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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 - February 8
1905 | A 10 (I 10) | Launched |
1917 | K 14 | Launched |
1942 | Unison (P 43) | HMS Unison sinks the Italian sailing vessels Luigi Verni, Carlo P, and Angela with gunfire off Al Hammamat, Tunisia. |
1943 | Satyr (P 214) | Completed |
1943 | X 10 (Excalibur) | Completed |
1944 | Sportsman (P 229) | HMS Sportsman torpedoed & sank the German POW Transport Petrella north of Suda Bay, Crete. 2,670 out of 3,173 Italian POWs where killed. German Guards did not open the POW rooms and fired at them while they tried to break out |
1944 | Sibyl (P 217) | HMS Sibyl fires two torpedoes against the German tanker Centaur off Crete. Both torpedoes missed their target. |
1944 | Ultor (P 53) | HMS Ultor fires 4 torpedoes against the German auxiliary minelayer Niedersachsen off St.Raphaël, southern France. All torpedoes missed. |
1945 | Spark (P 236) | HMS Spark was attacked by an enemy escort which dropped 16 depth charges. Spark was not damaged. |