Under Pressure: Life on a Submarine

Under Pressure: Life on a Submarine
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Based on the first-hand experiences of a man who served on a submarine during the Cold War, Under Pressure is the shockingly candid, visceral, droll and incredibly entertaining account of what it’s like to live in one of the most extreme man-made environments in the world.Richard Humphreys did not grow up near the sea, but in the heart of Britain. Attempting to join the Foreign Legion at just 17 years old, leaving for Marseille little to his parents’ knowledge, it was an unexpected epiphany which told him that a career under the sea was for him. He ended up serving in the Royal Navy submarine service for over 5 years from 1985-1990, at the end of the Cold War when skirmishes with Russian subs were still frequent. Underwater, hidden away from the eyes of the world’s media, was where the Cold War was at its hottest.This thrilling book depicts the astounding circumstances of someone who finds themselves living in deep underwater. It is not written from a military point of view, although some of that will of course come into it, but it rather concentrates on how it feels to live in this extreme environment – a world without natural light, surrounded by 140 other men, eating the same food, breathing the same air, smelling the same putrid smells, surviving together in some of the most forbidding conditions imaginable. It is a book which takes its cues from the likes of Scott Kelly’s Endurance and Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker, both New York Times bestsellers, which shine light on hitherto unexplored professions and allow readers glimpses into worlds they would otherwise never experience.Covering the disorientation of never knowing your exact location, the claustrophobia of bunking with 140 other men in a 430ft x 33ft steel tube for months at a time, and the effort needed to stay calm in an environment which offers no space or natural light, Under Pressure is an honest and gritty portrayal of one of the most unique ways of living known today.

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Richard Humphreys. Under Pressure: Life on a Submarine

Copyright

Note to Readers

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Author’s Note

Diagram of Polaris Submarine

Polaris Submarine Hierarchy

Glossary

Introduction

1. Beasting

2. HMS Neptune, Faslane

3. The Bomber

4. Alongside

5. Work-up

6. Coulport

7. Before the Off

8. Set Sail

9. The Dive

10. A Brief Tour

11. No Time

12. All the Time in the World

13. Downtime

14. Booze

15. Snadgens

16. Porn

17. Familygrams

18. Showtime

19. Under the Lights

20. Cut Off

21. Racked Out

22. Food, Glorious Food

23. The Day Job, the Night Job, Repeat

24. Letters from the Grave

25. Captain Is God

26. To Launch or Not to Launch

27. Homeward Bound

28. Off Crew

Acknowledgements

About the Publisher

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1928–2016

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SINS (ship’s inertial navigation system): internal navigation system, fitted with gyroscopes, accelerometers and velocity meters, that constantly updates submarine’s position.

SSN (nuclear-powered attack submarine): nuclear submarine not carrying nuclear weapons, known as hunter-killers for ferocious pursuit of Soviet submarines. HMS Conqueror, which sank the Argentinian General Belgrano, was an SSN. They were armed with torpedoes and anti-ship missiles.

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