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.
| 1879 | Mercury 1878 - 1919 | Completed at Pembroke Dockyard |
| 1916 | E 49 | Launched |
| 1933 | Snapper (N 39) | Laid Down |
| 1941 | U class submarines | Four Royal Navy U-class submarines attacked a heavily escorted Italian convoy off the North African coast, sinking two large transports and damaging the third |
| 1941 | Upholder (N 99) | HMS Upholder sinks the Italian troop ships Neptunia and Oceania; 384 people are drowned |
| 1941 | Triumph (N 18) | HMS Triumph torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Ardor off Capo Colonna. |
| 1941 | Ursula (N 59) | HMS Ursula fires three torpedoes against the Italian troop transport Vulcania off Tripoli, Libya. All torpedoes missed. |
| 1944 | Tradewind (P 329) | HMS Tradewind torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Junyo Maru about 18 nautical miles south of Mukomuko, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. Unbeknown to the Commanding Officer of the submarine, the Japanese ship was carrying 4200 Javanese slave labourers and 2300 Allied prisoners from Batavia to Padang. 5620 lives were lost in the sinking. |
| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | |
| The Submarine was sold for scrap in June 1949 and was broken up by JJ King at Rosyth. | |
Television drama starring David Jason. 40 years after a British submarine goes missing at the end of the war, it re-appears, and the British government send the remaining crew member (Jason) with a new crew to trace the sub's last happenings. But the new crew start showing characteristics of the old crew.
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| Class: | 1936 - 1958: U Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | |
| The Submarine was sold for scrap in June 1949 and was broken up by JJ King at Rosyth. | |
Television drama starring David Jason. 40 years after a British submarine goes missing at the end of the war, it re-appears, and the British government send the remaining crew member (Jason) with a new crew to trace the sub's last happenings. But the new crew start showing characteristics of the old crew.
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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