Welcome

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 - August 2

1903	No 4	Completed
1916	E 48	Launched
1917	F 2 (I A1)	Completed
1918	L 19	Completed
1918	E 40	E40 narrowly avoided disaster after confronting a German U-Boat
1942	O 23 (Dutch)	Attacked a Japanese convoy and torpedoed and heavily damaged the Japanese army cargo ship Zenyo Maru about 30 nautical miles northwest of Penang, Malaya. The Japanese ship burns out and was later towed to Singapore. She was declared a total loss.
1945	HMS Seadog and HMS Shalimar	While operating together, HMS Seadog and HMS Shalimar sink a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
1945	Thorough (P 324)	HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Bali.
1945	Springer (P 264)	Completed

Lastest Comments

23/07/2026 on page Token (P 328)
Legs D. wrote:
	Token was my very first boat from 1963 to 1965. During that period, for about 6 months, we were refitted with a 4\" gun. For some reason I was chosen to be a sight setter (I was a baby AB RP3). This became a \'Boy\'s Own\' adventure for me. The \'sight setter\' happened to be fourth in the queue to ...

13/05/2026 on page H 49
kevin walker wrote:
	believe was also attacked on 1-10-1940 near Texel by Sperrbrecher 3/H3 (ex M/S Belgrad) with pattern of 4 depth charges

16/04/2026 on page Thorough (P 324)
navy42 wrote:
	Lord Kitchener was lost in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, denoted by the black field. As Secretary of State, he initiated the recruiting scheme which raised the new army. The first complete New Army formation (as opposed to divisions) as a result of this scheme was the 4th Army under the command of G ...

12/04/2026 on page Cecil Broad 1905 - 1978
navy42 wrote:
	I believe that he also designed the Badge for HMS Thorough. It\'s a great pity that his notes do not appear to have survived

10/04/2026 on page One Submarine, Two Captains - The Early Years of HMS Repulse
Mike Watson wrote:
	I served on Repulse port crew 1st commission. Everything said about Phil Wadman is correct. I would like to also like to mention Toby Elliott who was communications officer, another top man. Soapy Watson

RN Subs

Featured Badge

Montclare (F85) 1939 - 1958

Class:	Depot Ships
Built By:	John Brown and Co (Cylde)
Build Group:	Montclare
Fate:
Broken up at Inverkeithing in 1958

World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler�s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.

Buy from Amazon