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.
| 1918 | R 11 | Launched |
| 1918 | L 12 | Launched |
| 1934 | Sealion (N 72) | Launched |
| 1942 | Unbeaten (N 93) | HMS Unbeaten fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Vettor Pisani off Cape Buzzano, Calabria, Italy. All torpedoes miss. |
| 1945 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
| 1945 | Thrasher (N 37) | HMS Thrasher sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Burma. |
| 1945 | Scorcher (P 258) | Completed |
| 1948 | Andrew (P 423) | Completed |
| 1955 | Ambush (P 418) | Joined the newly formed 6th Submarine Flotilla based at Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| 1972 | Superb (S 109) | Laid Down |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Transferred to Israeli Navy in 1965 and renamed Leviathan. Scrapped in 1978. | |
During the bleak, heartbreaking days of early 1942, when beleaguered Malta was reeling under bombardment and blockade and Rommel was making his last desperate thrust towards Egypt, only one British submarine was operating in the western Mediterranean - the tiny, 600-ton Unbroken.
In twelve months in the Med, Unbroken sank over 30,000 tons of enemy shipping, took part in four secret operations, three successful gun actions, and survived a total of over 400 depth charges, as well as innumerable air and surface attacks.
This account of the 26-year-old Alastair Mars' command of this outstandingly successful submarine embraces her construction, sea trials and voyage to Gibraltar preparatory to her vital role in the Mediterranean. Once there, she was responsible for the destruction of two Italian cruisers and played a pivotal part in Operation Pedestal, the convoy that saved Malta from surrender.
Alastair Mars writes simply and without pretension, and his words evoke the claustrophobic yet heroic world of the submariner.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | T 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Transferred to Israeli Navy in 1965 and renamed Leviathan. Scrapped in 1978. | |
During the bleak, heartbreaking days of early 1942, when beleaguered Malta was reeling under bombardment and blockade and Rommel was making his last desperate thrust towards Egypt, only one British submarine was operating in the western Mediterranean - the tiny, 600-ton Unbroken.
In twelve months in the Med, Unbroken sank over 30,000 tons of enemy shipping, took part in four secret operations, three successful gun actions, and survived a total of over 400 depth charges, as well as innumerable air and surface attacks.
This account of the 26-year-old Alastair Mars' command of this outstandingly successful submarine embraces her construction, sea trials and voyage to Gibraltar preparatory to her vital role in the Mediterranean. Once there, she was responsible for the destruction of two Italian cruisers and played a pivotal part in Operation Pedestal, the convoy that saved Malta from surrender.
Alastair Mars writes simply and without pretension, and his words evoke the claustrophobic yet heroic world of the submariner.
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