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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 - July 3
| 1916 | E26 | Lost On 2nd July 1916 a German Patrol boat reported a trail of oil on the surface just off the Ems that was thought to be emanating from a submarine. The following day German forces attacked a British submarine with both gunfire and bombs. E26 did not return from her patrol. The crew were all lost. |
| 1920 | 1920 - 1952: Wolfe (F37) | Launched |
| 1940 | Snapper (N39) | HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Cygnus west of Hadryet, Norway. |
| 1940 | Sealion (N72) | HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against a German convoy off the Boknafjord, Norway. None of the torpedoes found it's target and Sealion was heavily depth charged following this failed attack. |
| 1941 | Upholder (N99) | HMS Upholder torpedoes in sinks the Italian merchant Laura C off Saline Ioniche, Calabria |
| 1942 | Truant (N68) | HMS Truant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Tamon Maru No.1 in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 1943 | Trident (N52) | HMS Trident torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vesta west of Leros, Greece. |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N74) | HMS Rorqual lays 21 mines in the Skiathos Channel. |
| 1944 | Ultimatum (P34) | HMS Ultimatum fires two torpedoes at the German auxilary patrol vessel Uj 6073/Nimeth Allah off Toulon, southern France. The torpedoes miss the target. |
| 1944 | Unruly (P49) | HMS Unruly fires three torpedoes at the German merchants Erpel and Pelikan north-east of Mykonos. The torpedoes miss. |
| 1944 | Vox (P67) | HMS Vox sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire off Monemvassia, Greece. |
| 1945 | Selene (P254) | HMS Selene damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam. |
