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This is the website of the Barrow-in-Furness Branch of the Submariners Association. 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 - November 22
| 1916 | E30 | Lost in the North sea. Possibly mined off Orford Ness. E30 left Harwich on November 15th. The minefield was not located until 25th November. |
| 1918 | G11 | G11 ran aground off Howick in Northumberland in adverse weather conditions (navigation having only been possible via dead reckoning) As the crew abandoned ship, two men fell in the water. The body of Stoker Foster was never recovered but Tel Back was recovered and buried in St Peter's Longhoughton. One further casualty, Lt Richard Sandford VC (who had been admitted to Eston hospital suffering from typhoid fever) died the day after learning his beloved submarine had been lost. |
| 1939 | Unbeaten (N93) | Laid Down |
| 1941 | Sea Wolf (N47) | HMS Sea Wolf sinks the German merchant ship off the Syltefjord. |
| 1943 | Torbay (N79) | HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks a German floating dock north of Skiathos Island, Greece. |
| 1944 | Stratagem (P234) | Sunk in Malacca Straits HMS Stratagem sailed from Trincomalee on 10th November 1944 with orders to patrol in the vicinity of Malacca where it was believed the Japanese were loading ships with bauxite ore. On the afternoon of the 18th Stratagem attacked and sank the tanker Nichinan Maru. On 22nd November a Japanese aircraft spotted the submarine and directed a destroyer to where it had dived. Just after midday the destroyer attacked, the first depth charge causing the submarine's bow to strike the bottom. The submarine was plunged into darkness and the forward part began to flood. Attempts to shut the watertight door to the forward compartment failed and the crew were forced to make their escape. |
| 1944 | Thorough (P324) | HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca |
| 1956 | Scorcher (P258) | Suffered a fire during exercises. |
| 1999 | Vengance (S31) | Completed |
