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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 - July 10
| 1906 |
C 1 (I 31)
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Launched |
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| 1906 |
C 2 (I 32)
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Launched |
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| 1909 |
D 2 (I 72)
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Laid Down |
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| 1911 |
RAN
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Royal Australian Navy was formed. Australia had previously maintained an assortment of minor warships for local maritime defence since the 1850s |
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| 1912 |
E 10 (I 90)
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Laid Down |
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| 1916 |
E 38
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Completed |
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| 1918 |
L 6
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Completed |
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| 1940 |
Battle of Britain begins
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In addition to raids on shipping over the channel, the Germans raid dock targets in South Wales. This date becomes the first day of the Battle of Britain. |
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| 1940 |
Phoenix (N 96)
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HMS Phoenix attacks an escorted tanker off Augusta and is lost to depth charges from Italian torpedo boat Albatros in the Mediterranean |
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| 1941 |
Tuna (N 94)
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While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Tuna fires two torpedoes at a submerged Asdic contact which is thought to be an enemy submarine. The torpedoes miss their target. |
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| 1941 |
Umpire (N 82)
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Completed |
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| 1942 |
Shakespeare (P 221)
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Completed |
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| 1943 |
Varangian (P 61)
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Completed |
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| 1944 |
Untiring (P 59)
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HMS Untiring attacks a German auxiliary patrol vessel with torpedoes off Cannes, southern France. The torpedoes miss. |
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| 1944 |
Vox (P 73)
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HMS Vox torpedoes and sinks the German collier Anita between Andros and Tinos Islands, Greece. |
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| 1945 |
Sibyl (P 217)
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HMS Sibyl sinks 11 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Stait of Malacca. |
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