List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness
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Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
, England by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, BAE Systems Marine
BAE Systems Marine
BAE Systems Marine Ltd. was the shipbuilding subsidiary of BAE Systems, formed in 1999, which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships....
, 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
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Canada
Canada
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, France
France
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, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Japan
Japan
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, Netherlands
Netherlands
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, Russia
Russia
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, United States).
All nuclear submarines (with the exception of HMS Conqueror
HMS Conqueror (S48)
HMS Conqueror was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead...
, HMS Renown
HMS Renown (S26)
HMS Renown was the third of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 25 February 1967, she was decommissioned in 1996.- External links :*...
and HMS Revenge
HMS Revenge (S27)
HMS Revenge was the fourth of the Royal Navy's Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines.Built by Cammell Laird and launched on 15 March 1968, she was marked for disposal in 1992...
, built in Birkenhead
Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...
) of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
were built in Barrow, including the latest class of fleet submarines
Astute class submarine
The Astute-class is the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. The class sets a new standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth. The boats are being constructed by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions at...
currently under construction by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, utilising the massive Devonshire Dock Hall
Devonshire Dock Hall
Devonshire Dock Hall is a large shipbuilding hall that forms part of the BAE Systems Submarine Solutions shipyard in the Barrow Island area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England....
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Some of the most notable vessels to be built in Barrow include the current Royal Navy flagship HMS Albion
HMS Albion (L14)
HMS Albion is a Landing Platform Dock of the Royal Navy, the first of the two-ship Albion class. Built by BAE Systems Marine in Barrow-in-Furness, Albion was launched in March 2001 by the Princess Royal...
and the former flagships, HMS Hermes
HMS Hermes (R12)
HMS Hermes was a Centaur-class British aircraft carrier, the last of the postwar conventional aircraft carriers commissioned into the Royal Navy.-Construction and modifications:...
and HMS Invincible
HMS Invincible (R05)
HMS Invincible was a British light aircraft carrier, the lead ship of three in her class in the Royal Navy. She was launched on 3 May 1977 and is the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands War when she was deployed with , she took over as flagship of the British fleet when...
. HMS Upholder
HMS Upholder (P37)
HMS Upholder was a Royal Navy U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 October 1939, launched on 8 July 1940 by Mrs. Doris Thompson, wife of a director of the builders. The submarine was commissioned on 31 October 1940...
(the most successful Royal Navy submarine of World War II
World War II
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) 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
Cunard Line
Cunard Line is a British-American owned shipping company based at Carnival House in Southampton, England and operated by Carnival UK. It has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic for over a century...
, Orient Line
Orient Steam Navigation Company
The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century...
and P&O
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O...
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Active vessels
As of 2011, the following ships and submarines built in Barrow are active in service around the world.- HMS AlbionHMS Albion (L14)HMS Albion is a Landing Platform Dock of the Royal Navy, the first of the two-ship Albion class. Built by BAE Systems Marine in Barrow-in-Furness, Albion was launched in March 2001 by the Princess Royal...
- Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2003) - HMS AstuteHMS Astute (S119)HMS Astute is a nuclear-powered submarine in the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. Builders BAE Systems describe her as "the largest and most able attack submarine that the Royal Navy has operated, with a performance to rival any in the world"....
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2010) - HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (L15)HMS Bulwark is an , the UK's newest class of amphibious assault warship and built in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. For numerous reasons, delays caused the delivery date to be put back, with the ship entering service in December 2004. Together with Albion, Ocean, and other amphibious ships, she...
- Amphibious transport dock of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 2004) - HMCS ChicoutimiHMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879)HMCS Chicoutimi is a Victoria-class long-range hunter-killer submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, originally built and operated by the Royal Navy as HMS Upholder....
- 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 OceanHMS Ocean (L12)HMS Ocean of the Royal Navy is an amphibious assault ship , the sole member of her class. She is designed to support amphibious landing operations and to support the staff of Commander UK Amphibious Force and Commander UK Landing Force...
- Amphibious assault ship of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1998) - HMS TalentHMS Talent (S92)HMS Talent is the sixth of seven nuclear submarines of the Royal Navy, and was built at Barrow-in-Furness.Talent was launched by The Princess Royal in April 1988 and commissioned in May 1990. She was the last submarine to be launched down a slipway.. The boat is affiliated with Shrewsbury in...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1990) - HMS TirelessHMS Tireless (S88)HMS Tireless is a nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and is the third vessel of her class. She is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to bear this name...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1985) - HMS TorbayHMS Torbay (S90)HMS Torbay is a nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the fourth vessel of her class.Torbay was the first vessel to be fitted with the new command system SMCS-NG , which meant that she was also the first Royal Navy vessel to put to sea under the "command" of the Microsoft Windows operating...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1987) - HMS TrenchantHMS Trenchant (S91)HMS Trenchant is a nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Royal Navy built by Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness. Trenchant is currently in service and is based at HMNB Devonport.The submarine was ordered on 22 March 1983...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1989) - HMS TriumphHMS Triumph (S93)HMS Triumph is a nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and was the seventh and final boat of her class.Triumph was laid down in 1987 by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited and launched in February 1991 by Mrs. Ann Hamilton, wife of the then Armed Forces Minister Archie Hamilton...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1991) - HMS TurbulentHMS Turbulent (S87)HMS Turbulent is a of the Royal Navy built by Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness.Turbulent is scheduled to be decommissioned at the end of 2011.-Operational history:...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1984) - HMS VanguardHMS Vanguard (S28)The eleventh HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy is the lead boat of her class of Trident ballistic missile-armed submarines. The submarine is based at HMNB Clyde, Faslane....
