Interview with Petty Officer 1st Class Dwight Grieve

Narrator: Grieve, Dwight R., 1943-. Interviewer: Interviewed by Declan Smyth. Interview Date and Location 3 March 2024, Victoria BC. Synopsis: The following is an interview with Chief Petty Officer Dwight Grieve who served aboard a Baolo/Tench class sub as a torpedo operator. Dwight describes his experience first joining the submarine service, his time spent deployed in the service, and his training. First, I asked introductory questions about his career, how it started, ended and some landmark moments for him in the service like the first time he stepped onto a sub, then we continued into more thorough questions ranging throughout the span of his 35-year career in the navy. 0:00 - 8:15 – Introductory questions about Dwight’s service (start of service, end of service, responsibilities) 8:15 – 24:00 General questions about service (training, working conditions, deployments) 24:00 – 1:23:53 – Technical questions (Missions, the different systems of the subs, problems that may have arisen during deployment).

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Grieve, Dwight R.
• Smyth, Declan

Subject

• Submarine warfare
• Military history
• Soldiers
• Submarines (Ships)

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Interview #SC141_GD_913

Keyword

• Baolo/Tench Class subs
• Radar
• HMCS Rainbow
• Charlotte Islands
• Conning Tower
• Vancouver Island
• Surface Ships
• HMCS Grilse
• Torpedoes
• Diving
• Periscope

Date created

• March 4, 2024

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews (HIST 426, 2024).

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 01:23:53

Alternative title

• Cold Warriors: The Royal Canadian Navy

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Vancouver Island

Coordinates

• 49.65064, -125.44939

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• interviews
• reminiscences
• video recordings (physical artifacts)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2025-002; Series 4; Item: 913

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Technical note

• Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2024. Recorded in digital format by interviewer. Keywords supplied by interviewer. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/n7ya-ad69