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


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. Whilst it is extensive it is incomplete as there are some commercial vessels missing from the list.
373 merchant ships, 312 submarines and 148 naval surface ships have been built in Barrow.
All but three nuclear submarines 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 and the former flagships, and. , and the 103,000-ton oil tanker British Admiral were also built in Barrow, as were a number of ocean liners for Cunard Line, Inman Line, Orient Line and P&O.

Active vessels

As of 2019, the following ships and submarines built in Barrow are active in service around the world.

Military ships

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Submarines

for every U-class submarine built in Barrow-in-Furness for the British, French, Netherlands, Polish and Soviet Navies.
NameClassBuilt ForLaid downLaunchedFateImage
3 November 197015 October 1971Decommissioned in 1996
Oberon class6 September 1975Museum ship in Rio de Janeiro since 1997
Oberon class18 November 197122 November 1972Decommissioned in 1996
19 February 19029 July 1902Lost 1911. Wreck rediscovered 1989
A class
A class8 March 1905Scrapped in May 1920
A class
A class
A class15 April 1903Scrapped in January 1920
A class13 July 190412 May 1912 sunk as gunnery target
A class9 June 190317 July 1904Sold for scrapping 16 January 1920
A class19 February 190211 February 1905Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard
A class
A class19 February 1903Sunk in Whitsand Bay on 16 January 1914
A class23 January 1905Scrapped in 1920
A class
E class Royal Australian Navy14 November 191122 May 1913Lost at Sea 14 September 1914
E class Royal Australian Navy10 February 191218 June 1913Scuttled 29 April 1915
2 January 194512 April 1945Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974
Amphion class6 February 194525 June 1945Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1972
Amphion class13 March 194528 July 1945Museum ship/memorial since 1981 at Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Amphion class17 May 194524 September 1945Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971
22 October 20036 January 2011Fitting out
Amphion class31 August 194427 March 1945Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971
Amphion class22 January 194618 November 1947Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1970
Amphion class13 August 19456 April 1946Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1977
Astute class13 October 2011Under construction
Astute class11 March 2005Under construction
Amphion class1944Scrapped in 1970
Astute class31 January 20018 June 2007In active Royal Navy service
Amphion class7 June 194429 March 1945Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974
Amphion class21 June 194428 July 1945Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1967
Astute class24 March 2009Under construction
B class25 October 1904Relegated to training duties after World War I. She was sold for scrap in May 1921
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B class
B class
B class
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C class4 February 1908Sold 5 December 1921
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Captain Thompson Chilean Navy15 January 1929
Upholder/Victoria class /
November 19832 December 1986in active service for Canada
Delfim Portuguese Navy19331 May 1934
Nuclear-powered12 June 195921 October 1960As of 2004, is laid up at Rosyth
E class16 May 19115 February 1912Sold on 21 February 1922
Espardarte' Portuguese Navy193330 May 1934
25 February 1955Scrapped in March 1968
5 March 1954Scrapped in March 1962
INS Gal2 December 1975Preserved as a museum ship since 2007
Golfino Portuguese Navy193330 May 1934
Holland 41902Foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and was used as a gunnery target in 1914
K class26 August 1919Sold for scrapping March 1931 to Mamo Brothers, Malta
K class21 May 191520 May 1916sold for scrapping in 1921
K class28 June 1915K4 was sunk on 31 January 1918 during exercises with the 13th submarine flotilla
Kalev27 July 19357 July 1936Missing after 29 October 1941
L class18 May 19161917Sold in March 1930 and scrapped in Newport
L class1917Scrapped in 1930
L class1917Scrapped in 1931
L class1917Scrapped in 1932
L class1918Broken up in 1932
L class1918Broken up in 1932
L class1918Broken up in 1934
L class1918Broken up in 1934
L class1918Broken up in 1936
L class1919Broken up in 1937
L class1918Broken up in 1935
L class1919Broken up in 1939
L class1919Broken up in 1935
L class1919Sunk in collision with, 14 January 1924
L class1919Broken Up in 1935
1 May 19357 July 1936Commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1940, sunk in 1941
27 July 19357 July 1936Commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1940, museum ship since 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia
M class19169 July 1917Sunk during exercise off the Devon coast after colliding with Swedish Collier SS Vidar – All crew members were lost.
M class191615 April 1919Lost off Chesil Beach on 26 January 1933, now a popular scuba diving location.
Grampus class29 August 1935Sunk 23 July 1940
Porpoise class25 October 1957Sunk as a target on 3 August 1983
