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

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 (for navies and companies based in the likes of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, United Kingdom, United States).^[1]

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 . (the first submarine in the world to fire a live torpedo underwater), (the most successful Royal Navy submarine of World War II) and the 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, Inman Line, Orient Line and P&O.

Active vessels

As of 2024, the following naval ships and submarines built in Barrow are known to be active in service around the world.

• – Frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (Commissioned in 1971)
• – Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2003)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2013)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2022)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2016)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2010)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2020)
• Atlântico – Amphibious assault ship of the Brazilian Navy (commissioned in 1998 as of the Royal Navy)
• – Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2004)
• – Submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy (Commissioned in 1990 as of the Royal Navy)
• – Frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (Commissioned in 1971)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1993)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1999)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1995)
• – Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1996)
• – Fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Commissioned in 2003)

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
• – Preserved at the Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• HMS Swiftsure – Laid up in Rosyth Dockyard, United Kingdom

All vessels

Military ships

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
Almirante Riveros			1956	1958	1998 (Decommissioned)
Almirante Saldanha			1933	1933
Almirante Williams			1956	1958	1998 (Decommissioned)
^[2]		Argentine Navy	1937	1937	1971 (Decommissioned)
ARA Corrientes ^[3]		Argentine Navy	1937	1937	1941 (Destroyed)
ARA Entre Rios ^[4]		Argentine Navy	1936	1937	1973 (Decommissioned)
	Type 42 destroyer		1971	1976	In active service
		Argentine Navy	1936	1937	1974 (Decommissioned)
			1907	1909	1951 (Destroyed)
			1910	1911	1937 (Destroyed)
Araucano	Submarine tender			1929	1959 (Decommissioned)
			1953	1955	1975 (Decommissioned)
ARV Nueva Esparta ^[5]			1951	1952	1978 (Decommissioned)
^[6]			1951	1953	1983 (Decommissioned)
/		/	1939	1940	1942 (Destroyed)
	Patrol ship			1904	1926 (Destroyed)
	Minelaying cruiser		1922	1924	1947 (Decommissioned)
	light cruiser		1933	1934	1948 (Decommissioned)
			1998	2001	In active service
	destroyer		1928	1929	1943 (Destroyed)
			2000	2001	In active service
	light cruiser		1917	1918	1941 (Destroyed)
	Type 42 destroyer		1972	1974	2008 (Decommissioned)
	light cruiser		1916	1916	1918 (Destroyed)
/		/		1943	1978 (Decommissioned)
/ ^[7]	C-class destroyer	/	1930	1931	1940 (Destroyed)
			1924	1926	1959 (Decommissioned)
	light cruiser		1916	1917	1940 (Destroyed)
/ ^[8]	C-class destroyer	/	1930	1931	1947 (Decommissioned)
^[9]	D-class destroyer		1931	1932	1941 (Destroyed)
	D-class destroyer		1931	1932	1941 (Destroyed)
^[10]			1894	1896	1919 (Decommissioned)
			1954	1955	1985 (Decommissioned)
			1912	1913	1932 (Decommissioned)
			1938	1939	1965 (Decommissioned)
/ Generalisimo / Sanchez^[11]	F-class destroyer	/	1933	1934	1968 (Decommissioned)
	G-class destroyer		1934	1935	1941 (Destroyed)
/ HMCS Ottawa	G-class destroyer	/	1934	1935	1946 (Decommissioned)
/		/	1944	1953	2017 (Decommisioned)
			1937	1939	1956 (Decommissioned)
			1937	1940	1955 (Decommissioned)

