Whilst Vickers and Barrow are names synonymous with the development of the submarine. Many other yards have contributed by building vessels to serve in and support the Royal Navy's Submarine fleet.
This page lists those yards and pays tribute to the many thousands of workers have given their skills and sometimes their lives, in a most dangerous industry, which has provided the Royal Navy with some of the best and most innovative vessels ever to rule the seas, above and below the waves.
HMS Valiant's crew were pioneers of the nuclear age, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Russians beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean. Melvyn Whymark, from Clacton, was one of the men who served aboard her.
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