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This is the website of the Barrow-in-Furness Branch of the Submariners Association. 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 20
| 1890 | 1891 - 1921: Royal Arthur | Laid down |
| 1921 | K5 | HMS K5 sailed from Torbay as part of a fleet bound for Spain, which included the Cruiser Inconstant and Submarines K8, K9, K15 and K22. It was decided to conduct a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay and the vessels split up to take their positions. A signal was received from K5 that she was diving, but she failed to reappear at the end of the exercise. An hour before dusk a battery cover from a K boat was recovered and the next morning a sailor's ditty box was found - the last trace of K5. It is believed an accident caused K5 to exceed her maximum diving depth. |
| 1940 | Thorn (N11) | Laid Down |
| 1943 | Saracen (P247) | HMS Saracen sinks the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser V 3/Maria Angelette with gunfire about 30 nautical miles south of Isola di Capri, Italy. |
| 1943 | Unrivalled (P45) | While on patrol of Tunisia HMS Unrivalled intercepts a small Italian naval auxiliary towing a schooner. She sinks the naval auxiliary with gunfire. |
| 1943 | Untiring (P59) | Launched |
| 1945 | Sidon (P259) | Damaged in a submerged collision with HMS Turpin. Her stem cutter was turned to starboard by a length of 4 feet. |
| 2006 | Spartan (S105) | Decommissioning ceremony was held to mark the successful completion of Spartan's service. |
