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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 - December 3

1885 Thames 1885 - 1920 Launched
1915 E 11 (I 91) Sank Torpedo Boat Yar Hissar in the Sea of Marmara
1939 Snapper (N 39) HMS Snapper is mistakenly attacked by a British aircraft when returning to Harwich after a patrol in the North Sea. Although suffering a direct hit no damage was done.
1942 Ursula (N 59) HMS Ursula torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Sainte Marguerite II near San Remo, Italy.
1942 Unrivalled (P 45) HMS Unrivalled torpedoes damages the Italian torpedo boat Antonio Mosto and the Italian sailing vessel Cesira Curreri with gunfire in the Gulf of Tunis.
1943 Shakespeare (P 221) HMS Shakespeare sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Kos, Greece.
1943 Ace (P 414) Laid Down
1963 Valiant (S 102) Launched
Lastest Comments
30/11/2025 on page Affray (P 421)
richard lacey wrote:
Not sure that a raised periscope and radar indicate a dived situation, as on my sub, they were always raised on the surface; otherwise, they could not be used
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 ...