/ HMS Urchin U class /
9 December 193930 September 1940Scrapped in 1949
Burak ReisOruc Reis class Turkish Navy19 October 1940Scrapped in 1957
Murat ReisOruc Reis class Turkish Navy20 July 1940Scrapped in 1957
Oruc ReisOruc Reis class Turkish Navy19 July 1940Scrapped in 1957
Uluc Ali Reis Oruc Reis class Turkish Navy1 November 1940Sunk by U-boat near Sierra Leone
U class30 December 194111 November 1942Scrapped in 1958
/ HDMS U-1 / HDMS SpringerenU class /
/
30 December 194111 November 1942Scrapped in 1958
4 March 196014 June 1961Scrapped in 2011
Oberon class8 April 195917 November 1959Scrapped in 1994
Oberon class19621964Scrapped in 1991
Royal Australian NavyMarch 19257 September 1926Scrapped in 1945
Royal Australian Navy /
29 June 1926Torpedoed in a 'friendly fire' situation by another Barrow-built submarine – – near Norway on 10 September 1939 with only 3 survivors
U class30 April 194015 December 1940Mined on 18 August 1941 near Tripoli with the loss of 8 crew
U class18 June 194028 January 1941Sunk, probably during depth charge attack 18 August 1941
U class21 August 194115 April 1942Depth charged in the Gulf of Tunis, 25 December 1942
1929Sunk at Valletta, Malta, by Italian aircraft on 1 April 1942 during World War I
2 July 192822 May 1929Struck an Italian mine on 6 December 1941 near Cephalonia with the loss of 60 crew
Porpoise class195625 April 1956Sunk as a target in 1985
22 August 1929Collided with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yula on 9 June 1931 with the loss of 22 crew
23 July 1929Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon
R class1 November 191714 May 1918Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren
R class1 November 191728 June 1918Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren
Rahav Israeli NavyLate 1970sDecommissioned in early 2000s
4 November 1967Decommissioned in 1996
26 February 196415 September 1966Decommissioned in October 1994
Porpoise class5 December 1956Broken up in 1977
19 February 197420 November 1976Decommissioned in 2010
S class16 August 194025 October 1941Scrapped 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
Swiftsure class18 September 197017 February 1973Paid off
Swiftsure class26 April 19767 May 1978Paid off
Swiftsure class5 October 1979Decommissioned in 2004
Swiftsure class16 March 197230 November 1974Decommissioned
Swiftsure class7 September 1971Decommissioned in 1992
13 May 198615 April 1988In active service as of 2010
Tanin Israeli NavyLate 1970sDecommissioned in early 2000s
HNLMS Zeehond T class /
Netherlands Navy
29 March 194321 August 1944Scrapped at Faslane in December 1966
Trafalgar class6 June 198117 March 1984Active in service as of 2010
Trafalgar class3 December 19828 March 1985Active in service as of 2010
15 April 19791 July 1981Decommissioned in 2009
28 October 19853 November 1986Active in service as of 2010
T class28 August 19365 October 1937sunk, either by Italian torpedo boats or mines in the Strait of Otranto – involved in the HMS Oxley incident
T class1938Hit a mine off the coast of Greece in early January 1942 with the loss of all 59 crew
2 February 198716 February 1991Active in service as of 2010
T class31 December 194225 March 1944Scrapped at Newport, Wales in 1971
8 May 19801 December 1982Active in service as of 2010
U class19 July 194015 March 1941Sold for scrap in 1946, broken up at Blyth
U class1 January 194030 December 1940Sunk in collision on 19 July 1941 with the loss of 22 men
U class22 November 19399 July 1940Sunk on 11 November 1942 in friendly-fire incident
U class2 December 193920 August 1940Sunk 11 May 1941
U class19 February 19375 October 1937Sunk on 7 January 1940
U class9 December 19391 October 1940Sunk on 20 July 1941
U class30 October 19396 June 1940Sunk around 10 October 1942
U class19 February 193716 February 1938Sunk on 29 April 1940
U class30 October 19398 July 1940Fell victim to depth charges dropped to an Italian north-east of Tripoli
Type 2400November 19832 December 1986Commissioned Royal Navy 7 December 1990. Decommissioned 29 April 1994. Sold to Canadian Navy in 1998 and handed over in 2004. Currently commissioned as HMCS Chicoutimi. Sustained fire damage in transit to Canada. Returning to service in 2014 after three years of work at Victoria Shipyard Co. Ltd. in Esquimalt.
U class6 November 193921 April 1940Scrapped March 1946
U class30 October 193919 August 1940Sunk 29 April 1942
/ V-4U class / 19 February 193716 February 1938Scrapped in May 1950
U class6 November 19397 June 1940Scrapped on 29 April 1942
U class2 November 193920 April 1940Torpedoed and sunk on 25 November 1942
V class9 November 194220 July 1943Scrapped at Gateshead in 1950
U class17 March 194223 November 1942The submarine probably had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 on-board just four days after commissioning
3 September 19864 March 1992Active in service as of 2010
Vanguard class9 September 199827 November 1999Active in service as of 2010
/ V class /
25 August 19424 May 1943Scrapped in Sweden in 1964
Vanguard classSeptember 1993Active in service as of 2010
Vanguard'' classOctober 1995Active in service as of 2010

Civilian ships

Ocean liners and passenger ships

Oil, gas and LNG tankers

Cargo ships and other vessels

Key facts

20th century