List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness

HMS Invincible was often referred to as the 'Pride of Barrow'

HMS Astute outside DDH in 2007

Below is a detailed list of the ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness, England by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, BAE Systems Marine, BAE Systems Submarine Solutions or any other descendant companies.

373 merchant ships, 312 submarines and 148 naval surface ships have been built in Barrow (for navies and companies based in the likes of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom, United States).

All nuclear submarines (with the exception of HMS Conqueror, HMS Renown and HMS Revenge, built in Birkenhead) of the Royal Navy were built in Barrow, including the latest class of fleet submarines currently under construction by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, utilising the massive Devonshire Dock Hall.

Some of the most notable vessels to be built in Barrow include the current Royal Navy flagship HMS Albion and the former flagships, HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible. HMS Upholder (the most successful Royal Navy submarine of World War II) and 103,000-ton oil tanker British Admiral (once the world's largest ship) were also built in Barrow, as were a number of ocean liners for Cunard Line, Orient Line and P&O.

Active vessels

As of 2011, the following ships and submarines built in Barrow are active in service around the world.

• HMS Albion - Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2003)
• HMS Astute - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2010)
• HMS Bulwark - Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2004)
• HMCS Chicoutimi - Submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy (Commissioned in 1990 as HMS Upholder of the Royal Navy)
• ARA Hércules - Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy (Commissioned in 1976)
• HMS Ocean - Amphibious assault ship of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1998)
• HMS Talent - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1990)
• HMS Tireless - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1985)
• HMS Torbay - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1987)
• HMS Trenchant - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1989)
• HMS Triumph - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1991)
• HMS Turbulent - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1984)
• HMS Vanguard - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1993)
• HMS Vengeance - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1999)
• HMS Victorious - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1995)
• HMS Vigilant - Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1996)
• INS Viraat - Aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy (Commissioned in 1959 as HMS Hermes of the Royal Navy)
• RFA Wave Knight - Fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Commissioned in 2003)