|| ||1973|| 1977||2011 (Decommissioned)|| |-| || || ||1939||1940||1960 (Decommissioned)|| |-| || Ocean liner turned Armed merchant cruiser|| Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line /
||||1922||1940 (Destroyed)|| |-| ^[12] || || ||1894||1895|| 1920 (Decommissioned)|||-| || B-class destroyer ||||1929||1930||1940 (Destroyed)|| |-| || ||||||1901|| 1920 (Decommissioned)|| |-| || Bristol-class light cruiser||||1909||1909||1921 (Decommissioned)|||-| HMS Majestic /
|| ||  /
||1943|| 1945|| 1985 (Decommissioned)|||-| || Type 42 destroyer|| ||1978|| 1980||2011 (Decommissioned)|||-| || Submarine depot ship||||||1928||1942 (Destroyed)|||-| || || ||1960||1962|| 1980 (Decommissioned)|||-|  /
HMCS Niobe|| ||  /
|||| 1897|| 1922 (Decommissioned)|||-|  /
Atlântico || Helicopter Landing Platform/ Amphibious assault ship||  /
||1994||1995||In active service|||-| || |||| 1942||1944||1954 (Decommissioned)|||-| || || ||1894||1895||1929 (Decommissioned)|| |-| || Battlecruiser || || 1910|| 1911||1922 (Decommissioned)|||-| ^[13] || Fleet Repair ship || || || 1928 || |||-| || || || 1913 || 1915 || 1948 (Decommissioned) || |-| |||| || 1953 || 1955|| 1977 (Decommissioned)|||-| || Type 42 destroyer|| ||1970 || 1971 ||1982 (Destroyed)|||-| || Bellona-class cruiser|||| 1939|| 1942|| 1944 (Destroyed)|||-| || U-class destroyer|||| 1942|| 1943|||||-| || U-class destroyer|||| 1942|| 1943|||||-| || |||| 1908|| 1909||1917 (Destroyed)|||-|  /
|| V-class destroyer ||  /
||1942||1943||1963 (Decommissioned)|| |-| || W-class destroyer||||1942|| 1943|| 1967 (Decommissioned)|||-|  /
SAS Vyrstaat|| W-class destroyer|| /
||1942|| 1943|| 1976 (Decommissioned)|||-| || |||| 1968||1969||In active service|||-| || |||||| 1969||In active service|||-| || Pre-dreadnought battleship |||| 1904|| 1905|| 1924 (Decommissioned)|||-| || || || 1911||1912|| 1944 (Destroyed)|||-| || Pre-dreadnought battleship || ||1898||1900|| 1923 (Decommissioned and preserved)|||-| Japura /
^[14] || H-class destroyer || Brazilian Navy /
||1938||1939|| 1943 (Destroyed)|||-| Jurua /
 /
Handy^[15] || H-class destroyer ||  /
||1938||1939||1943 (Destroyed)|||-|  /
|| ||  /
|||| 1903 || 1915 (Destroyed)|| |-| Maipo || Oil tanker || || 1929|| 1930||1964 (Decommissioned)|| |-| Rancagua || Oil tanker || || 1929|| 1930||1964 (Decommissioned)|| |-| /
|| Battleship || Ottoman Empire /
|| 1911 || 1913 || 1923 (Decommissioned)|| |-| || || || 1998 || 2000 || In active service|| |-| || Armoured cruiser || Imperial Russian Navy || 1905 ||1906 || 1930 (Decommissioned)|| |-|  /
|| ||  /
|| 1939||1941|| 1960 (Decommissioned)|||-| TS Dufferin^[16] || Troopship || Indian Government || || 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	width=135	Built For	width=120	Laid down	width=120	Launched	Fate	Image
			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
	A class
	A class			8 March 1905	Scrapped in May 1920
	A class
	A class
	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
	A class
	A class		19 February 1903		Sunk in Whitsand Bay on 16 January 1914
	A class			23 January 1905	Scrapped in 1920
	A class
	E class		14 November 1911	22 May 1913	Lost at Sea 14 September 1914
	E class		10 February 1912	18 June 1913	Scuttled 29 April 1915
			18 July 2013	3 October 2024	Pre-sea trials
			14 May 2018		Under construction
			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	In active Royal Navy service
	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	20 April 2021	In active Royal Navy service
	Astute class		11 March 2005	17 May 2014	In active Royal Navy service
	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	28 April 2017	In active Royal Navy service
				25 October 1904	Relegated to training duties after World War I. She was sold for scrap in May 1921
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	B class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class		4 February 1908		Sold 5 December 1921
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
	C class
Captain Thompson ^[17]				15 January 1929
		/	November 1983	2 December 1986	in active service for Canada (Dry-docked)
Delfim ^[18]			1933	1 May 1934
	Nuclear-powered		12 June 1959	21 October 1960	As of 2004, is laid up at Rosyth
			6 October 2016		Under Construction
	E class		16 May 1911	5 February 1912	Sold on 21 February 1922
Espardarte ^[19]			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 ^[20]			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^[21]			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
^[22]	Porpoise class			25 October 1957	Sunk as a target on 3 August 1983
/ HMS Urchin (N97)	U class	/	9 December 1939	30 September 1940	Scrapped in 1949
TCG Burak Reis	Oruç Reis class			19 October 1940	Scrapped in 1957
	Oruç Reis class				20 July 1940	Scrapped in 1957
	Oruç Reis class			19 July 1940	Scrapped in 1957
	Oruç Reis class			1 November 1940
			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
			March 1925	7 September 1926	Scrapped in 1945
		/		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
^[23]				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
^[24]	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
^[25]				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				Late 1970s	Decommissioned in early 2000s
/ HNLMS Zeehond	T class	/	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
	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	Sunk on or about 14 April 1942
	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 (Oct 2004). 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
			10 December 2020		Under Construction
	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 (north of the Isle of Arran)
			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
			9 February 2023		Under Construction

