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 smaller commercial vessels missing from the list.
As of 2006, 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 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 former Royal Navy 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, 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 NameClassBuilt For Laid downLaunchedFateImage Almirante Riveros 19561958 1998 (Decommissioned) Almirante Saldanha Training ship 1933 1933 Almirante Williams 1956 1958 1998 (Decommissioned) Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (21 September 1937). Retrieved 28 February 2013. Argentine Navy193719371971 (Decommissioned) ARA Corrientes Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (30 March 1937). Retrieved 28 February 2013. Argentine Navy193719371941 (Destroyed) ARA Entre Rios Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. Argentine Navy19361937 1973 (Decommissioned) Type 42 destroyer Argentine Navy 19711976In active service Light cruiser Argentine Navy19361937 1974 (Decommissioned) 1907 19091951 (Destroyed) 1910 1911 1937 (Destroyed) Araucano Submarine tender 19291959 (Decommissioned) 19531955 1975 (Decommissioned) ARV Nueva Esparta Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. 1951 1952 1978 (Decommissioned) Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. 1951 1953 1983 (Decommissioned) / /193919401942 (Destroyed) Patrol ship 19041926 (Destroyed) Minelaying cruiser192219241947 (Decommissioned) light cruiser 1933 1934 1948 (Decommissioned) 1998 2001 2025 (Decommissioned) destroyer 192819291943 (Destroyed) 20002001 2025 (Decommissioned) light cruiser 1917 19181941 (Destroyed) Type 42 destroyer 19721974 2008 (Decommissioned) light cruiser 19161916 1918 (Destroyed) / / 1943 1978 (Decommissioned) /Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. C-class destroyer / 1930 19311940 (Destroyed) 19241926 1959 (Decommissioned) light cruiser 19161917 1940 (Destroyed) /Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. C-class destroyer / 193019311947 (Decommissioned) Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (7 April 1932). Retrieved 28 February 2013. D-class destroyer 1931 19321941 (Destroyed) D-class destroyer193119321941 (Destroyed) Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. 1894 1896 1919 (Decommissioned) 19541955 1985 (Decommissioned) 191219131932 (Decommissioned) 193819391965 (Decommissioned) /Generalisimo /SanchezVickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (28 March 1934). Retrieved 28 February 2013. F-class destroyer / 1933 1934 1968 (Decommissioned) G-class destroyer 19341935 1941 (Destroyed) /HMCS Ottawa G-class destroyer /19341935 1946 (Decommissioned) / /1944 19532017 (Decommissioned) 193719391956 (Decommissioned) 19371940 1955 (Decommissioned) } 1973 19772011 (Decommissioned) 193919401960 (Decommissioned) Ocean liner turned Armed merchant cruiser Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line /19221940 (Destroyed) HMS Eclipse, Diana, Dido, Doris, Isis, Juno, Minerva, Talbot, Venus. Worldwar1.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2013. 18941895 1920 (Decommissioned) B-class destroyer 192919301940 (Destroyed) 1901 1920 (Decommissioned) Bristol-class light cruiser190919091921 (Decommissioned) HMS Majestic / / 1943 1945 1985 (Decommissioned) Type 42 destroyer 1978 19802011 (Decommissioned) Submarine depot ship19281942 (Destroyed) 19601962 1980 (Decommissioned) /HMCS Niobe / 1897 1922 (Decommissioned) / Atlântico Helicopter Landing Platform/ Amphibious assault ship / 19941995In active service 194219441954 (Decommissioned) 189418951929 (Decommissioned) Battlecruiser 1910 19111922 (Decommissioned) Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. 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 19091917 (Destroyed) / V-class destroyer / 194219431963 (Decommissioned) W-class destroyer1942 1943 1967 (Decommissioned) /SAS Vyrstaat W-class destroyer /1942 1943 1976 (Decommissioned) 19681969In active service 1969In active service Pre-dreadnought battleship 1904 1905 1924 (Decommissioned) 19111912 1944 (Destroyed) Pre-dreadnought battleship 18981900 1923 (Decommissioned and preserved) Japura /Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (1 August 1939). Retrieved 28 February 2013. H-class destroyer Brazilian Navy /19381939 1943 (Destroyed) Jurua / /HandyVickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (1 February 1939). Retrieved 28 February 2013. H-class destroyer / 193819391943 (Destroyed) / / 1903 1915 (Destroyed) Maipo Oil tanker 1929 19301964 (Decommissioned) Rancagua Oil tanker 1929 19301964 (Decommissioned) / Battleship Ottoman Empire / 1911 1913 1923 (Decommissioned) 1998 2000 In active service Armoured cruiser Imperial Russian Navy 1905 1906 1930 (Decommissioned) / / 19391941 1960 (Decommissioned) TS DufferinVickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (19 January 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2013. Troopship Indian Government 1904 1927 to Indian Department of Commerce for Indian Merchantile Marine training until 1972 and broken up 1976 in Darukhana, Bombay
Submarines See here for every U-class submarine built in Barrow-in-Furness for the British, French, Netherlands, Polish and Soviet Navies.
NameClassBuilt ForLaid downLaunchedFateImage 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 1904Sold for scrapping 16 January 1920 A class 19 February 1902 11 February 1905Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard A class A class 19 February 1903 Sunk in Whitsand Bay on 16 January 1914 A class23 January 1905Scrapped in 1920 A class E class 14 November 1911 22 May 1913Lost at Sea 14 September 1914 E class 10 February 1912 18 June 1913Scuttled 29 April 1915 18 July 20133 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 20036 January 2011 In active Royal Navy service Amphion class 31 August 194427 March 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971 Amphion class 22 January 194618 November 1947 Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1970 Amphion class 13 August 19456 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 1944Scrapped in 1970 Astute class 31 January 20018 June 2007In active Royal Navy service Amphion class 7 June 194429 March 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974 Amphion class 21 June 194428 July 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1967 Astute class 24 March 2009 28 April 2017 In active Royal Navy service B class 25 October 1904Relegated 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 1908Sold 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 Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (15 January 1929). Retrieved 28 February 2013. 15 January 1929 Upholder/Victoria class / November 1983 2 December 1986 in active service for Canada (Dry-docked) Delfim Vickers Photographic Archive . Dockmuseum.org.uk (1 May 1934). Retrieved 28 February 2013. 19331 May 1934 Nuclear-powered 12 June 195921 October 1960As of 2004, is laid up at RosythHMS Dreadnought