Elite of the Deep ; Exclusive 80 Crew, Two Showers, Three Toilets and Six Months at Sea Sleeping Next to an a-Bomb. As Blair Vows to Replace Trident, We Meet The..

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WHEN Dirk Stephens kisses goodbye to his wife and little son he leaves the house looking every inch the clean-cut sailor.

But it's a bit different when he comes home. He looks more like Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway.

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Elite of the Deep ; Exclusive 80 Crew, Two Showers, Three Toilets and Six Months at Sea Sleeping Next to an a-Bomb. As Blair Vows to Replace Trident, We Meet The..

For a start, he'll have grown a beard - there's been more than enough time to do so.

And he'll be longing for a bath... since it can have been SIX MONTHS since he's had one.

For weeks on end, he doesn't see daylight, can't eat fresh food and doesn't known what day it is.

Welcome to life on board a Trident nuclear submarine, a 15,000- tonne vessel 15 times the length of a double-decker bus.

One of the current four nuclear submarines is always on pat...

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