Civilian ships

Ocean liners and passenger ships

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
17 de Octobre^[26]	Passenger Cargo Ship		1948 (1 December)	1950 (4 April)
Accra^[27]	Passenger Cargo Ship		1945 (3 December)	1947 (24 February)
	Passenger liner		1920	1921 (11 March)	Scrapped in 1948
Apapa^[28]	Passenger Cargo Ship		1946 (2 January)	1948
^[29]		Union Steam Ship Company of NZ	1935	1936 (25 February)	Attacked near Bougie by German bombers and sank during the night (1942)
	Passenger Ferry / Seaplane carrier	Isle of Man Steam Packet	1907	1908 (23 March)	Sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish artillery fire
			1924	1925 (24 February)	Sunk by a U-boat off the coast of Ireland in 1940
^[30]			1947	28 June 1949
				1881 (14 June)	Scrapped in 1902
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.
Eva Peron^[31]	Passenger Cargo Ship		1 December 1947	25 August 1949
	Passenger steamer		May 1936	1937
	Steamship / Cruise liner			5 October 1948	Broken up in 1974 in Taiwan
Hinemoa^[32]	Passenger Cargo Ship	Union Steam Ship Company of NZ	1945	30 May 1946	12 February 1971 sold to Fuji Marden & Co Ltd, Hong Kong, where she was towed in March by the tug Salvonia and scrapped.^[33]
Hobson's Bay^[34]				4 October 1921
Kedah^[35]	Passenger cargo ship		1926	16 July 1927
^[36]	Passenger steamer			4 March 1930
SS Mayon^[37]	Passenger cargo ship	Philippine Steamship Company		26 June 1930
	Passenger cargo ship			24 January 1925	Converted to Hospital ship in 1940, bombed and sunk off Salerno in 1943 with the loss of 38 lives
^[38]	Passenger cargo ship			1926	Converted to troopship in 1941, torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean SE off Natal Province in 1942, while carrying Italian prisoners: 858 lives lost
RMS Orama^[39]			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
				14 October 1947	Broken up in Kaohsiung in 1973 after being gutted by a fire in Hong Kong in 1972
RMS/HMS Orford^[40]				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
			18 September 1956	3 November 1959	Broken up for scrap 2005
				7 February 1934	Converted to troopship in 1941, damaged in collision with but repaired. Scrapped in Belgium 1963
Orizaba^[41]				1886	Ran aground and wrecked off Sydney in 1905
			1949	30 June 1950	Transferred to P&O Steam Navigation Co in 1963, scrapped in Taiwan in 1975
Orotava^[42]				1889	Sunk in 1896 but raised and reconditioned. Transferred to many other companies and eventually scrapped in 1919
Oroya^[43]				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^[44]			1952	14 May 1953	Transferred to P&O Line ownership in 1965, scrapped in 1974
Ortona / Arcadian^[45]				1899	Torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean while en route from Salonika to Alexandria with troops (as a troopship) – 279 lives were lost
Oruba / Orion^[46]				1889	Purchased by the British Admiralty in 1914 and rebuilt to represent the battleship,, she was scuttled at Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island, Greece as a breakwater in 1915
Otranto^[47]				9 June 1925	Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1957
Presidente Peron^[48]	Passenger Cargo Ship			3 November 1948
^[49]				1 September 1932	sold for scrap in 1966
Rangatira^[50]		Union Steam Ship Company of NZ		16 April 1931	Scrapped in 1967
			1919	23 March 1920	Scrapped in 1958
				18 July 1931	Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1961
SS Strathallan^[51]				23 September 1937	Damaged by torpedo in the Mediterranean on 21 December 1942, a fire the following day capsized and sunk the ship
SS Stratheden^[52]					Scrapped in Italy in 1969
RMS Strathmore^[53]				4 April 1935	Scrapped in Italy in 1969
				5 February 1931	Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962