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1993) - HMS VengeanceHMS Vengeance (S31)HMS Vengeance is the fourth and final of the Royal Navy. Vengeance carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent....
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1999) - HMS VictoriousHMS Victorious (S29)HMS Victorious is the second of the Royal Navy. Victorious carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent....
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1995) - HMS VigilantHMS Vigilant (S30)HMS Vigilant is the third of the Royal Navy. Vigilant carries the Trident ballistic missile, the UK's nuclear deterrent.Vigilant was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd , was launched in October 1995, and commissioned in November 1996.Peter Hennessy reporting for...
- Submarine of the Royal Navy (Commissioned in 1996) - INS ViraatINS ViraatINS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Indian Navy. INS Viraat is the flagship of the Indian Navy, the oldest carrier in service and one of two aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean Region.The Viraat was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's...
- Aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy (Commissioned in 1959 as HMS HermesHMS Hermes (R12)HMS Hermes was a Centaur-class British aircraft carrier, the last of the postwar conventional aircraft carriers commissioned into the Royal Navy.-Construction and modifications:...
of the Royal Navy) - RFA Wave KnightRFA Wave Knight (A389)RFA Wave Knight is a Wave-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world....
- Fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Commissioned in 2003)
Military ships
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| ARA La Argentina ARA La Argentina The ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser, designed for training naval cadets, built for the Argentine Navy. The ship was authorised in 1934, and the contract was put out to tender in 1935, being won by the British company Vickers-Armstrongs at a cost of 6 million pesos.La Argentina was built in... |
Light cruiser Light cruiser A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck... |
 Argentine NavyArgentine Navy The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force.... |
11 January 1936 | 16 March 1937 | Decommissioned and scrapped in 1974 |  |
| Leander class Light cruiser Leander class cruiser (1931) The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936... |
7 February 1933 | 1 March 1934 | Decommissioned and scrapped (1948, 1949 respectively) |  |
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| Albion class landing platform dock Albion class landing platform dock The Albion class is a class of landing platform dock, and are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. The class consists of two vessels, and and they were ordered in 1996 under a programme known as LPD to replace the aging Fearless class... |
23 May 1998 | 9 March 2001 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
| Almirante Saldanha The Trindade Island's UFO The Trindade Island's UFO refers to a unidentified flying object which was seen and photographed over the Trindade Island on January 16, 1958. The photographs were rumored as being a hoax. In August 2010, a major TV show in Brazil aired information stating that the original photographer had made... |
Training ship |  Brazilian NavyBrazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America... |
1 June 1933 | 19 December 1933 | ||
| Almirante Riveros Almirante class destroyer The Almirante class were two destroyers built for the Chilean Navy by Vickers in Barrow in Furness, UK, in 1960. They served until the late 1990s. They were fitted with a unique Vickers designed 4-inch dual purpose naval gun... |
Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
 Chilean NavyChilean Navy -Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the... |
12 December 1958 | Sunk as target in 1998 | ||
| Almirante Williams Almirante class destroyer The Almirante class were two destroyers built for the Chilean Navy by Vickers in Barrow in Furness, UK, in 1960. They served until the late 1990s. They were fitted with a unique Vickers designed 4-inch dual purpose naval gun... |
Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
Chilean Navy Chilean Navy -Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the... |
12 December 1958 | Sunk as target in 1998 |  |
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| F.N.V. D-11 Nueva Esparta http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=865&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Nueva Esparta Class Destroyer Nueva Esparta class destroyer The Nueva Esparta-class destroyers were a class of warships used by the navy of Venezuela. The lead ship was named after Nueva Esparta , the name of the largest island in Venezuela.... |
 Venezuelan Navy |
1951 | 19 November 1952 | Decommissioned and scrapped mid 80's | |
| F.N.V. D-21 Zulia http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=883&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Nueva Esparta Class Destroyer Nueva Esparta class destroyer The Nueva Esparta-class destroyers were a class of warships used by the navy of Venezuela. The lead ship was named after Nueva Esparta , the name of the largest island in Venezuela.... |
Venezuelan Navy |
1951 | 29 June 1953 | Decommissioned and scrapped mid 80's | |
| F.N.V D-31 Aragua | Nueva Esparta Class Destroyer Nueva Esparta class destroyer The Nueva Esparta-class destroyers were a class of warships used by the navy of Venezuela. The lead ship was named after Nueva Esparta , the name of the largest island in Venezuela.... Aragua Subclass destroyer |
 Venezuelan Navy |
1953 | 27 January 1955 | Decommissioned and scrapped late 70's | |
| Araucano | Submarine depot ship | Chilean Navy Chilean Navy -Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the... |
22 August 1929 | |||
| HMS Arrow (H47) HMS Arrow (H42) HMS Arrow was an A class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War before being damaged while fighting a fire on an ammunition ship and written off in 1943.-Construction and commissioning:... |
A class destroyer A class destroyer The A class was a flotilla of eight destroyers built for the Royal Navy as part of the 1927 naval programme. A ninth ship, Codrington, was built to an enlarged design to act as the flotilla leader... |
22 October 1929 | Damaged beyond repair in Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000... harbour in 1944 when an ammunition ship exploded. The hulk was broken up in May 1949 |
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| Minas Gerais class battleship Battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a... |
Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America... |
1907–1909 | 1909 | Sunk in a heavy gale Gale A gale is a very strong wind. There are conflicting definitions of how strong a wind must be to be considered a gale. The U.S. government's National Weather Service defines a gale as 34–47 knots of sustained surface winds. Forecasters typically issue gale warnings when winds of this strength are... 150 nautical miles (277.8 km) from the Azores, while under tow for scrapping, 1951. |
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| Minas Gerais http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=382&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Minas Gerais class battleship Battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a... |
Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America... |
17 April 1907 | Scrapped in Italy in 1954. | ||
| Buenos Aires http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2323&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
Argentine Navy Argentine Navy The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force.... |
February 1937 | 21 September 1937 | ||