All vessels

Military ships

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
ARA La Argentina	Light cruiser	Argentine Navy	11 January 1936	16 March 1937	Decommissioned and scrapped in 1974
HMS Ajax (22)	Leander class Light cruiser	Royal Navy	7 February 1933	1 March 1934	Decommissioned and scrapped (1948, 1949 respectively)
HMS Albion (L14)	Albion class landing platform dock	Royal Navy	23 May 1998	9 March 2001	Active in service as of 2010
Almirante Saldanha	Training ship	Brazilian Navy	1 June 1933	19 December 1933
Almirante Riveros	Destroyer	Chilean Navy		12 December 1958	Sunk as target in 1998
Almirante Williams	Destroyer	Chilean Navy		12 December 1958	Sunk as target in 1998
F.N.V. D-11 Nueva Esparta [1]	Nueva Esparta Class Destroyer	Venezuelan Navy	1951	19 November 1952	Decommissioned and scrapped mid 80's
F.N.V. D-21 Zulia [2]	Nueva Esparta Class Destroyer	Venezuelan Navy	1951	29 June 1953	Decommissioned and scrapped mid 80's
F.N.V D-31 Aragua	Nueva Esparta Class Destroyer Aragua Subclass destroyer	Venezuelan Navy	1953	27 January 1955	Decommissioned and scrapped late 70's
Araucano	Submarine depot ship	Chilean Navy		22 August 1929
HMS Arrow (H47)	A class destroyer	Royal Navy		22 October 1929	Damaged beyond repair in Algiers harbour in 1944 when an ammunition ship exploded. The hulk was broken up in May 1949
São Paulo	Minas Gerais class battleship	Brazilian Navy	1907–1909	1909	Sunk in a heavy gale 150 nautical miles (280 km) from the Azores, while under tow for scrapping, 1951.
Minas Gerais [3]	Minas Gerais class battleship	Brazilian Navy		17 April 1907	Scrapped in Italy in 1954.
Buenos Aires [4]	Destroyer	Argentine Navy	February 1937	21 September 1937
HMS Bulwark (L15)	Albion class landing platform dock	Royal Navy	27 January 2000	15 November 2001	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Cardiff (D108)	Type 42 Destroyer	Royal Navy	6 November 1972	22 February 1974	Sold for scrap in 2008
HMS Colossus / French aircraft carrier Arromanches	Colossus class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy / French Navy		30 September 1943	Decommissioned in 1974, and broken up in 1978
Crescent / HMCS Fraser [5]	C class destroyer	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy		29 September 1931
HMS Cumberland (57)	County class cruiser	Royal Navy	18 October 1924	16 March 1926	Sold for scrap in 1959
Cygnet / HMCS St. Laurent [6]	C class destroyer	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy		29 September 1931
Defender (H07) [7]	D class destroyer	Royal Navy		7 April 1932
HMS Emperor of India	Iron Duke class battleship	Royal Navy	31 May 1912	27 November 1913	Sunk as target ship 1931, then raised and scrapped 1932
Entre Rios [8]	Destroyer	Argentina Argentine Navy	15 October 1936	21 September 1937
Fame / Generalisimo [9]	F class destroyer	Royal Navy / Dominican Navy	4 October 1933	28 June 1934
Firedrake [10]	F class destroyer	Royal Navy	31 August 1933	28 June 1934	Sunk by U-211 on 16 December 1942
Harvester / Handy / Jurua [11]	Destroyer	Brazilian Navy	1938
Hurricane / Japarua [12]	Destroyer	Brazilian Navy	1938
Reshadiye / HMS Erin	Battleship	Ottoman Empire / Royal Navy	1 August 1911	3 September 1913	Scrapped
HMS Doris [13]	Eclipse class cruiser	Royal Navy	August 1894		Sold for scrap in 1919
HMS Juno [14]	Eclipse class cruiser	Royal Navy	June 1895		Sold for scrap in 1920
Corrientes [15]	Destroyer	Argentine Navy	1 February 1937	21 September 1937
HMCS Niobe	Diadem class cruiser	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy		Early 1897	Scrapped and broken up in 1922 in Philadelphia
HMCS Sioux (R64) / HMS Vixen (R64)	V class	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy	1942	1943	Paid off in October 1963
HMS Adventure (M23)	Minelaying cruiser	Royal Navy	29 November 1922	18 June 1924	To repair ship 1944, sold for scrapping 1947
HMS Diamond (H22)	D class destroyer	Royal Navy	29 September 1931	8 April 1932	Sunk by German Ju 87 Stukadive bombers with the loss of 148 men
HMS Eastbourne (F73)	Whitby class frigate	Royal Navy	13 January 1954	29 December 1955	Paid off 1984, sold for scrapping in 1985
HMS Erne (U03)	Black Swan class	Royal Navy	26 May 1938	18 April 1939	Broken up at Antwerp on 27 October 1965
HMS Fife (D20) / Blanco Encalada	County class destroyer	Royal Navy / Chilean Navy	1 June 1962	9 July 1964	Sold for Scrap in 2005
HMS Greyhound (H05)	G class destroyer	Royal Navy	20 September 1934	15 August 1935	Sank on 22 May 1941 in the Battle of Crete
HMS Griffin (H31) / HMCS Ottawa	G class destroyer	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy	20 September 1934	15 August 1935	Disposed of in Canada
