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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 12
1908 | C 24 (I54) | Laid Down |
1941 | Tigris (N 63) | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the French fishing vessel Rene Camaleyre in the Bay of Biscay about 5 nautical miles east of Biarritz, France. |
1941 | Utmost (N 19) | HMS Utmost torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Manfredo Camperio off Tripoli, Libya. |
1942 | Una (N 87) | HMS Una torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Luciana about 20 nautical miles north-east of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. |
1943 | Saracen (P 247) | HMS Saracen sinks the French tugs Provincale II and Marseillaise V. with gunfire off Cape Sardineaux, southern France. |
1944 | Stonehenge (P 232) | HMS Stonehenge sinks the Japanese auxiliary minelayer Choko Maru off the west coast of Malaya |
1944 | Taku (N 38) | HMS Taku torpedoes and heavily damages the German merchant Harm Fritzen off Stavanger, Norway. |
1946 | United (P 44) | Scrapped at Troon. |
1958 | Walrus (S 08) | Laid Down |
1970 | Auriga (P 419) | Auriga suffered a battery expolosion while in the Gibraltar area while engaged in NATO exercises. 10 men were injured but the boat was able to safely reach port. |