| Albion class landing platform dock Albion class landing platform dock The Albion class is a class of landing platform dock, and are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. The class consists of two vessels, and and they were ordered in 1996 under a programme known as LPD to replace the aging Fearless class... |
27 January 2000 | 15 November 2001 | Active in service as of 2010 |  |
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| Type 42 Destroyer Type 42 destroyer The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy... |
6 November 1972 | 22 February 1974 | Sold for scrap in 2008 | _1.jpg) |
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Colossus class aircraft carrier Colossus class aircraft carrier The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001... |
/ French NavyFrench Navy The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching... |
30 September 1943 | Decommissioned in 1974, and broken up in 1978 | ||
| Crescent / HMCS Fraser http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=419&title=&subject=&subtitle= |
C class destroyer C and D class destroyer The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were... |
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29 September 1931 | |||
| County class cruiser County class cruiser The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922... |
18 October 1924 | 16 March 1926 | Sold for scrap in 1959 | .jpg) |
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| Cygnet / HMCS St. Laurent http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=417&title=&subject=&subtitle= |
C class destroyer C and D class destroyer The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were... |
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29 September 1931 | |||
| Defender (H07) http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2482&title=&subject=&subtitle= | D class destroyer C and D class destroyer The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were... |
7 April 1932 | ||||
| HMS Emperor of India | Iron Duke class battleship Iron Duke class battleship The Iron Duke-class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War. The class comprised four ships: , , , and... |
31 May 1912 | 27 November 1913 | Sunk as target ship 1931, then raised and scrapped 1932 |  |
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| Entre Rios http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=645&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
Argentine Navy Argentine Navy The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force.... |
15 October 1936 | 21 September 1937 | ||
| Fame / Generalisimo http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=565&title=&subject=&subtitle= |
F class destroyer E and F class destroyer The E and F class was a class of 18 destroyers of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. Three ships were later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Royal Hellenic Navy and one to the Dominican Navy. Launched in 1934, they served in the Second World War. Nine were lost... |
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4 October 1933 | 28 June 1934 | ||
| Firedrake http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2490&title=&subject=&subtitle= | F class destroyer E and F class destroyer The E and F class was a class of 18 destroyers of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. Three ships were later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Royal Hellenic Navy and one to the Dominican Navy. Launched in 1934, they served in the Second World War. Nine were lost... |
31 August 1933 | 28 June 1934 | Sunk by on 16 December 1942 | ||
| Harvester / Handy / Jurua http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=701&title=&subject=&subtitle= |
Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America... |
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| Hurricane / Japarua http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=707&title=&subject=&subtitle= |
Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America... |
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Battleship Battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a... |
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1 August 1911 | 3 September 1913 | Scrapped |  |
| HMS Doris http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=376&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Eclipse class cruiser Eclipse class cruiser The Eclipse-class cruisers of the Royal Navy were protected cruisers constructed in the mid-1890s.-Design and history:They were enlarged versions of the preceding Astraea class. Between 1903 and 1905, all of the ships in the class except for Eclipse had their mixed and guns removed and replaced... |
August 1894 | Sold for scrap in 1919 | |||
| HMS Juno http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/light-cruiser/hms-Eclipse.html | Eclipse class cruiser Eclipse class cruiser The Eclipse-class cruisers of the Royal Navy were protected cruisers constructed in the mid-1890s.-Design and history:They were enlarged versions of the preceding Astraea class. Between 1903 and 1905, all of the ships in the class except for Eclipse had their mixed and guns removed and replaced... |
June 1895 | Sold for scrap in 1920 | |||
| Corrientes http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=648&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Destroyer Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from... |
Argentine Navy Argentine Navy The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force.... |
1 February 1937 | 21 September 1937 | ||
| Diadem class cruiser Diadem class cruiser The Diadem class cruiser was a class of "First-Class" protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s that served in the First World War... |
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Early 1897 | Scrapped and broken up in 1922 in Philadelphia |  |
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V class U and V class destroyer The U and V class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were constructed in two flotillas, each with names beginning with "U-" or "V-"... |
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| Minelaying cruiser Minelayer Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines. Historically this has been carried out by ships, submarines and aircraft. Additionally, since World War I the term minelayer refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines... |
29 November 1922 | 18 June 1924 | To repair ship 1944, sold for scrapping 1947 | |||
| D class destroyer C and D class destroyer The C and D class was a group of 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. As in previous years, it was originally intended to order a complete flotilla comprising eight destroyers—plus a flotilla leader as the ninth unit—in each year. However, only four ships—plus a leader—were... |
29 September 1931 | 8 April 1932 | Sunk by German Ju 87 Stuka Junkers Ju 87 The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a two-man German ground-attack aircraft... dive bombers with the loss of 148 men |
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| Whitby class frigate Whitby class frigate The Type 12 frigates of the Whitby class were a six-ship class of anti-submarine warfare frigates of the Royal Navy that entered service late in the 1950s. They were designed as first rate ocean-going convoy escorts in light of experience gained during World War II... |
13 January 1954 | 29 December 1955 | Paid off 1984, sold for scrapping in 1985 | |||
| Black Swan class Black Swan class sloop The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Thirteen Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-four Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including... |
26 May 1938 | 18 April 1939 | Broken up at Antwerp on 27 October 1965 | |||
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County class destroyer County class destroyer The County class was a class of guided missile destroyers, the first such vessels built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air-defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war... |
