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.
| 1907 | C 12 (I 42) | Launched |
| 1915 | J 5 | Launched |
| 1915 | J 6 | Launched |
| 1927 | Otway (N 51) | Completed |
| 1939 | Ursula (N 59) | British HMS Ursula fired the first British submarine torpedoes of the war when attacking German U-35. The U-boat escaped |
| 1941 | O 24 (Dutch) | Torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Italo Balbo about 10 nautical miles west of Elba Island, Italy. |
| 1942 | O 23 (Dutch) | Made a torpedo attack on a Japanese merchant vessel about 40 nautical miles southwest of Phuket. Two torpedoes were fired but both missed their target. |
| 1943 | Welman 10 | Midget submarine "Welman 10" sank alongside depot ship HMS Forth. The commander (Lt B Pedersen of the Norwegian Army) makes an unaided escape to the surface. There are no casualties |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays 15 mines off Trikeri, Greece. |
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to The Hunt for Red October, readers the world over have demonstrated an enduring fascination with travel under the sea. Yet the riveting story behind the invention of the submarine, an epic saga of genius, persistence, ruthlessness, and deceit is almost completely unknown.
Like Henry Ford and the Wright brothers, John Philip Holland was completely self-taught, a brilliant man raised in humble circumstances, earning his living as a schoolteacher and choirmaster. But all the while he was obsessed with creating a machine that could successfully cruise beneath the waves. His struggle to unlock the mystery behind controlled undersea navigation would take three decades, during which he endured scepticism, disappointment, and betrayal. But his indestructible belief in himself and his ideas led him to finally succeed where so many others had failed.
Going Deep is a vivid chronicle of the fierce battles not only under the water but also in the back rooms of Wall Street and the committee rooms of Congress. A rousing adventure at its heart, surrounded by an atmosphere of corruption and greed, this is a story of bravery, passion, and the unbreakable determination to succeed against long odds.
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From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to The Hunt for Red October, readers the world over have demonstrated an enduring fascination with travel under the sea. Yet the riveting story behind the invention of the submarine, an epic saga of genius, persistence, ruthlessness, and deceit is almost completely unknown.
Like Henry Ford and the Wright brothers, John Philip Holland was completely self-taught, a brilliant man raised in humble circumstances, earning his living as a schoolteacher and choirmaster. But all the while he was obsessed with creating a machine that could successfully cruise beneath the waves. His struggle to unlock the mystery behind controlled undersea navigation would take three decades, during which he endured scepticism, disappointment, and betrayal. But his indestructible belief in himself and his ideas led him to finally succeed where so many others had failed.
Going Deep is a vivid chronicle of the fierce battles not only under the water but also in the back rooms of Wall Street and the committee rooms of Congress. A rousing adventure at its heart, surrounded by an atmosphere of corruption and greed, this is a story of bravery, passion, and the unbreakable determination to succeed against long odds.
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