TCG Muavenet / HMS Inconstant (H49)	I class destroyer	Turkish Navy / Royal Navy	24 May 1939	24 February 1941	Discarded in 1960
HMS Illustrious (87)	Illustrious class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy	27 April 1937	5 April 1939	Scrapped at Faslane in 1956
HMS Indomitable (92)	Illustrious class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy	10 December 1937	26 March 1940	Sold for scrap in 1955
HMS Invincible (R05)	Invincible class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy	20 July 1973	3 May 1977	Sold for scrap in 2011
HMS Ithuriel (H05)	I class destroyer	Turkish Navy	24 May 1939	15 December 1940	Attacked by enemy German aircraft at Bone in Algeria on 28 November 1942 and damaged beyond repair
HMS Jamaica (C44)	Crown Colony class cruiser	Royal Navy	28 April 1939	16 November 1940	Scrapped in 1960s
SS/HMS Jervis Bay	Ocean liner turned Armed Merchant Cruiser	Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line / Royal Navy		1922	Sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer in the mid-Atlantic with a loss of 190 crew
Japanese battleship Katori	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Imperial Japanese Navy	27 April 1904	4 July 1905	Scrapped in 1924
HMS Juno (1895)	Eclipse class cruiser	Royal Navy		16 November 1895	Sold for scrap in 1920
HMS Lion	Lion class battleship	Royal Navy	1938		Scrapped whilst under construction in 1941
HMS Liverpool (1909)	Bristol-class Light cruiser	Royal Navy	February 1909	30 October 1909	Sold for scrap
HMS Medway (F25)	Submarine depot ship	Royal Navy		19 July 1928	Torpedoed and sunk on 30 June 1942 in the Mediterranean with the loss of 30 crew
HMS Ocean (L12)	Helicopter Landing Platform	Royal Navy	30 May 1994 (Built by Govan Shipbuilders - Scotland, fitted out in Barrow)	11 October 1995	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Pioneer (R76)	Colossus class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy	2 December 1942	20 May 1944	Decommissioned and sold for scrap in September 1954 after a year of being reactivated to a ferry carrier
HMS Powerful (1895)	Powerful class cruiser	Royal Navy	1894	24 July 1895	Scrapped in 1929
HMS Spartan (95)	Bellona class cruiser	Royal Navy	21 December 1939	27 August 1942	Sunk by a Fritz X from a German aircraft off Anzio, western Italy on 29 January 1944 – 41 dead and 42 wounded
HMS Vanguard (1909)	St. Vincent class battleship	Royal Navy	2 April 1908	22 February 1909	Sunk by internal explosion 9 July 1917 killing 843 men, making it the worst explosion in the UK's history and on of the Royal navy's biggest accidental losses
HMS Hermes (R12) / INS Viraat	Centaur class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy / Indian Navy	21 June 1944	16 February 1953	Active in service as of 2007 (for Indian navy)
ARA Hércules	Type 42 destroyer	Argentine Navy	7 June 1983	10 May 1976	Currently operates as a multipurpose transport ship
Japanese battleship Kongō	Kongō class battlecruiser	Imperial Japanese Navy	17 January 1911	18 May 1912	Torpedoed and sunk on 21 November 1944 in the Formosa Strait with the loss of 1,250 crew by USS Sealion (SS-315)
HMS Manchester (D95)	Type 42 destroyer	Royal Navy	19 May 1978	24 November 1980	Decommissioned from RN service in February 2011
HMS Majestic / HMAS Melbourne (R21)	Majestic class aircraft carrier	Royal Navy / Royal Australian Navy	15 April 1943	28 February 1945	Scrapped at Dalian, China
Japanese battleship Mikasa	Pre-dreadnought battleship	Imperial Japanese Navy	24 January 1898	8 November 1900	Transformed as a memorial ship in Yokosuka, Japan
HMS Mohawk (F125)	Tribal class frigate	Royal Navy	23 December 1960	5 April 1962	Sold for scrap
HMS Princess Royal (1911)	Battlecruiser	Royal Navy	2 May 1910	24 April 1911	Attacked in the Battle of Jutland with 22 casualties. Later scrapped in 1922
Resource [16]	Fleet Repair ship	Royal Navy		27 November 1928
HMS Revenge (06)	Revenge class battleship	Royal Navy	22 December 1913	29 May 1915	Scrapped in 1948
Rurik (1906)	Armoured cruiser	Imperial Russian Navy	August 1905	4 November 1906	Sold for scrap in 1930
HMS Scarborough (F63)	Whitby class frigate	Royal Navy	11 September 1953	4 April 1955	Paid off 1972, sold for scrapping in 1977
HMS Sheffield (D80)	Type 42 destroyer	Royal Navy	15 January 1970	10 June 1971	Sunk on 10 May 1982 after Argentine air attack on 4 May 1982 during Falklands War
Libertad / HMS Triumph (1903)	Swiftsure class battleship	Chilean Navy / Royal Navy		15 January 1903	sunk by U-21 off Dardanelles 25 May 1915
RFA Wave Knight (A389)	Wave Knight class tanker	Royal Navy	22 May 1998	September 2000	Active in service as of 2010
T.S. Dufferin [17]	Troopship	Indian Government		14 September 1904

