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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 - March 11

1907	C 17 (I 47)	Laid Down
1907	C 18 (I 48)	Laid Down
1933	Rorqual (N 74)	Completed
1943	Unruly (P 49)	HMS Unruly fires two torpedoes against a Spanish merchant off Port Vendres, southern France. Both torpedoes miss.
2005	Artful (S 121)	Laid Down

Lastest Comments

10/03/2026 on page Seal (N 37)
Natalie Pearce wrote:
	My grandfather served on HMS Seal, and I have an old copy of \"Will Not We Fear\" which is at my father\'s house. I lost my father in 2021, but he does have 2 brothers who are still alive.
15/02/2026 on page Taurus (P 339)
Dillon Pringle wrote:
	My great grandfather served aboard this vessel during the war. My grandfather recalls him telling stories about how terrible it was. However, a duty must be done.
31/12/2025 on page Unruly (P 49)
Prue Hames wrote:
	My Father served on HMS Unruly - Able Seaman John Smith DSM
05/12/2025 on page The History Of British Submarine Sonars
Alan Moore wrote:
	The interim sonar prior to 2046 was 2061 not 2062. I worked on 2031z and 2061 between 1985 & 1987 at ARE Portland North. If I looked up from my desk I had a great view of a portion of Portland Harbour and lots of Weymouth Bay.
30/11/2025 on page Affray (P 421)
richard lacey wrote:
	Not sure that a raised periscope and radar indicate a dived situation, as on my sub, they were always raised on the surface; otherwise, they could not be used

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