/ Chilean Navy Chilean Navy -Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the... |
1 June 1962 | 9 July 1964 | Sold for Scrap in 2005 | |
| G class destroyer G and H class destroyer The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss... |
20 September 1934 | 15 August 1935 | Sank on 22 May 1941 in the Battle of Crete Battle of Crete The Battle of Crete was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merkur... |
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G class destroyer G and H class destroyer The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss... |
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24 May 1939 | 24 February 1941 | Discarded in 1960 | |
| Illustrious class aircraft carrier Illustrious class aircraft carrier The Illustrious class was a class of aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that were some of the most important British warships in World War II... |
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| Illustrious class aircraft carrier Illustrious class aircraft carrier The Illustrious class was a class of aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that were some of the most important British warships in World War II... |
10 December 1937 | 26 March 1940 | Sold for scrap in 1955 | |||
| Invincible class aircraft carrier Invincible class aircraft carrier The Invincible class is a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the British Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed, , and . The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked... |
20 July 1973 | 3 May 1977 | Sold for scrap in 2011 | |||
| I class destroyer I class destroyer The I class was a class of eight destroyers plus a flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy ordered under the 1935 naval programme, laid down in 1936 and completed in 1937 and 1938... |
Turkish Navy Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be... |
24 May 1939 | 15 December 1940 | Attacked by enemy German aircraft at Bone in Algeria on 28 November 1942 and damaged beyond repair | ||
| Crown Colony class cruiser Crown Colony class cruiser The Crown Colony-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy were named after Crown Colonies of the British Empire. The first eight are known as the Fiji class, while the last three to be built are commonly referred to as the Ceylon class and were built to a slightly modified design.-Design:They were... |
28 April 1939 | 16 November 1940 | Scrapped in 1960s | |||
| SS/ | Ocean liner Ocean liner An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as... turned Armed Merchant Cruiser Armed merchantmen Armed merchantman is a term that has come to mean a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long distance and high value... |
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1922 | Sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer in the mid-Atlantic with a loss of 190 crew | ||
| Pre-dreadnought Pre-dreadnought Pre-dreadnought battleship is the general term for all of the types of sea-going battleships built between the mid-1890s and 1905. Pre-dreadnoughts replaced the ironclad warships of the 1870s and 1880s... battleship Battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a... |
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| Eclipse class cruiser Eclipse class cruiser The Eclipse-class cruisers of the Royal Navy were protected cruisers constructed in the mid-1890s.-Design and history:They were enlarged versions of the preceding Astraea class. Between 1903 and 1905, all of the ships in the class except for Eclipse had their mixed and guns removed and replaced... |
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| HMS Lion Lion class battleship The Lion class battleships were a class of six fast battleships designed for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. They were a larger, improved version of the King George V class with guns. Only two ships were laid down before World War II began in September 1939 and a third was ordered during the... |
Lion class battleship Lion class battleship The Lion class battleships were a class of six fast battleships designed for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. They were a larger, improved version of the King George V class with guns. Only two ships were laid down before World War II began in September 1939 and a third was ordered during the... |
1938 | Scrapped whilst under construction in 1941 | |||
| Bristol-class Light cruiser Town class cruiser (1910) The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire... |
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| Submarine depot ship Submarine tender A submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines.Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally do not have the ability to carry large amounts of food, fuel, torpedoes, and other supplies, nor to carry a full array of maintenance equipment and... |
19 July 1928 | Torpedoed and sunk on 30 June 1942 in the Mediterranean with the loss of 30 crew | ||||
| Helicopter Landing Platform Landing Platform, Helicopter LPH is the hull classification used by a number of the world's navies to designate a type of amphibious warfare ship designed primarily to operate as a launch and recovery platform for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft... |
30 May 1994 (Built by Govan Shipbuilders Govan Shipbuilders Govan Shipbuilders Ltd was a British shipbuilding company based on the River Clyde at Glasgow in Scotland. It operated the former Fairfield Shipyard and took its name from the Govan area in which it was located.-History:... - Scotland, fitted out in Barrow) |
11 October 1995 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
| Colossus class aircraft carrier Colossus class aircraft carrier The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during World War II, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001... |
2 December 1942 | 20 May 1944 | Decommissioned and sold for scrap in September 1954 after a year of being reactivated to a ferry carrier | |||
| Powerful class cruiser Powerful class cruiser The Powerful class were first-class protected cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the 1890s. There were two ships in the Powerful class, the lead ship Powerful and the Terrible.-Design:... |
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| Bellona class cruiser Dido class cruiser The Dido class was a class of sixteen light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. The design was influenced by the Arethusa class light cruisers. The first group of three ships was commissioned in 1940, the second group and third group were commissioned in 1941–1942... |
21 December 1939 | 27 August 1942 | Sunk by a Fritz X Fritz X Fritz X was the most common name for a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II. Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and Luftwaffe personnel. Alternate names include Ruhrstahl SD 1400 X, Kramer X-1, PC 1400X or FX 1400... from a German aircraft off Anzio Anzio Anzio is a city and comune on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about south of Rome.Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola and Ventotene... , western Italy on 29 January 1944 – 41 dead and 42 wounded |
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| St. Vincent class battleship St. Vincent class battleship The St. Vincent class battleships consisted of three ships of the Royal Navy laid down in 1908, and completed between May 1909 and April 1910. They were St. Vincent, Collingwood, and Vanguard. Vanguard was destroyed in an ammunition explosion, probably due to bagged cordite.Visually, they were very... |
2 April 1908 | 22 February 1909 | Sunk by internal explosion 9 July 1917 killing 843 men, making it the worst explosion Explosion An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion creates a shock wave. If the shock wave is a supersonic detonation, then the source of the blast is called a "high explosive"... in the UK's history and on of the Royal navy's biggest accidental losses |
