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.
| 1912 | No 5 | Foundered while on tow off the NAB Tower whilst under tow to the breakers yard. |
| 1915 | E 11 (I 91) | E11's second patrol was crowned by the sinking of the Turkish battleship Heireddin Barbarossa |
| 1916 | E 56 | Completed |
| 1918 | R 11 | Completed |
| 1940 | Upholder (N 99) | Launched |
| 1942 | Unbroken (P 42) | HMS Unbroken fires two torpedoes at the Italian merchant Algerino off Capri. Both torpedoes missed their target. |
| 1942 | Splendid (P 228) | Completed |
| 1943 | Simoom (P 225) | While on patrol east of Bastia, HMS Simoom fires three torpedoes at a merchant. All torpedoes missed their target. |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays her remaining 21 mines off Lemnos, Greece. |
| 1944 | Universal (P 57) | While on patrol off H'res, southern France, HMS Universal torpedoes and damages against an enemy auxiliary minesweeper. |
| 1960 | Scythian (P 237) | Scrapped at Charlestown |
Upstart (P 65) |
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
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| Build Group: | U2 |
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Fate: Used as a target and sunk on 29th July 1957. |
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The 'X' stood for experimental, but it might equally have meant extraordinary, exotic or extravagant, as this giant submarine attracted superlatives. Built in the early 1920s, it was the world's largest, most heavily armed, and deepest diving submersible of the day. A controversial project conceived behind the backs of politicians, X.1 would remain an unwanted stepchild. As British diplomats attempted to outlaw the use of submarines as commerce raiders, the Admiralty was building the world's most powerful corsair submarine, designed to destroy entire convoys of merchant ships.
This book explores the historical background of submarine cruisers, the personalities involved in X.1's design and service, the spy drama surrounding her launch, the treason trial of a Royal Navy submarine commander, the ship's checkered career, and her political demise. Despite technical successes, the X.1 became the target of a misinformation campaign aimed at persuading foreign naval powers that the cruiser submarine did not work. While the myth of her failure persists even today, it was ignored by other navies, who went on building submarine cruisers of their own. The book analyses the submarine cruisers built by the US, French, and Japanese navies, as well as the projected German copy of X.1, the Type XI U-Boat.
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Upstart (P 65) |
|
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | U2 |
|
Fate: Used as a target and sunk on 29th July 1957. |
|
The 'X' stood for experimental, but it might equally have meant extraordinary, exotic or extravagant, as this giant submarine attracted superlatives. Built in the early 1920s, it was the world's largest, most heavily armed, and deepest diving submersible of the day. A controversial project conceived behind the backs of politicians, X.1 would remain an unwanted stepchild. As British diplomats attempted to outlaw the use of submarines as commerce raiders, the Admiralty was building the world's most powerful corsair submarine, designed to destroy entire convoys of merchant ships.
This book explores the historical background of submarine cruisers, the personalities involved in X.1's design and service, the spy drama surrounding her launch, the treason trial of a Royal Navy submarine commander, the ship's checkered career, and her political demise. Despite technical successes, the X.1 became the target of a misinformation campaign aimed at persuading foreign naval powers that the cruiser submarine did not work. While the myth of her failure persists even today, it was ignored by other navies, who went on building submarine cruisers of their own. The book analyses the submarine cruisers built by the US, French, and Japanese navies, as well as the projected German copy of X.1, the Type XI U-Boat.
13 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
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