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.
| 1915 | E 30 | Launched |
| 1915 | H 9 | Completed |
| 1915 | H 10 | Completed |
| 1918 | H 28 | Completed |
| 1918 | R 7 | Completed |
| 1926 | Oxley (N 55) | Launched |
| 1938 | Thetis (N 25) | Launched |
| 1938 | Thunderbolt (N 25) | Launched |
| 1940 | Talisman (N 78) | Completed |
| 1941 | Urge (N 17) | HMS Urge attacks and claims to have damaged the 10,000 ton Italian heavy cruiser Bolzano with four torpedoes east of Sicily in position 37`55'N 15`35'E. |
| 1942 | Thrasher (N 37) | HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian sloop Diana north of Tobruk, Libya. |
| 1943 | Sportsman (P 229) | HMS Sportsman torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolzaneto 10 nautical miles bearing 270 of La Spezia, Italy. |
| 1943 | Stoic (P 231) | Completed |
| 1944 | Sturdy (P 248) | HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges off the west coast of Siam. |
| 1944 | Truculent (P 315) | HMS Truculent sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges in the Malacca Strait. |
U-889 was a type IXC U-Boat which spent some months in Canadian hands after the german surrender in 1945, before being handed over to the US Navy the following year. She was examined in minute detail and the results have survived, giving a unique account of the layout and equipment of a U-Boat
World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler’s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.
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U-889 was a type IXC U-Boat which spent some months in Canadian hands after the german surrender in 1945, before being handed over to the US Navy the following year. She was examined in minute detail and the results have survived, giving a unique account of the layout and equipment of a U-Boat
World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler’s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.
19 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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