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.- – Frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
- – Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy
- – Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- Atlântico – Amphibious assault ship of the Brazilian Navy
- – Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy
- – Frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Submarine of the Royal Navy
- – Fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Inactive preserved vessels
- – Preserved at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, United Kingdom
- HMS Churchill – Laid up in Rosyth Dockyard, United Kingdom
- – Laid up in Rosyth Dockyard, United Kingdom
- INS Gal – Preserved at the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa, Israel
- – Preserved at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, United Kingdom
- – Museum ship in Yokosuka, Japan
- – Preserved at the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia
- HMS Resolution – Laid up in Rosyth Dockyard, United Kingdom
- HMS Repulse – Laid up in Rosyth Dockyard, United Kingdom
- Brazilian submarine Riachuelo – Preserved at the Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- HMS Swiftsure – Laid up in Rosyth Dockyard, United Kingdom
All vessels
Military ships
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3 November 1970 | 15 October 1971 | Decommissioned in 1996 | ||||
Oberon class | 6 September 1975 | Museum ship in Rio de Janeiro since 1997 | ||||
Oberon class | 18 November 1971 | 22 November 1972 | Decommissioned in 1996 | |||
19 February 1902 | 9 July 1902 | Lost 1911. Wreck rediscovered 1989 | ||||
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A class | 8 March 1905 | Scrapped in May 1920 | ||||
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A class | 15 April 1903 | Scrapped in January 1920 | ||||
A class | 13 July 1904 | 12 May 1912 sunk as gunnery target | ||||
A class | 9 June 1903 | 17 July 1904 | Sold for scrapping 16 January 1920 | |||
A class | 19 February 1902 | 11 February 1905 | Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard | |||
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A class | 19 February 1903 | Sunk in Whitsand Bay on 16 January 1914 | ||||
A class | 23 January 1905 | Scrapped in 1920 | ||||
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E class | Royal Australian Navy | 14 November 1911 | 22 May 1913 | Lost at Sea 14 September 1914 | ||
E class | Royal Australian Navy | 10 February 1912 | 18 June 1913 | Scuttled 29 April 1915 | ||
2 January 1945 | 12 April 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974 | ||||
Amphion class | 6 February 1945 | 25 June 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1972 | |||
Amphion class | 13 March 1945 | 28 July 1945 | Museum ship/memorial since 1981 at Royal Navy Submarine Museum | |||
Amphion class | 17 May 1945 | 24 September 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971 | |||
22 October 2003 | 6 January 2011 | Fitting out | ||||
Amphion class | 31 August 1944 | 27 March 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971 | |||
Amphion class | 22 January 1946 | 18 November 1947 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1970 | |||
Amphion class | 13 August 1945 | 6 April 1946 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1977 | |||
Astute class | 13 October 2011 | Under construction | ||||
Astute class | 11 March 2005 | Under construction | ||||
Amphion class | 1944 | Scrapped in 1970 | ||||
Astute class | 31 January 2001 | 8 June 2007 | In active Royal Navy service | |||
Amphion class | 7 June 1944 | 29 March 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974 | |||
Amphion class | 21 June 1944 | 28 July 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1967 | |||
Astute class | 24 March 2009 | Under construction | ||||
B class | 25 October 1904 | Relegated to training duties after World War I. She was sold for scrap in May 1921 | ||||
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Captain Thompson | Chilean Navy | 15 January 1929 | ||||
Upholder/Victoria class | / | November 1983 | 2 December 1986 | in active service for Canada | ||
Delfim | Portuguese Navy | 1933 | 1 May 1934 | |||
Nuclear-powered | 12 June 1959 | 21 October 1960 | As of 2004, is laid up at Rosyth | |||
E class | 16 May 1911 | 5 February 1912 | Sold on 21 February 1922 | |||
Espardarte' | Portuguese Navy | 1933 | 30 May 1934 | |||
25 February 1955 | Scrapped in March 1968 | |||||
5 March 1954 | Scrapped in March 1962 | |||||
INS Gal | 2 December 1975 | Preserved as a museum ship since 2007 | ||||