Oil, gas and LNG tankers

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
British Admiral^[54]			1963	1965 (17 March)
British Adventure^[55]			1950	1950 (12 December)
British Ambassador^[56]			1957	1958 (16 August)
British Faith^[57]			1956	1957 (10 December)
British Glory^[58]			1956	1957
British Grenadier^[59]			1961	1962 (16 August)
British Prestige^[60]			1958 (23 October)	1961 (28 July)
British Sovereign^[61]			1953 (27 March)	1954 (31 August)
British Victory^[62]			1953	1955
Esso Canterbury^[63]			30 May 1952	24 September 1953
Esso Westminster^[64]			29 February 1952	24 September 1953
Estrella Patagonica / Voluta / San Casimiro^[65]				1962	Scrapped Bombay in 1989
Eugenia Niarchos^[66]		Niarchos Group (Neptune Tanker Corporation)	May 1955	1956
Ficus / Empire Grenadier^[67]				1942	Scrapped in 1960
Hinea^[68]				1956	Scrapped in 1976
Hinnites^[69]				1956	Scrapped in 1975
Humilaria / San Edmundo^[70]				1958	Scrapped in 1973
Kennerleya / Empire Granite^[71]		Shell UK		1941	Scrapped in 1960
Marinula / Santa Margherita / Trigonia^[72]				1916	Scrapped Newport in 1951
	LNG carrier				Scrapped in 1998
Narragansett^[73]		Anglo-American Oil Company	1919	1920
Rebeca^[74]		Antilles Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij		1938	Scrapped in 1954
Rosalia^[75]		Antilles Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij		1938	Sunk in 1943
San Calisto / Vermetus^[76]				1959	Scrapped in 1975
San Conrado / Valvata^[77]				1960	Scrapped in 1975
San Gregorio / Vitta^[78]			July 1956	1957	Scrapped in 1975
San Patricio / Pecten^[79]				1955	Scrapped in 1986
Serenia^[80]				1961	Scrapped in 1987
^[81]		Niarchos Group	1955	1956	Scrapped in 1977

Cargo ships and other vessels

Name	Class	Built For	Laid down	Launched	Fate	Image
Affonso Penna^[82]				1910 (7 June)
Anglia^[83]	Cable Ship			1898 (20 June)
Aries^[84]	Steam Yacht	Sir James Ramsden		1873	Wrecked at Hollyhead 29 March 1880
Carl Schmedeman^[85]	Cargo ship	Tropical Steamship Company, Toronto	1 June 1951	12 May 1952
Duke of Connaught^[86]	Floating dry dock	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	1912	1912
Duke of Devonshire^[87]	Screw Barque	Eastern Steam Ships Co Ltd		1873 (25 Jun)
HMCS Earl Grey^[88]		Canadian Government		June 1909
	Cargo ship			26 March 1945	Scrapped in Taiwan, March 1969
	Heavy lift ship			15 January 1946	Scrapped in Yugoslavia, January 1976
				25 November 1942	Scrapped in India, March 1962
HMS Exmouth / HMS Worcester^[89]				4 April 1905	Accommodation for the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow
Geraldine Mary^[90]		Anglo-Newfoundland Shipping Company		19 August 1924
JH Hunter	Sludge vessel			2 October 1924
	Cargo ship	Cargo ship (also transported food in the 1941–42 Greek famine)		1883
Modavia^[91]		Donaldson Line	1925	23 September 1926	Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat in Lyme Bay in 1943
Moreton Bay^[92]		Donaldson Line		1921
Moveria^[93]		Donaldson Line		10 October 1924	Broken up in 1952

Key facts

• The largest ship ever to be built in Barrow was the 103,000-ton oil tanker British Admiral.^[94] 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 804feet, 97feet and weighed 41,910 tons. She had a speed capable of reaching 30.64kn, and was also the first liner to be fitted with transverse propulsion.^[95]
• The largest navy ship built in Barrow was Battleship . Her Full load displacement was just over 36,000 tons.^[96]
• 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 the after the Battle of the Duisburg Convoy and the 18,000-ton Italian liner .

Notables to launch vessels

20th century

• Elizabeth II
  • British Admiral
    • • • • • • • Winston Churchill
    • Princess Diana
    • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  • RMS Strathmore
• Princess Alexandra
  • SS Oriana
• Princess Louise
  • • Prince Arisugawa Takehito

21st century

• Princess Anne
  • • Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
    • Purnomo Yusgiantoro
  • KRI Bung Tomo (recommissioned)
  • KRI John Lie (recommissioned)

See also

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

References

• Book: Sweeney, Pat. Liffey Ships & Shipbuilding. 2010. Mercier. 978-1-85635-685-5.

