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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 10
| 1919 | H 34 | Completed |
| 1939 | Triton (N 15) | HMS Triton had the misfortune to torpedo accidentally HMS Oxley off Norway. Oxley was the first British submarine lost during the Second World War. A Board of Enquiry found that Oxley was some way out of position and that Triton had acted correctly and was not culpable for the sinking. The cause of the disaster was kept a close secret until the 1950's. |
| 1939 | Oxley (N 55) | HMS Oxley sunk off Obrestad, Norwegian coast, south of Stavanger - torpedoed in error by HMS Triton. She was the first British vessel to be lost in WWII. Submarines Oxley and Triton were patrolling off Norway and had been in regular contact when Triton spotted an unidentified submarine off the coast of Norway. Believing it might be Oxley a number of signals of recognition were flashed by Triton. No reply was forthcoming and after several challenges Triton fired two torpedoes that struck the submarine and sent her to the seabed. Triton closed in on the area and found three survivors. A Board of Enquiry found that Oxley was some way out of position and that Triton had acted correctly and was not culpable for the sinking |
| 1939 | Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) | The commanding officer of Wilk requested the Naval High Command for permission to enter the Hela or Gdynia harbour for repairs. The High Command refused and ordered him to sail to England or Sweden. The Crew decided to break out from Baltic to Britain. |
| 1941 | Thunderbolt (N 25) | HMS Thunderbolt sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V 224/Svan I with gunfire in the Gulf of Syrte off Marsa el Auegia. |
| 1941 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay torpedoes and damages the German merchant Norburg inside Iraklion harbour, Crete. |
| 1941 | Stubborn (P 238) | Laid Down |
| 1942 | Una (N 87) | HMS Una fires torpedoes against the Italian merchant Brioni about 10 nautical miles west of Palaiokhóra, Crete, Greece but missed. |
| 1943 | Seraph (P 219) | HMS Seraph claims the sinking of four small craft with gunfire east of Corsica. |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays another 15 mines in the Skiathos Channel. |
| 1952 | Aurochs (P 426) | There was a fatal runaccident on the Aurochs while docked in County Cork |
| 1970 | Dreadnought (S 101) | Refitted at Rosyth and recommissioned |
| 1984 | Talent (S 92) | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
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. | |