Golfino | Portuguese Navy | 1933 | 30 May 1934 | |||
Holland 4 | 1902 | Foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and was used as a gunnery target in 1914 | ||||
K class | 26 August 1919 | Sold for scrapping March 1931 to Mamo Brothers, Malta | ||||
K class | 21 May 1915 | 20 May 1916 | sold for scrapping in 1921 | |||
K class | 28 June 1915 | K4 was sunk on 31 January 1918 during exercises with the 13th submarine flotilla | ||||
Kalev | 27 July 1935 | 7 July 1936 | Missing after 29 October 1941 | |||
L class | 18 May 1916 | 1917 | Sold in March 1930 and scrapped in Newport | |||
L class | 1917 | Scrapped in 1930 | ||||
L class | 1917 | Scrapped in 1931 | ||||
L class | 1917 | Scrapped in 1932 | ||||
L class | 1918 | Broken up in 1932 | ||||
L class | 1918 | Broken up in 1932 | ||||
L class | 1918 | Broken up in 1934 | ||||
L class | 1918 | Broken up in 1934 | ||||
L class | 1918 | Broken up in 1936 | ||||
L class | 1919 | Broken up in 1937 | ||||
L class | 1918 | Broken up in 1935 | ||||
L class | 1919 | Broken up in 1939 | ||||
L class | 1919 | Broken up in 1935 | ||||
L class | 1919 | Sunk in collision with, 14 January 1924 | ||||
L class | 1919 | Broken Up in 1935 | ||||
1 May 1935 | 7 July 1936 | Commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1940, sunk in 1941 | ||||
27 July 1935 | 7 July 1936 | Commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1940, museum ship since 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia | ||||
M class | 1916 | 9 July 1917 | Sunk during exercise off the Devon coast after colliding with Swedish Collier SS Vidar – All crew members were lost. | |||
M class | 1916 | 15 April 1919 | Lost off Chesil Beach on 26 January 1933, now a popular scuba diving location. | |||
Grampus class | 29 August 1935 | Sunk 23 July 1940 | ||||
Porpoise class | 25 October 1957 | Sunk as a target on 3 August 1983 | ||||
/ HMS Urchin | U class | / | 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 near Sierra Leone | ||
U class | 30 December 1941 | 11 November 1942 | Scrapped in 1958 | |||
/ HDMS U-1 / HDMS Springeren | U class | / / | 30 December 1941 | 11 November 1942 | Scrapped in 1958 | |
4 March 1960 | 14 June 1961 | Scrapped in 2011 | ||||
Oberon class | 8 April 1959 | 17 November 1959 | Scrapped in 1994 | |||
Oberon class | 1962 | 1964 | Scrapped in 1991 | |||
Royal Australian Navy | March 1925 | 7 September 1926 | Scrapped in 1945 | |||
Royal Australian Navy / | 29 June 1926 | Torpedoed in a 'friendly fire' situation by another Barrow-built submarine – – near Norway on 10 September 1939 with only 3 survivors | ||||
U class | 30 April 1940 | 15 December 1940 | Mined on 18 August 1941 near Tripoli with the loss of 8 crew | |||
U class | 18 June 1940 | 28 January 1941 | Sunk, probably during depth charge attack 18 August 1941 | |||
U class | 21 August 1941 | 15 April 1942 | Depth charged in the Gulf of Tunis, 25 December 1942 | |||
1929 | Sunk at Valletta, Malta, by Italian aircraft on 1 April 1942 during World War I | |||||
2 July 1928 | 22 May 1929 | Struck an Italian mine on 6 December 1941 near Cephalonia with the loss of 60 crew | ||||
Porpoise class | 1956 | 25 April 1956 | Sunk as a target in 1985 | |||
22 August 1929 | Collided with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yula on 9 June 1931 with the loss of 22 crew | |||||
23 July 1929 | Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon | |||||
R class | 1 November 1917 | 14 May 1918 | Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren | |||
R class | 1 November 1917 | 28 June 1918 | Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren | |||
Rahav | Israeli Navy | Late 1970s | Decommissioned in early 2000s | |||
4 November 1967 | Decommissioned in 1996 | |||||
26 February 1964 | 15 September 1966 | Decommissioned in October 1994 | ||||
Porpoise class | 5 December 1956 | Broken up in 1977 | ||||
19 February 1974 | 20 November 1976 | Decommissioned in 2010 | ||||
S class | 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 | |||
Swiftsure class | 18 September 1970 | 17 February 1973 | Paid off | |||
Swiftsure class | 26 April 1976 | 7 May 1978 | Paid off | |||
Swiftsure class | 5 October 1979 | Decommissioned in 2004 | ||||
Swiftsure class | 16 March 1972 | 30 November 1974 | Decommissioned | |||
Swiftsure class | 7 September 1971 | Decommissioned in 1992 | ||||
13 May 1986 | 15 April 1988 | In active service as of 2010 | ||||
Tanin | Israeli Navy | Late 1970s | Decommissioned in early 2000s | |||
HNLMS Zeehond | T class | / Netherlands Navy | 29 March 1943 | 21 August 1944 | Scrapped at Faslane in December 1966 | |
