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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 23

1892	St George 1891 - 1920	Launched
1915	C 24 (I54)	Sank U40 whilst carrying out Trawler/Submarine operations.
1917	P 514	Laid Down
1919	H 48	Completed
1924	P 554	Commissioned
1927	Odin (N 84)	Laid Down
1940	Trident (N 52)	HMS Trident fires four torpedoes at the German oiler Dithmarschen north of Frohavet. The torpedoes missed.
1942	Thrasher (N 37)	HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sant Antonio in the Gulf of Sirte.
1942	Storm (P 233)	Laid Down
1943	Unshaken (P 54)	HMS Unshaken sinks the Italian merchant Pomo
1944	Unswerving (P 63)	HMS Unswerving sinks the German guardboats GN 61 and GN 62 with gunfire in the Skiathos Channel.
1944	Vampire (P 72)	HMS Vampire sinks the Greek sailing vessel Abba/KA 1610 with gunfire off Kandeliusa Island and three other sailing vessels near Mandraki, Greece.
1945	Seawolf (N 47)	HMS Sea Wolf paid off

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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Visigoth (P 76)
Class:	1941 - 1958: V Class
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Build Group:	V2
Fate: Scrapped in April 1950 at Hayle.

An evaluation of the predominant submarine of World War II and the post-war years, this book describes each amendment and re-design of the basic structure, and examples are given to portray the vessel in action.

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