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.
| 1878 | Cormorant 1877 - 1889 | Commissioned |
| 1915 | E 9 (I 89) | Attacked and badly damaged the Prinz Adelbert. For this action Horton was awarded the Order of St. George, Russia's equivalent to the Victoria Cross. |
| 1916 | E 26 | Lost On 2nd July 1916 a German Patrol boat reported a trail of oil on the surface just off the Ems that was thought to be emanating from a submarine. The following day German forces attacked a British submarine with both gunfire and bombs. E26 did not return from her patrol. The crew were all lost. |
| 1928 | Perseus (N 36) | Laid Down |
| 1937 | Sunfish (N 81) / V1 (USSR) | Completed |
| 1941 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Tripoli in the Zea Channel, Greece. |
| 1941 | Urge (N 17) | HMS Urge fires four torpedoes at the 6,696 ton BRARENA, which resulted in one hit and the ship sinking |
| 1942 | Unseen (P 51) | Completed |
| 1943 | Stubborn (P 238) | While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Stubborn fires torpedoes at a group of 3 German submarines (U-180, U-518, U-530) escorted by two destroyers. The torpedoes however missed their targets. |
| 1943 | Trident (N 52) | HMS Trident sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire off Rhodos, Greece. |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays 29 mines off the Gulf of Kassandra, Greece. |
| 1944 | Spiteful (P 227) | HMS Spiteful sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north-east of Sumatra. |
| 1945 | Selene (P 254) | HMS Selene sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
| 1947 | Aurochs (P 426) | Aurochs was involved in a collision. |
| Class: | 1967 - 1996: Resolution Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | SSBN1 |
| Fate: | |
| Paid off May 1992 after completing 56 deterrent patrols and laid up at Rosyth. | |
The submarine revolutionized naval warfare, progressing from the crude, steam-driven craft of the American Civil War to the silent nuclear machines that can cruise for months underwater without surfacing, only limited by the endurance of their crews, and carry intercontinental missiles mounting multiple nuclear warheads.
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles traces the history of these vessels, starting with the earliest submersible craft, to the stealthy nuclear giants of the modern age. Since the end of programs for the exploration and exploitation of space, man has turned his attention to a frontier much closer to home, the ocean.
This is a highly illustrated examination of the remarkable technology that has been developed to enable man to explore a hidden world tens of thousands of feet deep, in conditions just as extreme as those found in space.
The sea offers man numerous resources and is the medium for a wide range of activities, spawning an equally diverse array of vessels to exploit them. Ranging from the military stealth submarines of the Cold War to biological research vessels, to the latest remotely-operated machines,
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles is a stunning guide to man's exploration and exploitation of the fascinating world under the ocean and still our greatest frontier.
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| Class: | 1967 - 1996: Resolution Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | SSBN1 |
| Fate: | |
| Paid off May 1992 after completing 56 deterrent patrols and laid up at Rosyth. | |
The submarine revolutionized naval warfare, progressing from the crude, steam-driven craft of the American Civil War to the silent nuclear machines that can cruise for months underwater without surfacing, only limited by the endurance of their crews, and carry intercontinental missiles mounting multiple nuclear warheads.
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles traces the history of these vessels, starting with the earliest submersible craft, to the stealthy nuclear giants of the modern age. Since the end of programs for the exploration and exploitation of space, man has turned his attention to a frontier much closer to home, the ocean.
This is a highly illustrated examination of the remarkable technology that has been developed to enable man to explore a hidden world tens of thousands of feet deep, in conditions just as extreme as those found in space.
The sea offers man numerous resources and is the medium for a wide range of activities, spawning an equally diverse array of vessels to exploit them. Ranging from the military stealth submarines of the Cold War to biological research vessels, to the latest remotely-operated machines,
Submarines and Deep-Sea Vehicles is a stunning guide to man's exploration and exploitation of the fascinating world under the ocean and still our greatest frontier.
11 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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