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.
| 1766 | First submarine attack | During the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship, Eagle, in New York Harbour. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare. |
| 1838 | Grace Darling | Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, made her famous rescue of the crew of the Forfarshire, which was shipwrecked, near the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast |
| 1892 | Onyx 1892 - 1924 | Launched |
| 1926 | Otway (N 51) | Launched |
| 1939 | Seahorse (S 98) | HMS Seahorse was docked at Rosyth. |
| 1939 | Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) | Beginning of 2 days under continuous depth charge attacks and had to lay on the sea bottom during the daytime, suffering only minor damage. |
| 1941 | Thunderbolt (N 25) | HMS Thunderbolt torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sirena about 50 miles west of Benghasi, Libya. |
| 1942 | Ultimatum (P 34) | HMS Ultimatum fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Luciano Manara in the central Mediterranean about 45 nautical miles south-west of Schiza Island, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed. |
| 1943 | Shakespeare (P 221) | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. |
| 1944 | Solent (P 262) | Completed |
| 1971 | Swiftsure (S 126) | Launched |
| 1977 | Trafalgar (S 107) | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
| Class: | 1943 - 1946: XT Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | XT |
The authoritative story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign, told using new research. The Harwich Submarine Flotilla played a key role establishing British dominance in the North Sea at the beginning of the First World War. Letters, diaries, memoirs and combat reports of the participants are used to give a complete account.
Much of this is in print for the first time. Foreword by Rear Admiral Jonathan Westbrook CBE, former Royal Navy Submariner. Written in collaboration with the Friends of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, with profits from royalties contributing towards the work of the Museum.
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| Class: | 1943 - 1946: XT Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | XT |
The authoritative story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign, told using new research. The Harwich Submarine Flotilla played a key role establishing British dominance in the North Sea at the beginning of the First World War. Letters, diaries, memoirs and combat reports of the participants are used to give a complete account.
Much of this is in print for the first time. Foreword by Rear Admiral Jonathan Westbrook CBE, former Royal Navy Submariner. Written in collaboration with the Friends of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, with profits from royalties contributing towards the work of the Museum.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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