Submariners

A history of submariners. The Senior Service has, for a hundred years, had submarines. Originally thought to be Un-English, submarines helped us win two World Wars and have played a great part in Britain's nuclear deterrent for the past thirty years.

Auteur

Keith Hall was a health physics specialist at HM Naval Base Clyde and served in the Royal Navy for over 30 years, both on the submarines and in on-shore positions. He has written several books on British submarine history, including HMS Dolphin: Gosport's Submarine Base, Submariners' Tales from the Deep, and Polaris: The History of the UK's Submarine Force. He lives in Helensburgh.

Résumé
The Senior Service has, for a hundred years, had submarines. Originally thought to be Un-English, submarines helped us win two World Wars and have played a great part in Britain's nuclear deterrent for the past thirty years. Originally some of the small subs had crews of less than ten men, unlike today's nuclear behemoths with crews of almost one hundred. Submariners are a breed apart; ask any submariner and they'll tell you they think and act differently from the regular navy. Submariners is the story of the submarine service in the words of the men involved.