of uniform
The Submarine Escape Training Tower
Chris Groves – After SETT closed – SMERAS is more realistic
General submarine composite #40
Brian Wood – ‘Sausage on a stick’ rather than Dolphins
Escape training & SETT composite #2
Andy Dinsdale – SETT – The best Fairground Ride I’ve ever been on
Terrible beard at sea - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – The feeling of completing Perisher, the handshake and Perisher Breakfast
At sea in Command - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – How to deal with huge amounts of information in intense situations
Joining up composite #1
Chris Groves – Joining the Navy
Life on board composite #11
Andy Dinsdale – Becoming an officer
General submarine composite #15
Ron Gordon – Doing my Part 3 in just four weeks
Escape training & SETT composite #5
Chris Groves – Doing SETT was a great ride
General submarine composite #39
Jim Perks – How the simulators worked
General submarine composite #38
Chris Groves – Don’t know until Teacher’s handshake if you’ve passed Perisher
Poseidon - 06 - Under way at sea - Neg 2255
Chris Groves – Used to be different officer training for diesel and nuclear
General submarine composite #29
Ami Burns – Having to be humble as an upper yardy
SPAG waiting for the Green light - one minute to go - Brian Wood
Steve Thorpe – Response Force
General submarine composite #17
Ian Moore – Family the motivation to do well educationally
Perisher - 05-11 COM(R) - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – What is the Perisher course?
Ron Gordon and others from SPAG on airplane
Ron Gordon – If you don’t concentrate, things can go wrong
HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964
Steve Thorpe – A message for young people
Sonar composite #3
Colin Clarke – What is sonar and how it works
HMS Vanguard entering harbour Sept 1994
Andy Dinsdale – Officer training
SETT Diving tank
Chris Groves – Why it was decided to close SETT
General submarine composite #24
Andy Dinsdale – Being onboard during Perisher
General submarine composite #26
Chris Groves – Part 3 for Officers
General submarine composite #2
Jim Perks – Role of the Comms Officer
The Wardroom HMS Torbay 2006 - Lisbon Nov 05 (10) - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – Assets available to teacher during Perisher
OSP - Box 9 - 23 - SPAG team loading into Royal Navy Plane
Ron Gordon – Training for SPAG
HMS Lowestoft crew canteen Malta 1964 - Brian Wood
Andy Dinsdale – Catching the Dolphins in his teeth
Remembrance Day - Glasgow 2018 - Jim Perks
Chris Groves – Intermediate Warfare Course, then Northwood for CTF311
Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying
Steve Thorpe – A really good job
Food & Drink composite #2
Colin Hamilton – It was good fun, I always volunteered
Joining up composite #1
Ian Moore – The different ranks in the Submarine Service
Colin Hamilton Testing for carbon dioxide on board HMSM Renoun port crew 1970
Colin Hamilton – Shutting down a nuclear reactor
Auriga entering Halifax - Jan 1963
Colin Clarke – Part 3 Training
Food & Drink composite #1
Colin Hamilton – Making beer and drawing in Dolphin
Commencement of trials to assessed the survivability of the latest submarine escape suit - Early 80s - David White
David White – Testing new survival suits
General submarine composite #39
Ron Gordon – Being checked by US Navy for missile competence (DASO)
Supply and catering staff of HMS Renown (Stbd crew) c.1983. I'm far left - David White
Midge Ure – Getting your Dolphins
HMS Oracle - David White
Colin Hamilton – Drafted to Barrow
Food & Drink composite #3
Colin Clarke – Catching Dolphins in your teeth from tumbler of rum
HMS Torbay helicopter transfer - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – Selection process for Submarine Service
General submarine composite #32
Colin Clarke – Make or break of Perisher course
Escape training & SETT composite #4
Don Cleavin – Escape Training Tank
Ron Gordon and the 'swim boys' at SETT in Gosport
Steve Thorpe – Becoming a Swim Boy
HMS Ganges (the annex) Bulwork Mess March 1962 - Brian Wood
Colin Hamilton – Students less enthusiastic for the service
HMS Ganges - Opening of Leading Junior's canteen 1962 - Brian Wood
Colin Hamilton – Training other nations
Splendid - Officer on bridge with Jolly Roger flying
Chris Groves – Types of Officer
General submarine composite #23
Colin Hamilton – Doing Part 1 and 2
Sonar composite #1
Ian Moore – Part Three
7110 Gosport Royal Clarence Yard Weevil Lane Rum Store interior - Gosport Society
Colin Hamilton – Jamaica for eight weeks with SAS and Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Decommissioning HMS Trafalgar - Returning to Plymouth
Midge Ure – One of the first to do SMQ vs Part 3
The entrance to HMS Dolphin
Chris Groves – Privilege of giving out Dolphins (Having a bucket nearby)
HMS Chichester on the way to Kuwait - Colin Hamilton
Don Cleavin – Submarine pay
HMS OPPORTUNE Ships Company 1998 - Chris Groves (comp)
Chris Groves – Officers Training course (OTC)
Escape training & SETT composite #2
Colin Clarke – Returning to Dolphin as an instructor
Test rescue with Italian SPAG team Taranto, Italy mid 2000s - Brian Wood
David White – Escaping from a submarine at 400 feet deep
Escape training & SETT composite #4
David White – Testing new survival suit leads to mortgage
General submarine composite #2
Chris Groves – Commanding small surface ships provides great lessons for later on
General submarine composite #49
Ami Burns – Doing a BSQ walk around
LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood
Ron Gordon – Escape from a submarine in the real world
General submarine composite #36
Chris Groves -Tactical phase of Perisher
General submarine composite #14
Colin Hamilton – Different training
LR5 UK rescue submarine - Brian Wood
Colin Hamilton – Escape routes
HMS Ganges (the annex) Bulwork Mess March 1962 - Brian Wood
Brian Wood – HMS Ganges was an eye opener for a young lad
Perisher - 05-19 XO & COM (R) - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – What the crew expects during Perisher
Tigerfish nearly home ready for tube mounted dispenser - Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's
Colin Clarke – Weapons Weeks and Inshore Ops on Perisher
General submarine composite #25
Colin Clarke – Inshore ops with the Marines
Composite image photos of submariners for PHOTOS section on Home Page
Ron Gordon – Being ready for action
General submarine composite #29
Ian Moore – Homesickness whilst training at Tor Point
General submarine composite #34
Ian Moore – My Sea Dad, Robbie Robinson
HMS Chichester on the way to Kuwait - Colin Hamilton
Colin Hamilton – Joining the Navy
Fort Blockhouse (Dolphin) 1990's
Colin Clarke – Playing tennis for Dolphin
Tim Shone - Horse - Snort smoke clearance during fire exercise- Opossum 1990 - Ian Moore's
Colin Clarke – Impact of Perisher on rest of the crew
General submarine composite #14
Jim Perks – Doing Part 3
Chris Groves standing on submarine casing
Chris Groves – Brutal sudden departure for those who don’t pass Perisher
Sonar composite #3
Ian Moore – How not to leave the Royal Navy
General submarine composite #28
Chris Groves – What happens if you fail Perisher
Anchorite with gun - Neg 3272
Steve Thorpe – Paved the way with the Field Gun
Onboard - Jim Perks
Jim Perks – Human Factors Training
SPAG Hercules - Brian Wood
Steve Thorpe – Jumping out of a plane
Fathers and Sons at sea 2005 HMS Torbay - Chris Groves
Chris Groves – First time out as the Captain of a submarine

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