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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 - June 28

1915	K 4	Laid Down
1915	K 9	Laid Down
1915	K 10	Laid Down
1918	D 6 (I 76)	D6 was sunk by UB-73 off the coast of Ireland
1918	R 8	Launched
1923	K 26	Completed
1941	Severn (N 57)	HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ugo Bassi 5 nautical miles off Cape Monte Santu, Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
1944	Truculent (P 315)	HMS Truculent sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Malacca Strait.
1945	Solent (P 262)	HMS Solent sinks a Japanese landing craft and damages another with gunfire to the north of Banka Strait.
1945	Alliance (P 417)	Launched

Lastest Comments

13/05/2026 on page H 49
kevin walker wrote:
	believe was also attacked on 1-10-1940 near Texel by Sperrbrecher 3/H3 (ex M/S Belgrad) with pattern of 4 depth charges

16/04/2026 on page Thorough (P 324)
navy42 wrote:
	Lord Kitchener was lost in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, denoted by the black field. As Secretary of State, he initiated the recruiting scheme which raised the new army. The first complete New Army formation (as opposed to divisions) as a result of this scheme was the 4th Army under the command of G ...

12/04/2026 on page Cecil Broad 1905 - 1978
navy42 wrote:
	I believe that he also designed the Badge for HMS Thorough. It\'s a great pity that his notes do not appear to have survived

10/04/2026 on page One Submarine, Two Captains - The Early Years of HMS Repulse
Mike Watson wrote:
	I served on Repulse port crew 1st commission. Everything said about Phil Wadman is correct. I would like to also like to mention Toby Elliott who was communications officer, another top man. Soapy Watson

09/04/2026 on page Onslaught (S 14)
Stephen Alexander wrote:
	Stern torpedo tubes removed in final refit in 1982/83 in Devonport Dockyard

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Unbending (P 37)

Class:	1936 - 1958: U Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	U2
Fate:
Scrapped in May 1950 at Tyne.

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