External links

• Dock Museum Vessels Archive
• Vessels built at VSEL from 1946–present

Notes and References

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3. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=648&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
4. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=645&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
5. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=865&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
6. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=883&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
7. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=419&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
8. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=417&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
9. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2482&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
10. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=376&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
11. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=565&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
12. http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Eclipse.html HMS Eclipse, Diana, Dido, Doris, Isis, Juno, Minerva, Talbot, Venus
13. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2233&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
14. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=707&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
15. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=701&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
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19. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=35&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
20. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2488&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
21. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2698&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
22. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=37&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
23. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2321&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
24. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=14&title=&subject=&subtitle= Vickers Photographic Archive
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28. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=Apapa&searchtype=1 Apapa
29. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=Awatea&searchtype=1 Awatea
30. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1287&title=&subject=&subtitle= Chusan
31. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1355&title=&subject=&subtitle= Eva Peron
32. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1148&title=&subject=&subtitle= Hinemoa
33. Web site: October 2009 . P&O Ship Fact Sheet Hinemoa (1946) .
34. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=6753&title=&subject=&subtitle= Hobson's Bay
35. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2335&title=&subject=&subtitle= Kedah
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37. http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/piissi.htm Mayon
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39. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2359&title=&subject=&subtitle= Orama
40. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=950&title=&subject=&subtitle= Orford
41. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~maadonovan/ships/orizaba.htm Orizaba
42. https://web.archive.org/web/20070818082344/http://web.greatships.net:81/orotava.html Orotava
43. http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/PSNC1.html Oroya
44. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1445&title=&subject=&subtitle= Orsova
45. http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/PSNC1.html Ortona
46. http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/PSNC1.html Oruba
47. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2362&title=&subject=&subtitle= Otranto
48. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2107&title=&subject=&subtitle= Presidente Peron
49. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=990&title=&subject=&subtitle= Queen of Bermuda
50. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=969&title=&subject=&subtitle= Rangatira
51. http://www.thestrathallan.com/strathallan.htm Strathallan
52. http://www.thestrathallan.com/stratheden.htm Stratheden
53. http://www.poships.co.uk/Strathmore.html Strathmore
54. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Admiral&searchtype=1 British Admiral
55. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Adventure&searchtype=1 British Adventure
56. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Ambassador&searchtype=1 British Ambassador
57. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Faith&searchtype=1 British Faith
58. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1829&title=&subject=&subtitle= British Glory
59. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Grenadier&searchtype=1 British Grenadier
60. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Prestige&searchtype=1 British Prestige
61. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Sovereign&searchtype=1 British Sovereign
62. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/browser.asp?deepcriteria=British+Victory&searchtype=1 British Victory
63. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1644&title=&subject=&subtitle= Canterbury
64. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2227&title=&subject=&subtitle= Westminster
65. http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ArchivoFotosGral/Buques%20Mercantes/E/EstrellaPatagonica/estrellapatagonica.jpg Estrella Patagonica
66. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1821&title=&subject=&subtitle= Eugenia Niarchos
67. http://www.helderline.nl/images/thumb/717_2175_helderline_shell_tanker_ficus_s.jpg Ficus
68. http://www.helderline.nl/tankers/437/Hinea/ Hinea
69. http://www.helderline.nl/tankers/436/Hinnites/ Hinnites
70. http://www.allatsea.cx/images/ships/Humilaria.jpg Humilaria
71. Web site: Kennerleya . 28 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104132638/http://www.helderline.nl/gfx/helderline_anti-leech.png . 4 November 2011 . dead .
72. http://www.helderline.nl/tankers/1139/Marinula+%281%29/ Marinula
73. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=8282&title=&subject=&subtitle= Narragansett
74. http://www.helderline.nl/images/thumb/524_1459_rebeca_1a.jpg Rebecca
75. http://www.cnooks.nl/img/Rosalia01.jpg Rosalia
76. http://www.helderline.nl/images/thumb/628_1838_san_calisto_2b.jpg San Calisto
77. http://www.helderline.nl/images/thumb/1057_2793_helderline_shell_tanker_san_conrado_1.jpg San Conrado
78. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1899&title=&subject=&subtitle= San Gregorio
79. http://www.helderline.nl/images/thumb/624_1833_san_patricio.jpg San Patricio
80. http://www.helderline.nl/tankers/388/Serenia/ Serenia
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82. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=385&title=&subject=&subtitle= Affonso Penna
83. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2332&title=&subject=&subtitle= Anglia
84. Lloyds Register 1876
85. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2025&title=&subject=&subtitle= Carl Schmedeman
86. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=1938&title=&subject=&subtitle= Duke of Connaught
87. Lloyds Register 1876
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91. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2363&title=&subject=&subtitle= Modavia
92. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=855&title=&subject=&subtitle= Moreton Bay
93. http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=6735&title=&subject=&subtitle= Moveria
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