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.
| 1878 | Cormorant 1877 - 1889 | Commissioned |
| 1915 | E 9 (I 89) | Attacked and badly damaged the Prinz Adelbert. For this action Horton was awarded the Order of St. George, Russia's equivalent to the Victoria Cross. |
| 1916 | E 26 | Lost On 2nd July 1916 a German Patrol boat reported a trail of oil on the surface just off the Ems that was thought to be emanating from a submarine. The following day German forces attacked a British submarine with both gunfire and bombs. E26 did not return from her patrol. The crew were all lost. |
| 1928 | Perseus (N 36) | Laid Down |
| 1937 | Sunfish (N 81) / V1 (USSR) | Completed |
| 1941 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Tripoli in the Zea Channel, Greece. |
| 1941 | Urge (N 17) | HMS Urge fires four torpedoes at the 6,696 ton BRARENA, which resulted in one hit and the ship sinking |
| 1942 | Unseen (P 51) | Completed |
| 1943 | Stubborn (P 238) | While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Stubborn fires torpedoes at a group of 3 German submarines (U-180, U-518, U-530) escorted by two destroyers. The torpedoes however missed their targets. |
| 1943 | Trident (N 52) | HMS Trident sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire off Rhodos, Greece. |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays 29 mines off the Gulf of Kassandra, Greece. |
| 1944 | Spiteful (P 227) | HMS Spiteful sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north-east of Sumatra. |
| 1945 | Selene (P 254) | HMS Selene sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
| 1947 | Aurochs (P 426) | Aurochs was involved in a collision. |
On this table was a very large book illuminated by the overhead lamp. The book dealt specifically with the names of submarines lost on war service. It went even further as it also mentioned the individual names of officers and crew who had perished. I found myself automatically turning the huge thick pages over until I came to HMS
Sickle
, the submarine I had served in. I found the appropriate page, and read down the list of officers and men. I received another "eerie feeling" within an hour of my first. I read my own name, there it was Petty Officer Rose (a reporting of my demise).
An account of the development and use of the human torpedoes, semi-submersible and midget submarines mainly in WW2 but including some of the developments that took place in 1918, with many half tone photo ills. and brief accounts of many of the actions involving these craft
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On this table was a very large book illuminated by the overhead lamp. The book dealt specifically with the names of submarines lost on war service. It went even further as it also mentioned the individual names of officers and crew who had perished. I found myself automatically turning the huge thick pages over until I came to HMS
Sickle
, the submarine I had served in. I found the appropriate page, and read down the list of officers and men. I received another "eerie feeling" within an hour of my first. I read my own name, there it was Petty Officer Rose (a reporting of my demise).
An account of the development and use of the human torpedoes, semi-submersible and midget submarines mainly in WW2 but including some of the developments that took place in 1918, with many half tone photo ills. and brief accounts of many of the actions involving these craft
11 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation.
Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.
Thankyou for your support.