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| / INS Viraat INS Viraat INS Viraat is a Centaur class aircraft carrier currently in service with the Indian Navy. INS Viraat is the flagship of the Indian Navy, the oldest carrier in service and one of two aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean Region.The Viraat was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's... |
Centaur class aircraft carrier Centaur class aircraft carrier The Centaur class of aircraft carriers of the British Royal Navy was the last of the light fleet carrier designs started during the closing years of World War II.-Ships In Class:HMS Centaur... |
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21 June 1944 | 16 February 1953 | Active in service as of 2007 (for Indian navy) |  |
| ARA Hércules ARA Hércules ARA Hércules is a Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy or Armada de la República Argentina.She was transformed into a multi-purpose transport ship with Pennant Number B-52 and commissioned to the amphibious force in 1999.- History :... |
Type 42 destroyer Type 42 destroyer The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy... |
Argentine Navy Argentine Navy The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force.... |
7 June 1983 | 10 May 1976 | Currently operates as a multipurpose transport ship |  |
| Kongō class battlecruiser Kongo class battlecruiser The were a class of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside of Japan. Displacing upon completion, the vessels of this... |
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 |  |
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| Type 42 destroyer Type 42 destroyer The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy... |
19 May 1978 | 24 November 1980 | Decommissioned from RN service in February 2011 |  |
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Majestic class aircraft carrier | / Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces... |
15 April 1943 | 28 February 1945 | Scrapped at Dalian Dalian Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It faces Shandong to the south, the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Dalian is the southernmost city of Northeast China and China's... , China |
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24 January 1898 | 8 November 1900 | Transformed as a memorial ship Museum ship A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes... in Yokosuka Yokosuka, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 419,067 and a population density of 4,160 people per km². It covered an area of 100.62 km²... , Japan |
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| Tribal class frigate Tribal class frigate The Type 81, or Tribal class, was a class of seven general-purpose frigates for the Royal Navy designed during the 1950s that served throughout the 1960s and 1970s with limited service during the 1980s.-History:... |
23 December 1960 | 5 April 1962 | Sold for scrap | |||
| Battlecruiser Battlecruiser Battlecruisers were large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century. They were developed in the first decade of the century as the successor to the armoured cruiser, but their evolution was more closely linked to that of the dreadnought battleship... |
2 May 1910 | 24 April 1911 | Attacked in the Battle of Jutland Battle of Jutland The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only... with 22 casualties. Later scrapped in 1922 |
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| Revenge class battleship Revenge class battleship The Revenge class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916... |
22 December 1913 | 29 May 1915 | Scrapped in 1948 | |||
| Rurik (1906) Rurik (1906) The Rurik was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1906.-Design and construction:She is unusual in that she was built by Vickers in Barrow in Furness, England. Laid down August 1905, launched 4 November 1906, completed July 1909. The Russian Navy was not usually a customer... |
Armoured cruiser |  Imperial Russian NavyImperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist fleets prior to the February Revolution.-First Romanovs:Under Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, construction of the first three-masted ship, actually built within Russia, was completed in 1636. It was built in Balakhna by Danish shipbuilders from Holstein... |
August 1905 | 4 November 1906 | Sold for scrap in 1930 | 1913.jpg) |
| Whitby class frigate Whitby class frigate The Type 12 frigates of the Whitby class were a six-ship class of anti-submarine warfare frigates of the Royal Navy that entered service late in the 1950s. They were designed as first rate ocean-going convoy escorts in light of experience gained during World War II... |
11 September 1953 | 4 April 1955 | Paid off 1972, sold for scrapping in 1977 | |||
| Type 42 destroyer Type 42 destroyer The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971, and today three ships remain active in the Royal Navy and one in the Argentinian Navy... |
15 January 1970 | 10 June 1971 | Sunk on 10 May 1982 after Argentine air attack on 4 May 1982 during Falklands War Falklands War The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands... |
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Chilean Navy Chilean Navy -Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the... / |
15 January 1903 | sunk by off Dardanelles Dardanelles The Dardanelles , formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosphorus. It is located at approximately... 25 May 1915 |
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| RFA Wave Knight (A389) RFA Wave Knight (A389) RFA Wave Knight is a Wave-class fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world.... |
Wave Knight class tanker Wave Knight class tanker The Wave class tankers are Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Fast Fleet Tankers" tasked with providing fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. There are two ships in the class, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler. The ships were ordered to replace the ageing Ol-class... |
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| A class | 19 February 1902 | 11 February 1905 | Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island... Dockyard |
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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 Royal Navy Submarine Museum The Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport is a museum tracing the international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the present day, and particularly the history of the Submarine Service from the tiny Holland 1 to the nuclear powered Vanguard class submarine... |
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| Amphion class | 17 May 1945 | 24 September 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1971 | |||
| Astute class Astute class submarine The Astute-class is the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. The class sets a new standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth. The boats are being constructed by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions at... |
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| Amphion class | 22 January 1946 | 18 November 1947 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1970 | |||
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| Amphion class | 7 June 1944 | 29 March 1945 | Sold to be broken up for scrap in 1974 | |||
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| B class British B class submarine The B-class was a class of 11 submarines, built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy, and launched in 1904–06. One boat was sunk by a collision in 1912, but the remainder served in World War I. Three boats protected the transfer of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1914,... |
