On entering this historic site you will be able to view an area and buildings which has not changed much since it was built for the purpose of maintaining and repairing American, Dutch and British submarines based at Fremantle from 1943. In front of the ticket office there is a plaque commemorating the boats of all three nations that used the base. The flag poles carry the flags of those countries. Here our Guide meets us.

All the Guides are volunteers many are ex-submariners and they give up their spare time so that visitors can get an idea of what life was like on board a submarine. They will explain how man and machinery combine to make this complex boat operate. [Submarines are traditionally called 'boats' ] They will also tell some of the history surrounding Fremantle and the part it played as the largest submarine base in the Southern Hemisphere during W.W.II. If you are lucky they might even "spin you a dit" [tell a story] of their own experiences! Today our Guides will be Chris Lowe an ex submariner who served on Oberon class boats and Norm O'Neil the museums Submarine Projects Officer