Submarines

See here for every U class submarine built in Barrow-in-Furness for the British, French, Netherlands, Polish and Soviet Navies.

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
HMS A1	A class	Royal Navy	19 February 1902	9 July 1902	Lost 1911. Wreck rediscovered 1989
HMS A10	A class	Royal Navy
HMS A11	A class	Royal Navy		8 March 1905	Scrapped in May 1920
HMS A12	A class	Royal Navy
HMS A13	A class	Royal Navy
HMS A2	A class	Royal Navy		15 April 1903	Scrapped in January 1920
HMS A3	A class	Royal Navy		13 July 1904	12 May 1912 sunk as gunnery target
HMS A4	A class	Royal Navy	9 June 1903	17 July 1904	Sold for scrapping 16 January 1920
HMS A5	A class	Royal Navy	19 February 1902	11 February 1905	Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard
HMS A6	A class	Royal Navy
HMS A7	A class	Royal Navy	19 February 1903		Sunk in Whitsand Bay on 16 January 1914
HMS A8	A class	Royal Navy		23 January 1905	Scrapped in 1920
HMS A9	A class	Royal Navy
HMAS AE1	E-class	Royal Australian Navy	14 November 1911	22 May 1913	Lost at Sea 14 September 1914
HMAS AE2	E-class	Royal Australian Navy	10 February 1912	18 June 1913	Scuttled 29 April 1915
HMS Alcide (P415)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	2 January 1945	12 April 1945	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974
HMS Alderney (P416)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	6 February 1945	25 June 1945	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1972
HMS Alliance (P417)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	13 March 1945	28 July 1945	Museum ship/memorial since 1981 at Royal Navy Submarine Museum
HMS Ambush (P418)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	17 May 1945	24 September 1945	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971
HMS Ambush (S120)	Astute class	Royal Navy	22 October 2003	6 January 2011	Fitting out
HMS Amphion (P439)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	31 August 1944	27 March 1945	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971
HMS Anchorite (P422)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	22 January 1946	18 November 1947	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1970
HMS Andrew (P423)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	13 August 1945	6 April 1946	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1977
HMS Anson (S123)	Astute class	Royal Navy	13 October 2011		Under construction
HMS Artful (S121)	Astute class	Royal Navy	11 March 2005		Under construction
HMS Astute (P447)	Amphion class	Royal Navy		1944	Scrapped in 1970
HMS Astute (S119)	Astute class	Royal Navy	31 January 2001	8 June 2007	In active Royal Navy service
HMS Auriga (P419)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	7 June 1944	29 March 1945	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974
HMS Aurochs (P426)	Amphion class	Royal Navy	21 June 1944	28 July 1945	Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1967
HMS Audacious (S122)	Astute class	Royal Navy	24 March 2009		Under construction
HMS B1	B class	Royal Navy		25 October 1904	Relegated to training duties after World War I. She was sold for scrap in May 1921
HMS B2	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B3	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B4	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B5	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B6	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B7	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B8	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B9	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B10	B class	Royal Navy
HMS B11	B class	Royal Navy
HMS C1	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C2	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C3	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C4	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C5	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C6	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C7	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C8	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C9	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C10	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C11	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C12	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C13	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C14	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C15	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C16	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C21	C class	Royal Navy	4 February 1908		Sold 5 December 1921
HMS C22	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C23	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C24	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C25	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C26	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C27	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C28	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C29	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C30	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C31	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C32	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C35	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C36	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C37	C class	Royal Navy