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| Upholder/Victoria class Upholder/Victoria class submarine The Upholder/Victoria-class submarines, also known as the Type 2400 , are diesel-electric Fleet submarines designed in the UK in the late 1970s to supplement the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine force.... |
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12 June 1959 | 21 October 1960 | As of 2004, is laid up at Rosyth | |||
| E class British E class submarine The British E class submarines started out as improved versions of the British D class submarine. All of the first group and some of the second group were completed before the outbreak of World War I.... |
16 May 1911 | 5 February 1912 | Sold on 21 February 1922 | |||
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| Explorer class Explorer class submarine The two Explorer class submarines were experimental vessels built for the Royal Navy to test a propulsion system based on the use of highly concentrated Hydrogen peroxide and diesel fuel to achieve high underwater endurance and speeds.... |
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| Explorer class Explorer class submarine The two Explorer class submarines were experimental vessels built for the Royal Navy to test a propulsion system based on the use of highly concentrated Hydrogen peroxide and diesel fuel to achieve high underwater endurance and speeds.... |
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| Holland 4 Holland 4 Holland-class submarine No 4 was launched on the 23 May 1902. She was built by Vickers, at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom, and was laid down in 1902. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 August 1903. In 1905 the submarine was fitted with a conning tower... |
Holland class Holland class submarine The Holland-class were the first submarines built for the Royal Navy. They were built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. The first three were designed by John Philip Holland. The Hollands were built under licence from the Holland Torpedo Boat Company/Electric Boat Company during the years 1901 to 1903... |
1902 | Foundered on 3 September 1912. She was salvaged and was used as a gunnery target in 1914 | |||
| K class British K class submarine The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of Kalamity class, for being involved in many accidents.... |
26 August 1919 | Sold for scrapping March 1931 to Mamo Brothers, Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in... |
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| K class British K class submarine The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of Kalamity class, for being involved in many accidents.... |
21 May 1915 | 20 May 1916 | sold for scrapping in 1921 | |||
| K class British K class submarine The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of Kalamity class, for being involved in many accidents.... |
28 June 1915 | K4 was sunk on 31 January 1918 during exercises with the 13th submarine flotilla | ||||
| Kalev http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2698&title=&subject=&subtitle= | 27 July 1935 | 7 July 1936 | Missing after 29 October 1941 | |||
| L class British L class submarine The British L class submarine were originally planned under the emergency war programme as an improved version of the British E class submarine. The scale of change allowed the L class to become a separate 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 | ||||
| Kalev | Kalev class Kalev class submarine The Kalev Class consisted of two mine laying submarines built for the Estonian Navy.-Development history:The newly independent Republic of Estonia followed the Finnish naval armament program and the common top secret defense cooperation in acquiring submarines. Unlike the German designed Finnish... |
1 May 1935 | 7 July 1936 | Commissioned in the Soviet Navy Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean... in 1940, sunk in 1941 |
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| Lembit | Kalev class Kalev class submarine The Kalev Class consisted of two mine laying submarines built for the Estonian Navy.-Development history:The newly independent Republic of Estonia followed the Finnish naval armament program and the common top secret defense cooperation in acquiring submarines. Unlike the German designed Finnish... |
27 July 1935 | 7 July 1936 | Commissioned in the Soviet Navy Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean... in 1940, museum ship Museum ship A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes... since 1979 in Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... |
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| M class British M class submarine The British Royal Navy M-class submarines were a small class of diesel electric submarine built during World War I. The unique feature of the class was a 12-inch gun mounted in a turret forward of the conning tower.-Background:... |
1916 | 9 July 1917 | Sunk during exercise off the Devon Devon Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with... coast after colliding with Swedish Collier Collier (ship type) Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for... SS Vidar - All crew members were lost. |
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| M class British M class submarine The British Royal Navy M-class submarines were a small class of diesel electric submarine built during World War I. The unique feature of the class was a 12-inch gun mounted in a turret forward of the conning tower.-Background:... |
1916 | 15 April 1919 | Lost off Chesil Beach Chesil Beach Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, in Dorset, southern England is one of three major shingle structures in Britain. Its toponym is derived from the Old English ceosel or cisel, meaning "gravel" or "shingle".... on 26 January 1933, now a popular scuba diving Scuba diving Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater.... location. |
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| http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=37&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Porpoise class British Porpoise class submarine The Porpoise class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Navy. This class was originally designated patrol submarines, then attack. They were the first conventional British submarines to be built after the end of World War II... |
25 October 1957 | Sunk as a target on 3 August 1983 | |||
| ORP Sokół ORP Sokół One ship and three submarines of the Polish Navy have been named ORP Sokół :* Sokół, a tugboat launched in 1920 and disposed of in 1957.... / HMS Urchin (N97) |
U class | / |
9 December 1939 | 30 September 1940 | Scrapped in 1949 | .jpg) |
| Burak Reis Oruç Reis class submarine The Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes... |
Oruc Reis class | Turkish Navy Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be... |
19 October 1940 | Scrapped in 1957 | ||
| Murat Reis Oruç Reis class submarine The Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes... |
Oruc Reis class | Turkish Navy Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be... |
20 July 1940 | Scrapped in 1957 | ||
| Oruc Reis Oruç Reis class submarine The Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes... |
Oruc Reis class | Turkish Navy Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be... |
19 July 1940 | Scrapped in 1957 | ||
| Uluc Ali Reis Oruç Reis class submarine The Oruç Reis class submarines were ordered by the Turkish Navy from the British company Vickers in 1939. They were similar to the British S class submarines, but slightly smaller. They had the S class machinery but only four bow torpedo tubes... |
Oruc Reis class | Turkish Navy Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be... |
1 November 1940 | Sunk by U-Boat U-boat U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II... near Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4... |