Trafalgar class | 6 June 1981 | 17 March 1984 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
Trafalgar class | 3 December 1982 | 8 March 1985 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
15 April 1979 | 1 July 1981 | Decommissioned in 2009 | ||||
28 October 1985 | 3 November 1986 | Active in service as of 2010 | ||||
T class | 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 | |||
T class | 1938 | Hit a mine off the coast of Greece in early January 1942 with the loss of all 59 crew | ||||
2 February 1987 | 16 February 1991 | Active in service as of 2010 | ||||
T class | 31 December 1942 | 25 March 1944 | Scrapped at Newport, Wales in 1971 | |||
8 May 1980 | 1 December 1982 | Active in service as of 2010 | ||||
U class | 19 July 1940 | 15 March 1941 | Sold for scrap in 1946, broken up at Blyth | |||
U class | 1 January 1940 | 30 December 1940 | Sunk in collision on 19 July 1941 with the loss of 22 men | |||
U class | 22 November 1939 | 9 July 1940 | Sunk on 11 November 1942 in friendly-fire incident | |||
U class | 2 December 1939 | 20 August 1940 | Sunk 11 May 1941 | |||
U class | 19 February 1937 | 5 October 1937 | Sunk on 7 January 1940 | |||
U class | 9 December 1939 | 1 October 1940 | Sunk on 20 July 1941 | |||
U class | 30 October 1939 | 6 June 1940 | Sunk around 10 October 1942 | |||
U class | 19 February 1937 | 16 February 1938 | Sunk on 29 April 1940 | |||
U class | 30 October 1939 | 8 July 1940 | Fell victim to depth charges dropped to an Italian north-east of Tripoli | |||
Type 2400 | November 1983 | 2 December 1986 | Commissioned 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 class | 6 November 1939 | 21 April 1940 | Scrapped March 1946 | |||
U class | 30 October 1939 | 19 August 1940 | Sunk 29 April 1942 | |||
/ V-4 | U class | / | 19 February 1937 | 16 February 1938 | Scrapped in May 1950 | |
U class | 6 November 1939 | 7 June 1940 | Scrapped on 29 April 1942 | |||
U class | 2 November 1939 | 20 April 1940 | Torpedoed and sunk on 25 November 1942 | |||
V class | 9 November 1942 | 20 July 1943 | Scrapped at Gateshead in 1950 | |||
U class | 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 | |||
3 September 1986 | 4 March 1992 | Active in service as of 2010 | ||||
Vanguard class | 9 September 1998 | 27 November 1999 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
/ | V class | / | 25 August 1942 | 4 May 1943 | Scrapped in Sweden in 1964 | |
Vanguard class | September 1993 | Active in service as of 2010 | ||||
Vanguard'' class | October 1995 | Active in service as of 2010 |
Civilian ships
Ocean liners and passenger ships
Oil, gas and LNG tankers
Cargo ships and other vessels
Key facts
- The largest ship ever to be built in Barrow was the 103,000-ton oil tanker British Admiral. She was the first of her size to ever be built in Britain and even held the title of being the world's largest ship for a short time.
- The largest liner built at Barrow was. She was, and weighed 41,910 tons. She had a speed capable of reaching, and was also the first liner to be fitted with transverse propulsion.
- The largest navy ship built in Barrow was aircraft carrier. Her length was and a beam of, she also had a standard displacement of 23,900 tons.
- The largest loss of life on a Barrow-built ship was on 28 November 1942, when acting as a troop ship during World War II was torpedoed off the coast of South Africa by a German submarine, killing 858. This is closely followed by the events of 9 July 1917, when 843 men were killed in the UK's worst ever explosion on board.
- The most recent Barrow-built vessel to be lost during a military campaign occurred in 1982 during the Falkland War when was attacked and sunk by the Argentine Navy.
- The first ship to be built in Barrow was 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. 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.
Notables to launch vessels
20th century
- Elizabeth II
- * British Admiral
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- Winston Churchill
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- Princess Diana
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- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- * RMS Strathmore
- Princess Alexandra
- * SS Oriana
- Princess Louise
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- Prince Arisugawa Takehito
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21st century
- Princess Anne
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- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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- Purnomo Yusgiantoro
- * KRI Bung Tomo
- * KRI John Lie