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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 - January 21
| 1905 | A7 | Launched |
| 1907 | C6 (I 36) | Completed |
| 1908 | C15 (I 45) | Launched |
| 1918 | H49 | Laid Down |
| 1940 | Seal (N37) | HMS Seal departed Rosyth for her 6th war patrol. She was to patrol in the North Sea. |
| 1943 | Sahib (P212) | HMS Sahib torpedoes and sinks the German submarine U-301 in the Mediterranean west of Bonifacio. There was only 1 survivor from U-301. |
| 1943 | Tigris (N63) | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citta di Genova in the Strait of Otranto about 25 nautical miles west of Saseno Island |
| 1943 | Unrivalled (P45) | HMS Unrivalled sinks the Italian sailing vessels Margherita and Ardito with gunfire and scuttling charges about 5 nautical miles north-east of Kuriat, Tunisia. |
| 1954 | USS Nautilus | The first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was launched. After shattering the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of the USS Nautilus, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and others gathered at the Electric Boat Yard of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut and watched as the world's first nuclear-powered submarine slipped into the Thames River. |
| 1956 | Artemis (P449) | Was in collision with a motor trawler in the Channel off the Isle of Wight while on exercises. Artemis sustained no damage and carried on. |