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| ORP Dzik ORP Dzik ORP Dzik was a U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 December 1941 as P-52 for the Royal Navy, but was transferred to the Polish Navy during construction. Launched on November 11, 1942, ORP Dzik was commissioned into the Polish Navy on December... |
U class British U class submarine The British U class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War... |
30 December 1941 | 11 November 1942 | Scrapped in 1958 | ||
| ORP Dzik ORP Dzik ORP Dzik was a U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 December 1941 as P-52 for the Royal Navy, but was transferred to the Polish Navy during construction. Launched on November 11, 1942, ORP Dzik was commissioned into the Polish Navy on December... / HDMS U-1 / HDMS Springeren |
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30 December 1941 | 11 November 1942 | Scrapped in 1958 | |
| Odin class Odin class submarine The Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six... |
Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces... |
March 1925 | 7 September 1926 | Scrapped in 1945 | ||
| Odin class Odin class submarine The Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six... |
Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces... / |
29 June 1926 | Torpedoed in a 'friendly fire Friendly fire Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death. A death resulting from a negligent discharge is not considered friendly fire... ' situation by another Barrow built submarine - - near Norway on 10 September 1939 with only 3 survivors |
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| U class | 30 April 1940 | 15 December 1940 | Mined Naval mine A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel... on 18 August 1941 near Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three... with the loss of 8 crew |
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| 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 Gulf of Tunis Gulf of Tunis is a large gulf in northeastern Tunisia. It is located at around . Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, lies at the southern edge of the Gulf, as have a series of settled places over the last three millennia.... , 25 December 1942 |
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| http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2321&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Parthian class Parthian class submarine The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships were almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow... |
1929 | Sunk at Valletta Valletta Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's... , Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in... by Italian aircraft on 1 April 1942 during World War I |
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| Parthian class Parthian class submarine The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships were almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow... |
2 July 1928 | 22 May 1929 | Struck an Italian mine on 6 December 1941 near Cephalonia with the loss of 60 crew | |||
| http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=14&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Porpoise class British Porpoise class submarine The Porpoise class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Navy. This class was originally designated patrol submarines, then attack. They were the first conventional British submarines to be built after the end of World War II... |
1936 | 25 April 1956 | Sunk as a target in 1985 | ||
| Parthian class Parthian class submarine The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships were almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow... |
22 August 1929 | Collided with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yula on 9 June 1931 with the loss of 22 crew | ||||
| http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/archive/details.asp?imageid=2320&title=&subject=&subtitle= | Parthian class Parthian class submarine The Parthian class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. They were designed as long-range patrol submarines for the Far East. These ships were almost identical to the Odin class, the only difference being a different bow... |
23 July 1929 | Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon Troon Troon is a town in South Ayrshire. It is situated on the west coast of Scotland, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. Lying across the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Arran can be seen. Troon is also a port with freight and ferry services... |
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| R class British R class submarine The R-class submarines were a class of 12 small British diesel-electric submarines built for the Royal Navy during World War I, and were forerunners of the modern hunter-killer submarines, in that they were designed specifically to attack and sink enemy submarines, their battery capacity and hull... |
1 November 1917 | 14 May 1918 | Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren | |||
| R class British R class submarine The R-class submarines were a class of 12 small British diesel-electric submarines built for the Royal Navy during World War I, and were forerunners of the modern hunter-killer submarines, in that they were designed specifically to attack and sink enemy submarines, their battery capacity and hull... |
1 November 1917 | 28 June 1918 | Sold on 21 February 1923 to E Suren | |||
| Rahav | Gal class Gal class submarine The Type 540 Gal Class submarine is a slightly modified variant of the German HDW Type 206 submarine class , modified for Israeli requirements. The Gal class submarines were built to Israeli specifications as the Vickers shipyards Type 540 at Barrow in Furness in the UK rather than Germany for... |
 Israeli Navy |
Late 1970s | Decommissioned in early 2000s | ||
| Resolution class ballistic missile Resolution class submarine The Resolution-class submarine armed with the Polaris missile was the United Kingdom's primary nuclear deterrent from the late 1960s to 1994, when they were replaced by the Vanguard-class submarine carrying the Trident II.-Background:... |
4 November 1967 | Decommissioned in 1996 | ||||
| Resolution class ballistic missile Resolution class submarine The Resolution-class submarine armed with the Polaris missile was the United Kingdom's primary nuclear deterrent from the late 1960s to 1994, when they were replaced by the Vanguard-class submarine carrying the Trident II.-Background:... |
26 February 1964 | 15 September 1966 | Decommissioned in October 1994 | |||
| Porpoise class British Porpoise class submarine The Porpoise class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Navy. This class was originally designated patrol submarines, then attack. They were the first conventional British submarines to be built after the end of World War II... |
5 December 1956 | Broken up in 1977 | ||||
| Swiftsure class Swiftsure class submarine The Swiftsure class were a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy from the early 1970s until 2010.... |
19 February 1974 | 20 November 1976 | Decommissioned in 2010 | |||
| S class British S class submarine (1931) The S-class submarines of the Royal Navy were originally designed and built during the modernisation of the submarine force in the early 1930s to meet the need for smaller boats to patrol the restricted waters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea replacing the British H class submarines... |
16 August 1940 | 25 October 1941 | Scrapped in December 1965, parts from her conning tower Conning tower A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored, from which an officer can con the vessel; i.e., give directions to the helmsman. It is usually located as high on the ship as practical, to give the conning team good visibility.... were preserved as a memorial at the Citadel The Citadel (military college) The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, also known simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. It is one of the six senior military colleges in the United States... in Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the... . The only place where the Royal Navy ensign Ensign An ensign is a national flag when used at sea, in vexillology, or a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office in heraldry... is allowed to fly in the United States |