HMS C38	C class	Royal Navy
Captain Thompson [18]		Chilean Navy		15 January 1929
HMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879)	Upholder/Victoria class	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy	November 1983	2 December 1986	in active service for Canada (Dry-docked)
Delfim [19]		Portuguese Navy	1933	1 May 1934
HMS Dreadnought (S101)	Nuclear-powered	Royal Navy	12 June 1959	21 October 1960	As of 2004, is laid up at Rosyth
HMS E4	E class	Royal Navy	16 May 1911	5 February 1912	Sold on 21 February 1922
Espardarte' [20]		Portuguese Navy	1933	30 May 1934
HMS Excalibur	Explorer class	Royal Navy		25 February 1955	Scrapped in March 1968
HMS Explorer	Explorer class	Royal Navy		5 March 1954	Scrapped in March 1962
Golfino [21]		Portuguese Navy	1933	30 May 1934
Holland 4	Holland class	Royal Navy	1902		Foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and was used as a gunnery target in 1914
HMS K26	K class	Royal Navy		26 August 1919	Sold for scrapping March 1931 to Mamo Brothers, Malta
HMS K3	K class	Royal Navy	21 May 1915	20 May 1916	sold for scrapping in 1921
HMS K4	K class	Royal Navy	28 June 1915		K4 was sunk on 31 January 1918 during exercises with the 13th submarine flotilla
Kalev [22]		Estonian Navy	27 July 1935	7 July 1936	Missing after 29 October 1941
HMS L1	L class	Royal Navy	18 May 1916	1917	Sold in March 1930 and scrapped in Newport
HMS L2	L class	Royal Navy		1917	Scrapped in 1930
HMS L3	L class	Royal Navy		1917	Scrapped in 1931
HMS L4	L class	Royal Navy		1917	Scrapped in 1932
HMS L11	L class	Royal Navy		1918	Broken Up in 1932
HMS L12	L class	Royal Navy		1918	Broken Up in 1932
HMS L14	L class	Royal Navy		1918	Broken Up in 1934
HMS L17	L class	Royal Navy		1918	Broken Up in 1934
HMS L18	L class	Royal Navy		1918	Broken Up in 1936
HMS L19	L class	Royal Navy		1919	Broken Up in 1937
HMS L20	L class	Royal Navy		1918	Broken Up in 1935
HMS L21	L class	Royal Navy		1919	Broken Up in 1939
HMS L22	L class	Royal Navy		1919	Broken Up in 1935
HMS L24	L class	Royal Navy		1919	Sunk in collision with HMS Resolution, 14 January 1924
HMS L25	L class	Royal Navy		1919	Broken Up in 1935
Kalev	Kalev class	Estonian Navy	1 May 1935	7 July 1936	Commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1940, sunk in 1941
Lembit	Kalev class	Estonian Navy	27 July 1935	7 July 1936	Commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1940, museum ship since 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia
HMS M1	M class	Royal Navy	1916	9 July 1917	Sunk during exercise off the Devon coast after colliding with Swedish Collier SS Vidar - All crew members were lost.
HMS M2	M class	Royal Navy	1916	15 April 1919	Lost off Chesil Beach on 26 January 1933, now a popular scuba diving location.
HMS Narwhal (S03) [23]	Porpoise class	Royal Navy		25 October 1957	Sunk as a target on 3 August 1983
ORP Sokół / HMS Urchin (N97)	U class	Polish Navy / Royal Navy	9 December 1939	30 September 1940	Scrapped in 1949
Burak Reis	Oruc Reis class	Turkish Navy		19 October 1940	Scrapped in 1957
Murat Reis	Oruc Reis class	Turkish Navy		20 July 1940	Scrapped in 1957
Oruc Reis	Oruc Reis class	Turkish Navy		19 July 1940	Scrapped in 1957
Uluc Ali Reis	Oruc Reis class	Turkish Navy		1 November 1940	Sunk by U-Boat U-123 near Sierra Leone
ORP Dzik	U class	Polish Navy	30 December 1941	11 November 1942	Scrapped in 1958
ORP Dzik / HDMS U-1 / HDMS Springeren	U class	Polish Navy / Royal Danish Navy / Royal Navy	30 December 1941	11 November 1942	Scrapped in 1958
HMS Otway	Odin class	Royal Australian Navy	March 1925	7 September 1926	Scrapped in 1945
HMS Oxley	Odin class	Royal Australian Navy / Royal Navy		29 June 1926	Torpedoed in a 'friendly fire' situation by another Barrow built submarine - HMS Triton (N15) - near Norway on 10 September 1939 with only 3 survivors
HMS P32 (1940)	U class	Royal Navy	30 April 1940	15 December 1940	Mined on 18 August 1941 near Tripoli with the loss of 8 crew
HMS P33 (1941)	U class	Royal Navy	18 June 1940	28 January 1941	Sunk, probably during depth charge attack 18 August 1941
HMS P48 (1942)	U class	Royal Navy	21 August 1941	15 April 1942	Depth charged in the Gulf of Tunis, 25 December 1942
HMS Pandora (N42) [24]	Parthian class	Royal Navy		1929	Sunk at Valletta, Malta by Italian aircraft on 1 April 1942 during World War I
HMS Perseus (N36)	Parthian class	Royal Navy	2 July 1928	22 May 1929	Struck an Italian mine on 6 December 1941 near Cephalonia with the loss of 60 crew
HMS Porpoise (S01) [25]	Porpoise class	Royal Navy	1936	25 April 1956	Sunk as a target in 1985
HMS Poseidon (1929)	Parthian class	Royal Navy		22 August 1929	Collided with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yula on 9 June 1931 with the loss of 22 crew
HMS Proteus (N29) [26]	Parthian class	Royal Navy		23 July 1929	Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon
HMS R7	R class	Royal Navy	1 November 1917	14 May 1918	Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren
HMS R8	R class	Royal Navy	1 November 1917	28 June 1918	Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren
Rahav	Gal class	Israeli Navy		Late 1970s	Decommissioned in early 2000s
HMS Repulse (S23)	Resolution class ballistic missile	Royal Navy		4 November 1967	Decommissioned in 1996
HMS Resolution (S22)	Resolution class ballistic missile	Royal Navy	26 February 1964	15 September 1966	Decommissioned in October 1994
HMS Rorqual (S02)	Porpoise class	Royal Navy		5 December 1956	Broken up in 1977
HMS Sceptre (S104)	Swiftsure class	Royal Navy	19 February 1974	20 November 1976	Decommissioned in 2010
HMS Seraph (P219)	S class	Royal Navy	16 August 1940	25 October 1941	Scrapped in December 1965, parts from her conning tower were preserved as a memorial at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The only place where the Royal Navy ensign is allowed to fly in the United States
HMS Sovereign (S108)	Swiftsure class	Royal Navy	18 September 1970	17 February 1973	Paid off
HMS Spartan (S105)	Swiftsure class	Royal Navy	26 April 1976	7 May 1978	Paid off
HMS Splendid (S106)	Swiftsure class	Royal Navy		5 October 1979	Decommissioned in 2004
HMS Superb (S109)	Swiftsure class	Royal Navy	16 March 1972	30 November 1974	Decommissioned
HMS Swiftsure (S126)	Swiftsure class	Royal Navy		7 September 1971	Decommissioned in 1992
HMS Talent (S92)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	13 May 1986	15 April 1988	In active service as of 2010
Tanin	Gal class	Israeli Navy		Late 1970s	Decommissioned in early 2000s
HMS  Tapir (P335) HNLMS Zeehond (2)	T class	Royal Navy / Netherlands Navy	29 March 1943	21 August 1944	Scrapped at Faslane in December 1966
HMS Tireless (S88)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	6 June 1981	17 March 1984	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Torbay (S90)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	3 December 1982	8 March 1985	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Trafalgar (S107)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	15 April 1979	1 July 1981	Decommissioned in 2009
HMS Trenchant (S91)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	28 October 1985	3 November 1986	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Triton (N15)	T class	Royal Navy	28 August 1936	5 October 1937	sunk, either by Italian torpedo boats or mines in the Strait of Otranto - involved in the HMS Oxley incident
HMS Triumph (N18)	T class	Royal Navy		1938	Hit a mine off the coast of Greece in early January 1942 with the loss of all 59 crew
HMS Triumph (S93)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	2 February 1987	16 February 1991	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Trump (P333)	T class	Royal Navy	31 December 1942	25 March 1944	Scrapped at Newport, Wales in 1971
HMS Turbulent (S87)	Trafalgar class	Royal Navy	8 May 1980	1 December 1982	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Umbra (P35)	U class	Royal Navy	19 July 1940	15 March 1941	Sold for scrap in 1946, broken up at Blyth
HMS Umpire (N82)	U class	Royal Navy	1 January 1940	30 December 1940	Sunk in collision on 19 July 1941 with the loss of 22 men
HMS Unbeaten (N93)	U class	Royal Navy	22 November 1939	9 July 1940	Sunk on 11 November 1942 in friendly-fire incident
HMS Undaunted (N55)	U class	Royal Navy	2 December 1939	20 August 1940	Sunk 11 May 1941
HMS Undine (N48)	U class	Royal Navy	19 February 1937	5 October 1937	Sunk on 7 January 1940
HMS Union (N56)	U class	Royal Navy	9 December 1939	1 October 1940	Sunk on 20 July 1941
HMS Unique (N95)	U class	Royal Navy	30 October 1939	6 June 1940	Sunk around 10 October 1942
HMS Unity (N66)	U class	Royal Navy	19 February 1937	16 February 1938	Sunk on 29 April 1940
HMS Upholder (P37)	U class	Royal Navy	30 October 1939	8 July 1940	Fell victim to depth charges dropped to an Italian Orsa class torpedo boat north-east of Tripoli (on her last mission)
HMS Upright (N89)	U class	Royal Navy	6 November 1939	21 April 1940	Scrapped March 1946
HMS Urge (N17)	U class	Royal Navy	30 October 1939	19 August 1940	Sunk 29 April 1942
HMS Ursula (N59)/ V-4	U class	Royal Navy / Soviet Navy	19 February 1937	16 February 1938	Scrapped in May 1950
HMS Usk (N65)	U class	Royal Navy	6 November 1939	7 June 1940	Scrapped on 29 April 1942
HMS Utmost (N19)	U class	Royal Navy	2 November 1939	20 April 1940	Torpedoed and sunk on 25 November 1942
HMS Vampire (P72)	V class	Royal Navy	9 November 1942	20 July 1943	Scrapped at Gateshead in 1950
HMS Vandal (P64)	U class	Royal Navy	17 March 1942	23 November 1942	The submarine probably had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 on-board just four days after commissioning (north of the Isle of Arran)
HMS Vanguard (S28)	Vanguard class	Royal Navy	3 September 1986	4 March 1992	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Vengeance (S31)	Vanguard class	Royal Navy	9 September 1998	27 November 1999	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Venturer / HNoMS Utstein	V class	Royal Navy / Royal Norwegian Navy	25 August 1942	4 May 1943	Scrapped in Sweden in 1964
HMS Victorious (S29)	Vanguard class	Royal Navy		September 1993	Active in service as of 2010
HMS Vigilant (S30)	Vanguard class	Royal Navy		October 1995	Active in service as of 2010

