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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 - September 26
| 1908 | C 21 (I 51) | Launched |
| 1917 | L 33 | Laid Down |
| 1917 | C 4 (I 34) | Fired on a German submarine whilst on the surface and on seeing the U-boat disappear into the darkness assumed that she had missed. After the war when all the logs of the U-boats were obtained it was discovered that the attack had hit the U-boat on her starboard quarter and failed to explode. |
| 1931 | Starfish (S 19) | Laid Down |
| 1933 | O 13 (Dutch) | Ran into and sank fishing boat, HD 7, from Den Helder in the Schulpengat. |
| 1941 | Tetrarch (N 77) | HMS Tetrarch torpedoes sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Bastia in the Aegean Sea about 18 nautical miles south of Milos Island, Greece. |
| 1941 | Tigris (N 63) | HMS Tigris torpedoes and heavily damages the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1201 off the Rolvsoy Fjord. |
| 1961 | Trespasser (P 312) | Scrapped at Gateshead. |
| 1961 | Oracle (S 16) | Launched |
| 1963 | Polaris | First steam-eject launch of Polaris missile at sea off Cape Canaveral, FL (now Cape Kennedy) from USS Observation Island |
Lastest Comments
| 16/09/2025 on page Medway (F25) 1928 - 1942 | |
| Michael Barker wrote: | |
| My Uncle was Charles Oliver Mansfield Vine 2nd Lieutenant who I believe served on the submarine Thrasher. I believe he died on the attack on the depot ship but have no detailed information. I would like to know more | |
| 14/09/2025 on page H 28 | |
| david edwards wrote: | |
| the Navy List Oct 1931 has the \"Lieut. in Command\" as Lt. Richard Sheridan-Patterson. His service record shows command 17.12.30 - 23.11.31. | |
| 24/08/2025 on page Spartan (S 105) | |
| Martin Gallagher wrote: | |
| My friend Dave New served on this boat, it is with great sadness I inform you of his passing. 2024. | |
| 05/07/2025 on page Undine (N 48) | |
| Michele Gee wrote: | |
| My grandfather Edward Gee served on this vessel and he was captured by the Germans, his PoW number was 99. | |
| 23/06/2025 on page Graph (P 715) | |
| William Askew wrote: | |
| My Father was part of the crew of HMS Graph. He is in the picture available on line. | |
