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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 - September 15
| 1915 | E 16 (I 96) | Sank U-6 in the North Sea |
| 1917 | L 21 | Laid Down |
| 1941 | HMS Forth | Submarine depot ship HMS Forth commences refit in USA |
| 1941 | Tigris (N 63) | HMS Tigris fires four torpedoes against the German merchant Bessheim in Lopphavet, Norway. All torpedoes missed. |
| 1944 | Voracious (P 78) | HMS Voracious fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2110 5 nautical miles north of Skopelos Island, Greece. All torpedoes miss. |
| 1956 | Finwhale (S 05) | Laid Down |
| 1958 | Sleuth (P 261) | Scrapped at Charlestown |
| 1966 | Resolution (S 22) | Launched |
| 2012 | Ambush (S 120) | Ambush set sail for the first time as she left Barrow for sea trails. The 7,400-tonne, nuclear powered attack submarine left Ramsden Dock about 11am and made her way out through Walney Channel with about 98 crew members on board. Onlookers, many of whom arrived hours earlier to secure prime viewing positions waved and cheered as the ?1.2bn feat of British and Barrow engineering went past. |
Lastest Comments
| 24/08/2025 on page Spartan (S 105) | |
| Martin Gallagher wrote: | |
| My friend Dave New served on this boat, it is with great sadness I inform you of his passing. 2024. | |
| 05/07/2025 on page Undine (N 48) | |
| Michele Gee wrote: | |
| My grandfather Edward Gee served on this vessel and he was captured by the Germans, his PoW number was 99. | |
| 23/06/2025 on page Graph (P 715) | |
| William Askew wrote: | |
| My Father was part of the crew of HMS Graph. He is in the picture available on line. | |
| 22/06/2025 on page Able Seaman Torpedoman Fred Bottrell C/JX 544353 | |
| Gavin Bottrell wrote: | |
| Fred Bottrell was my \"long lost\" great uncle... he made contact with me in about 2005 and swapped emails for many years. | |
| 29/05/2025 on page Lieutenant Donald Cameron. Royal Naval Reserve | |
| Mary Burnside wrote: | |
| Donald Cameron\'s VC can be viewed in IWM where I viewed it on 22nd May 2025. | |
