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.
| 1912 | Fearless 1912 - 1921 | Launched |
| 1915 | E 20 (I 69) | Launched |
| 1933 | Shark (N 54) | Laid Down |
| 1940 | Narwhal (N 45) | HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 19 (50 mines) off Haugesund, Norway. |
| 1941 | Taku (N 38) | HMS Taku torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Silvio Scaroniin the Gulf of Syrte 70 nautical miles off Benghazi, Libya. |
| 1941 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Gesu E Maria with gunfire off Skyros, Greece. |
| 1941 | Unshaken (P 54) | Laid Down |
| 1941 | O 24 (Dutch) | Sank the Italian tanker Fianona off Vada, Toscana, Italy with torpedoes and gunfire. Also sank the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V 121 / Carloforte with gunfire and ramming 36 nautical miles northwest of Gorgona. |
| 1943 | Tarn (P 336) / Tijjerhai (Dutch) | Laid Down |
| 1944 | Sickle (P 224) | Sickle signalled that she had spotted a convoy in the approach to Steno Pass. The convoy suspected the presence of a submarine and dropped two depth charges and, although it seems unlikely that this attack accounted for the loss of the submarine, no further contact was made with her. |
| 1944 | Stoic (P 231) | HMS Stoic torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Kainan Maru off Phuket, Siam. |
| 1944 | Tiptoe (P 332) | Completed |
| 1959 | Dreadnought (S 101) | Laid Down |
| 2006 | Onyx (S 21) | Onyx arrives at Barrow where she will eventually become the main attraction at a new Submarine Heritage Centre |
| 2013 | Onyx (S 21) | After the planned Submarine Heritage Center failed to materialise. Onyx was towed away from her berth at Barrow to begin her journey to the scrapyard |
| 2018 | Talent (S 92) | HMS Talent began intensive training to re-join the frontline operational fleet after a major refit. The Trafalgar Class submarine had completed an extensive multi-million pound maintenance period in HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth. |
A flotilla of mini-submarines set off to sink or cripple the mighty German battleship Tirpitz. Among the men behind this attack was Max Shean from Perth, a volunteer for one of World War II's most daring and hazardous naval missions.
Shean's courage in command of the X-craft submarines in Europe and the Pacific earned him an unrivalled reputation as a leader whose aggressive instincts were always tempered by concern for his crew. He died on June 15, 2009, aged 90.
During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort discovers a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. A deadly duel between the two ships ensues, and Captain Murrell must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison
Academy Awards, USA 1958 Winner
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A flotilla of mini-submarines set off to sink or cripple the mighty German battleship Tirpitz. Among the men behind this attack was Max Shean from Perth, a volunteer for one of World War II's most daring and hazardous naval missions.
Shean's courage in command of the X-craft submarines in Europe and the Pacific earned him an unrivalled reputation as a leader whose aggressive instincts were always tempered by concern for his crew. He died on June 15, 2009, aged 90.
During World War II, the USS Haynes, an American destroyer escort discovers a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. A deadly duel between the two ships ensues, and Captain Murrell must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison
Academy Awards, USA 1958 Winner
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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