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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 - November 18

1917 K 1 Damaged off Danish Coast after collision with HMS K4. Sunk to avoid capture
1917 L 1 Completed
1937 Taku (N 38) Laid Down
1939 Seahorse (S 98) During the morning HMS Seahorse operating off Terschelling, sighted two Roeder-class destroyers but could not get in an attacking position.
1941 Sealion (N 72) HMS Sealion sinks the Norwegian tanker Vesco off the Laksefjord, Norway.
1941 Safari (P 211) Launched
1942 Trusty (N 45) HMS Trusty torpedoes and damages the Japanese troop transport Columbia Maru near Penang, Malaya.
1942 Porpoise (N 14) HMS Porpoise torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Giulio Giordani about 45 nautical miles north-east of Misurata, Libya.
1942 U-331 Already damaged and unable to dive, U-331 was sunk west of Algiers by torpedo from an Albacore from HMS Formidable. There were seventeen survivors, of which five were wounded.
1942 Varne (P 81) Laid Down
1942 Vulpine (P 79) Laid Down
1943 Sickle (P 224) HMS Sickle sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Leros island, Greece.
1944 Tally-Ho (P 317) HMS Tally-Ho sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1947 Anchorite (P 422) Completed
Lastest Comments
17/11/2025 on page P 222
Grace Absolom wrote:
Richard William Absolom is my grandfather. He was my dad\'s father. My dad was 3 years old when the P222 disappeared. We often talk about what might have happened.
10/11/2025 on page Thorn (N 11)
Stuart Newland wrote:
My uncle, John Leonard Newland went down on the Thorn. My dad was only about 6 when it happened but he still lays a poppy for him every year at the Royal Navy Memorial at Chatham where he is commemorated.
21/10/2025 on page Medway (F25) 1928 - 1942
L Bradley wrote:
My father Frederick Percival Collins was a leading torpedo man He served on HMS Medway and was in China 1931 I have family photos which are badly water /oil stained due I was told because they were in his wallet when his ship was torpedoed. No mention of this on his service records.
09/10/2025 on page E 54
Ian Wallace wrote:
I can confirm that Leading Seaman Crust died by suicide. He used a signal gun that was available in the conning tower where he was on duty. The effect was to blow a large part of his head off. My wife\'s grandfather was responsible for cleaning parts of his brain up which were scattered over the con ...
16/09/2025 on page Medway (F25) 1928 - 1942
Michael Barker wrote:
My Uncle was Charles Oliver Mansfield Vine 2nd Lieutenant who I believe served on the submarine Thrasher. I believe he died on the attack on the depot ship but have no detailed information. I would like to know more