Civilian ships

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
17 de Octobre	Passenger Cargo Ship	Argentine Government	1948 (1 December)	1950 (4 April)
Accra	Passenger Cargo Ship	Elder Dempster	1945 (3 December)	1947 (24 February)
Affonso Penna	Floating dock	Brazilian Government		1910 (7 June)
Anglia	Cable Ship	Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company		1898 (20 June)
RMS Antonia	Passenger liner	Cunard Steamship Company	1920	1921 (11 March)	Scrapped in 1948
Apapa	Passenger Cargo Ship	Elder Dempster	1946 (2 January)	1948
Awatea	Passenger liner	Union Steamship Company of New Zealand	1935	1936 (25 February)	Attacked near Bougie, by German bombers and sank during the night (1942)
HMS Ben-my-Chree	Passenger Ferry / Seaplane carrier	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1907	1908 (23 March)	Sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish artillery fire
British Admiral	Oil tanker	BP	1963	1965 (17 March)
British Adventure	Oil tanker	BP	1950	1950 (12 December)
British Ambassador	Oil tanker	BP	1957	1958 (16 August)
British Faith	Oil tanker	BP	1956	1957 (10 December)
British Glory	Oil tanker	BP	1956	1957
British Grenadier	Oil tanker	BP	1961	1962 (16 August)
British Prestige	Oil tanker	BP	1958 (23 October)	1961 (28 July)
British Sovereign	Oil tanker	BP	1953 (27 March)	1954 (31 August)
British Victory	Oil tanker	BP	1953	1955
RMS Carinthia	Passenger liner	Cunard Steamship Company	1924	1925 (24 February)	Sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Ireland in 1940
Carl Schmedeman	Cargo ship	Tropical Steamship Company, Toronto	1 June 1951	12 May 1952
SS Chusan	Passenger liner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company	1947	28 June 1949
Copenhagen	Passenger liner	Nordline	-	1972	Completed in Newcastle by Swan Hunter. By the time the ship was delivered to Nordline, the company was having financial difficulties and sold her to the Black Sea Shipping Co, where she was renamed Odessa. Scrapped in Bangladesh 2007.
Duke of Connaught	Floating dock	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	1912	1912
HMCS Earl Grey	Ice breaker	Canadian Government		June 1909
Empire Admiral	Cargo ship	Ministry of War Transport		26 March 1945	Scrapped in Taiwan, March 1969
Empire Athelstan	Heavy lift ship	Ministry of War Transport		15 January 1946	Scrapped in Yugoslavia, January 1976
Empire Charmian	Heavy lift ship	Ministry of War Transport		25 November 1942	Scrapped in India, March 1962
Esso Canterbury	Oil tanker	Esso	30 May 1952	24 September 1953
Esso Westminster	Oil tanker	Esso	29 February 1952	24 September 1953
Estrella Patagonica / Voluta / San Casimiro	Oil tanker	Shell Compania Argentina de Petroleo SA		1962	Scrapped Bombay in 1989
Eugenia Niarchos	Oil tanker	Niarchos Group (Neptune Tanker Corporation)	May 1955	1956
Eva Peron	Passenger Cargo Ship	Argentine Government	1 December 1947	25 August 1949
HMS Exmouth / HMS Worcester [27]	School ship	Metropolitan Asylums Board		4 April 1905	Accommodation for the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow
SS Fenella	Passenger steamer	Isle of Man Steam Packet Company	May 1936	1937
Ficus / Empire Grenadier	Oil tanker	Shell Tankers U.K.		1942	Scrapped in 1960
Geraldine Mary	Cargo ship	Anglo-Newfoundland Shipping Company		19 August 1924
SS Himalaya	Steamship / Cruise liner	Steamship route (Tilbury - Mumbai - Australia) / Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company		5 October 1948	Broken up in 1974 in Taiwan
Hindsia	Oil tanker	Shell Bermuda	May 1954	1955
Hinea	Oil tanker	Shell		1956	Scrapped in 1976
Hinemoa	Passenger Cargo Ship	Union Steamship Company of New Zealand	1945	30 May 1946
Hinnites	Oil tanker	Shell		1956	Scrapped in 1975
Hobson's Bay	Passenger liner	Australian Commonwealth Government Line		4 October 1921
Humilaria / San Edmundo	Oil tanker	Shell UK / Eagle Oil		1958	Scrapped in 1973
JH Hunter	Sludge vessel	London County Council		2 October 1924
Kedah	Passenger cargo ship	Straits Steamship Company, Singapore	1926	16 July 1927
Kennerleya / Empire Granite	Oil tanker	Shell UK		1941	Scrapped in 1960
SS Kurtuluş	Cargo ship	Cargo ship (also transported food in the great famine of Greece		1883	Ran aground and sunk near Marmara Island
TSS Lady of Mann [28]	Passenger steamer	Isle of Man Steam Packet Company		4 March 1930
Marinula / Santa Marcherita / Trigonia	Oil tanker	Shell		1916	Scrapped Newport in 1951
SS Mayon	Passenger cargo ship	Philippine Steamship Company		26 June 1930
MV Methane Princess	LNG carrier	British Gas			Scrapped in 1998
Modavia	Cargo ship	Donaldson Line	1925	23 September 1926	Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat in Lyme Bay in 1943
Monarch of Bermuda	Passenger liner	Furness Whithy	Started construction in Walker-on-Tyne	17 March 1931
Moreton Bay	Cargo ship	Donaldson Line		1921
Moveria	Cargo ship	Donaldson Line		10 October 1924	Broken up in 1952
HMHS Newfoundland	Passenger cargo ship	Warren Line		24 January 1925	Converted to Hospital ship in 1940, bombed and sunk off Salerno in 1943 with the loss of 38 lives
Nova Scotia	Passenger cargo ship	Warren Line		1926	Converted to troopship in 1941, torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean SE of Lourenço Marques in 1942, while carrying Italian prisoners 858 lives were lost
Narragansett	Oil tanker	Anglo-American Oil Company	1919	1920
RMS Orama	Passenger liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company	1923	20 May 1924	Converted to troopship in 1940, sunk west of Narvik in June 1940, 19 crew were lost and 280 were taken prisoner
RMS Orcades	Passenger liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company		14 October 1947	Broken up in Kaohsiung in 1973 after being gutted by a fire in Hong Kong in 1972
RMS/HMS Orford	Passenger liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company		27 September 1927	Converted to troopship in 1939, bombed and beached at Marseilles in 1940 while evacuating troops from France, refloated and scrapped in 1947
SS Oriana	Ocean liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company	18 September 1956	3 November 1959	Broken up for scrap 2005
RMS Orion	Passenger liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company		7 February 1934	Converted to troopship in 1941, damaged in collision with HMS Revenge but repaired. Scrapped in Belgium 1963
Orizaba	Passenger liner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company		1886	Ran aground and wrecked off Sydney in 1905
SS Oronsay	Passenger liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company	1949	30 June 1950	Transferred to P&O Line ownership in 1963, scrapped in Taiwan in 1975
Orotava	Passenger liner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company		1889	Sunk in 1896 but raised and reconditioned. Transferred to many other companies and eventually scrapped in 1919
Oroya	Passenger liner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company		31 August 1886	Ran aground in the Bay of Naples in 1895 - severely damaged but repaired - Transferred to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and scrapped in Genoa in 1909
SS Orsova	Passenger liner	Orient Steam Navigation Company	1952	14 May 1953	Transferred to P&O Line ownership in 1965, scrapped in 1974
Ortona / Arcadian	Passenger liner	Orient Line – Pacific Steam Navigation Company		1899	Torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean while en-route from Salonika to Alexandria with troops (as a troopship) - 279 lives were lost
Oruba / Orion	Passenger liner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company		1889	Purchased by the British Admiralty in 1914 and rebuilt to represent the battleship, HMS Orion, she was scuttled at Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island, Greece as a breakwater in 1915
Otaio	Cargo ship	New Zealand Shipping Company	1929	26 August 1930
Otranto	Passenger liner	Pacific Steam Navigation Company		9 June 1925	Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1957
Presidente Peron	Passenger Cargo Ship	Argentine Government		3 November 1948
Queen of Bermuda	Passenger liner	Furness Whithy	Started construction in Walker-on-Tyne	1 September 1932	sold for scrap in 1966
Rangatira	Passenger liner	Union Steamship Company of New Zealand		16 April 1931	Scrapped in 1967
Rebeca	Oil tanker	Antilles Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij		1938	Scrapped in 1954
Rosalia	Oil tanker	Antilles Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij		1938	Sunk in 1943
San Calisto / Vermetus	Oil tanker	Eagle Oil / Shell UK		1959	Scrapped in 1975
San Conrado / Valvata	Oil tanker	Eagle Oil / Shell UK		1960	Scrapped in 1975
San Gregorio / Vitta	Oil tanker	Eagle Tanker Company	July 1956	1957	Scrapped in 1975
San Patricio / Pecten	Oil tanker	Shell Compania Argentina de Petroleo SA / Eagle Oil		1955	Scrapped in 1986
RMS Scythia	Passenger liner	Cunard Steamship Company	1919	23 March 1920	Scrapped in 1958
Serenia	Oil tanker	Shell		1961	Scrapped in 1987
RMS Strathaird	Passenger liner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company		18 July 1931	Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1961
RMS Strathmore	Passenger liner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company		4 April 1935	Scrapped in Italy in 1969
RMS Strathnaver	Passenger liner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company		5 February 1931	Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962

