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This website is brought to you in association with the Barrow-in-Furness Branch of the Submariners Association and is the premier UK internet resource for Submariners and anyone interested in Royal Navy Submarines.

Vickers and Barrow are names synonymous with the development of the submarine. Hundreds of submarines covering virtually every class have been built for the Royal Navy and foreign Navies. This site is dedicated to not only to those who have served on Her Majesty's Submarines but also to those employees past and present whose skills and efforts have given pride to the phrase 'Barrow built' and made the name Vickers known and respected throughout the world.

On This Day - March 29

1909C33Laid Down
1909C34Laid Down
1911D2Completed
1916B9Attacked by Austrian aircraft.
1942Unrivalled (P45)HMS Unrivalled torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ 2201/Bois Rose and UJ 2204/Boral off the Gulf of Picarenzi, Italy.
1943Tapir (P335)Laid Down
1945Spark (P236)HMS Spark sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Flores Sea.
1945Auriga (P419)Launched
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14.02.24 on page Israeli sub wreck found 31 years on
Karen Welsby wrote:
    My parterner George was a submariner on Totem and he told me that Canadian Indians gave the submarine a Totem Pole and said that as long as the Totem was on board she would never sink. Apparently when the Israel Navy were presented with the Totem they said they didn’t want it. The Totem Pole isnâ€...
 
26.01.24 on page Thistle (N24)
Aaron Cluney wrote:
    My Grandfather was one of the brave souls that lost their lives onboard Thistle. Heartwarming to know finally where they lay to rest....
 
25.01.24 on page P222
Anne Clifford wrote:
    I was so excited to find the Bio of my Grandfather Frederick William Simpson DS . Thank yo . I am his grand daughter from his second marriage....
 
14.11.23 on page P222
Grace Absolom (Bill Absolom (son of Richard Willia wrote:
    I am writing this for my father Bill Absolom, who is the Son of Richard William Absolom, Leading Telegraphist on the P222. Bill was very touched by Claudio Perazzini's comment. Thank you for posting. Hearing the story of the Fortunale sailors saluting and praying for the P222 crew was special to...
 
15.10.23 on page HM Submarine A5 (Forgotten Submariners)
Paddy Reynolds wrote:
    My great uncle John Tucker (DofB Dec 3 1885 Birkenhead) His navy record says, "Approve advance to a higher rating provide inspec capt. of submarines considers him fit in recognition of services rendered at considerable personal risk by which several of the crew of A5 submarine were saved from death....