Welcome
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 - November 15
| 1911 | 1912 - 1921: Fearless | Laid down |
| 1917 | H26 | Launched |
| 1918 | H51 | Launched |
| 1932 | Seahorse (S98) | Launched |
| 1943 | Sibyl (P217) | HMS Sibyl sinks the Greek sailing vessel Trias with gunfire off Mitylene, Greece. |
| 1943 | Sportsman (P229) | HMS Sportsman sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire between Naxos and Mykonos, Greece. |
| 1943 | Sentinel (P256) | Laid Down |
| 1944 | XE9 | Completed |
| 1959 | Submarine Memorial | The Submarine War Memorial on the Thames Embankment which includes losses from both World Wars was unveiled by Rear Admiral B W Taylor. |
| 1968 | Renown (S26) | Completed |
| 2009 | Astute (S119) | Departed Barrow for Sea Trials The nuclear powered first of class submarine set off from the Barrow docks at around 9.30am. She past Piel Island at around 10.10am heading to Faslane, Scotland. |