Fact file

• The largest liner built at Barrow was the Oriana. She was 804 ft long (245 m), 97 ft wide (30 m) (RMS Titanic was 882.9 by 92.6 ft (269.1 by 28.2 m)) and weighed 41,910 tons (Titanic weighed 52,310 tons). She had a speed capable of reaching 30.64 knots (Titanic's maximum speed was 23 knots), and was also the first liner to be fitted with transverse propulsion, she cost of £14,000,000 [29].
• The largest navy ship built in Barrow was aircraft carrier HMS Hermes. Her length was 744.3 ft (226.9 m) and a beam of 90 ft (27 m), she also had a standard displacement of 23,900 tons (28,700 tons full load) [30].
• The largest ship ever to be built in Barrow was the 103,000-ton oil tanker British Admiral [31]. She was the first of her size to ever be built in Britain and even held the title of being the worlds largest ship for a short time.
• The largest loss of life on a Barrow-built ship was on 9 July 1917, when 843 men were killed in the UK's worst ever explosion on board the HMS Vanguard.
• The first ship to be built in Barrow was the Jane Roper, which was launched in 1852, and Barrow's first steamship, a 3,000-ton liner named Duke of Devonshire, was launched in 1873.
• The most successful British submarine of World War II was built in Barrow. HMS Upholder completed 24 patrols, sinking around 120,000 tons of enemy shipping, including destroyer Libeccio after the Battle of the Duisburg Convoy and the 18,000-ton Italian liner SS Conte Rosso.

Notables to launch vessels

• Winston Churchill - HMS Indomitable
• Elizabeth II - HMS Invincible, HMS Ocean etc.
• Princess Anne - HMS Albion
• Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - HMS Astute
• Prince Arisugawa Takehito with Princess Arisugawa - Japanese battleship Katori

See also

• Royal Navy Submarine Service
• List of submarines of the Royal Navy

References

• Sweeney, Pat (2010). Liffey Ships & Shipbuilding. Mercier. ISBN 9781856356855. 

External links

• Dock Museum Vessels Archive