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This is the website of the Barrow-in-Furness Branch of the Submariners Association. The Premier UK resource on the internet for Submariners and anyone interested in the Royal Navy Submarine Service.

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.

Latest News

Reference: Submariners Recipe Book:
about 11 hours ago.
OTD 2009: HMS Vanguard & the French nuclear submarine Triomphant collided somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
1 day ago.
OTD 1912: HMS A3 sank off Isle of Wight after collision with HMS Hazard
2 days ago.
OTD 1953: HMS Sirdar was swamped by floods while in dry dock at the naval dockyard at Sheerness, Kent, and later sank.
3 days ago.
Aussies celebrate 100 years of submarines:
3 days ago.
OTD 1918: Battle of May Island: A series of accidents during an exercise in WW1 cost over 100 RN submariners lives
4 days ago.
Forum topic: SM2 Sunshine Squadron Bash
4 days ago.
OTD 1942: The Italian submarine Medusa was sunk in the Adriatic by the HMS Thorn
5 days ago.
Forum topic: Russian Navy will receive SSGN "Severodvinsk" in 2012
5 days ago.
OTD 1856: Queen Victoria institutes Britains highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross
6 days ago.
OTD 1917: HMS K13 dived while on trials. The submarine became uncontrollable & came to rest on the bottom
6 days ago.
Race to solve the AE1 mystery:
6 days ago.
Jackspeak: The RN has a language of its own reflecting its long history and culture (good & bad).
7 days ago.
NWEM Memories | Sub’s top secret tasks to help win the war:
7 days ago.
OTD 1942: USS Gudgeon (SS-211) became 1st US Navy sub to sink enemy submarine in WWII
8 days ago.
Forum topic: No new Inquiry into loss of AFFRAY
9 days ago.
OTD 1932: HMS M2 foundered due to a leak in the hangar door on 26th January 1932
9 days ago.
Forum topic: Dutch SSK in patrol at the the Horn Of Africa
9 days ago.
Forum topic: T class and probably early S class escape chambers
9 days ago.
Reference: The Dolphin Code:
10 days ago.
OTD 1965: Winston Churchill died
11 days ago.
Forum topic: They who dare (1954)
11 days ago.
Forum topic: Joe Everton
11 days ago.
OTD 1960: Bathyscaph Trieste descends to deepest part of the ocean, Marianas Trench
12 days ago.
Article: The U-Boats that Surrendered - U-Boats at Lisahally, N. Ireland, 1945 to 1949
13 days ago.
OTD 1954: The first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was launched.
14 days ago.
OTD 1921: HMS K5 was lost during an excersise in the Bay of Biscay
15 days ago.
Iran subs poised to torpedo US warships in Gulf:
15 days ago.
OTD 1917: HMS E36 lost in a collision with E43.
16 days ago.
OTD 1945: HMS Porpoise was lost. The last British submarine to be lost during WW2
16 days ago.
OTD 1915: It is believed that HMS E10 was destroyed by an enemy mine.
17 days ago.
Forum topic: Question about navigation chart
17 days ago.
Forum topic: crush depth of Valiant class SSN's
17 days ago.
Forum topic: HMS Terrapin
18 days ago.
OTD 1943: HMS United torpedoes & sinks the Italian destroyer Bombardiere.
18 days ago.
OTD 1914: Whilst carrying out practice torpedo attacks, HMS A7 failed to surface. The cause of her loss is not known.
19 days ago.
OTD 1917: HMS G9 rammed & sunk by the destroyer HMS Pasley. 1 crew member survived
19 days ago.
Reference: Database of all RN Submarine losses:
20 days ago.
OTD 1918: HMS G8 was lost in the North Sea, cause unknown
21 days ago.
'Bring N-subs back' call in Scots self-rule debate:
22 days ago.
Geneology: Pointers for those researching family history of reletives who served in the Royal Navy
22 days ago.
Forum topic: Affray Latest
22 days ago.
A pensioner is calling for a new inquiry into the HMS Affray tragedy which claimed the life of her first husband:
22 days ago.
OTD 1922: HMS Victory was taken out of service afloat, entering Number 2 Dock in Portsmouth.
23 days ago.
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Captain's Cabin SM2 Sunshine Squadron Bash  Yesterday at 23:27:35
Captain's Cabin Christmas Photo Yesterday at 19:22:52
Shore Base Flag Preservation Yesterday at 19:16:05
Shore Base Submarine Golf Championship 2012 01 February 2012, 09:57:56
Captain's Cabin They who dare (1954) 30 January 2012, 23:07:01
Captain's Cabin Russian Navy will receive SSGN "Severodvinsk" in 2012 29 January 2012, 19:53:03
Captain's Cabin Dutch SSK in patrol at the the Horn Of Africa  28 January 2012, 14:28:29
Captain's Cabin T class and probably early S class escape chambers 28 January 2012, 03:49:40
Captain's Cabin HMS Seal 27 January 2012, 21:20:29
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