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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 - October 14
1905 | B 5 (I 25) | Launched |
1912 | E 15 (I 95) | Laid Down |
1912 | E 16 (I 96) | Laid Down |
1914 | E 12 (I 92) | Completed |
1914 | Platypus (I 56) 1916 - 1957 | Laid down |
1916 | K 2 | Launched |
1918 | R 1 | Completed |
1918 | R 9 | Completed |
1939 | Seahorse (S 98) | HMS Seahorse moved from Dundee to Rosyth. |
1939 | Undine (N 48) | HMS Undine departed Blyth for Rosyth where she arrived later the same day. |
1940 | P 39 | Laid Down |
1941 | Tigris (N 63) | HMS Tigris attacks a convoy off the Laksfjord. Tigris fired three torpedoes but missed the Norwegian merchants Mimona, Tugela and Havbris. |
1941 | Syrtis (P 241) | Laid Down |
1944 | Viking (P 69) | Torpedoed and sank the Norwegian merchant Standard in the Saltenfjord, Norway. |
1944 | Sturdy (P 248) | HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Communication Vessel No.128 with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
1985 | Tireless (S 88) | Left Barrow |
1995 | Vigilant (S 30) | Launched |