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| 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 | ||||
| Trafalgar class Trafalgar class submarine The Trafalgar class is a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. They are a direct follow on from the Swiftsure class and were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navy's most advanced nuclear fleet submarines.Seven boats were built and... |
13 May 1986 | 15 April 1988 | In active service as of 2010 | |||
| Tanin | Gal class Gal class submarine The Type 540 Gal Class submarine is a slightly modified variant of the German HDW Type 206 submarine class , modified for Israeli requirements. The Gal class submarines were built to Israeli specifications as the Vickers shipyards Type 540 at Barrow in Furness in the UK rather than Germany for... |
 Israeli Navy |
Late 1970s | Decommissioned in early 2000s | ||
| HNLMS Zeehond (2) | T class British T class submarine The Royal Navy's T class of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P and R classes. Fifty-three members of the class were built just before and during the Second World War, where they played a major role in the Royal Navy's submarine operations... |
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| Trafalgar class | 6 June 1981 | 17 March 1984 | Active in service as of 2010 |  |
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| Trafalgar class | 3 December 1982 | 8 March 1985 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
| Trafalgar class Trafalgar class submarine The Trafalgar class is a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. They are a direct follow on from the Swiftsure class and were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navy's most advanced nuclear fleet submarines.Seven boats were built and... |
15 April 1979 | 1 July 1981 | Decommissioned in 2009 |  |
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| Trafalgar class Trafalgar class submarine The Trafalgar class is a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. They are a direct follow on from the Swiftsure class and were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navy's most advanced nuclear fleet submarines.Seven boats were built and... |
28 October 1985 | 3 November 1986 | Active in service as of 2010 | |||
| T class British T class submarine The Royal Navy's T class of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P and R classes. Fifty-three members of the class were built just before and during the Second World War, where they played a major role in the Royal Navy's submarine operations... |
28 August 1936 | 5 October 1937 | sunk, either by Italian torpedo boats or mines in the Strait of Otranto Strait of Otranto The Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania. Its width at Punta Palascìa, east of Salento is less than . The strait is named after the Italian city of Otranto.- History :... - involved in the HMS Oxley incident |
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| T class British T class submarine The Royal Navy's T class of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P and R classes. Fifty-three members of the class were built just before and during the Second World War, where they played a major role in the Royal Navy's submarine operations... |
1938 | Hit a mine off the coast of Greece in early January 1942 with the loss of all 59 crew | ||||
| Trafalgar class Trafalgar class submarine The Trafalgar class is a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. They are a direct follow on from the Swiftsure class and were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navy's most advanced nuclear fleet submarines.Seven boats were built and... |
2 February 1987 | 16 February 1991 | Active in service as of 2010 |  |
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| T class British T class submarine The Royal Navy's T class of diesel-electric submarines was designed in the 1930s to replace the O, P and R classes. Fifty-three members of the class were built just before and during the Second World War, where they played a major role in the Royal Navy's submarine operations... |
31 December 1942 | 25 March 1944 | Scrapped at Newport Newport Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent... , Wales in 1971 |
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| Trafalgar class Trafalgar class submarine The Trafalgar class is a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy. They are a direct follow on from the Swiftsure class and were, until the introduction of the Astute class, the Royal Navy's most advanced nuclear fleet submarines.Seven boats were built and... |
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| U class | 19 July 1940 | 15 March 1941 | Sold for scrap in 1946, broken up at Blyth Blyth, Northumberland Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approximately 21 kilometres northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne... |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| U class | 19 February 1937 | 16 February 1938 | Sunk on 29 April 1940 |  |
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| U class | 30 October 1939 | 8 July 1940 | Fell victim to depth charge Depth charge A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon intended to destroy or cripple a target submarine by the shock of exploding near it. Most use explosives and a fuze set to go off at a preselected depth in the ocean. Depth charges can be dropped by either surface ships, patrol aircraft, or from... s dropped to an Italian Orsa class torpedo boat Orsa class torpedo boat The Orsa class were a group of large torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930s. They were an enlarged version of the , with more endurance and a greater depth charge load but less powerful machinery and a lighter gun armament. The surviving pair were rebuilt as... north-east of Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three... (on her last mission) |
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| U class | 6 November 1939 | 21 April 1940 | Scrapped March 1946 |  |
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| U class | 30 October 1939 | 19 August 1940 | Sunk 29 April 1942 |  |
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| / 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 |  |
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| V class British V class submarine The British V class submarine was a class of submarines built for the Royal Navy during World War II. 42 vessels were ordered to this design, all to be built by Vickers-Armstrong at either Barrow-in-Furness or at Walker-on-Tyne, but only 22 were completed... |
9 November 1942 | 20 July 1943 | Scrapped at Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside... in 1950 |
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| 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 Isle of Arran Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058... ) |
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| Vanguard class Vanguard class submarine The Vanguard class are the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines , each armed with up to 16 Trident II Submarine-launched ballistic missiles... |
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 | |||
| HMS Venturer / HNoMS Utstein HMS Venturer (P68) HMS Venturer was a Second World War British submarine.-Construction:Venturer was the lead boat of the British V class submarine, a development of the successful U-class... |
V class British V class submarine The British V class submarine was a class of submarines built for the Royal Navy during World War II. 42 vessels were ordered to this design, all to be built by Vickers-Armstrong at either Barrow-in-Furness or at Walker-on-Tyne, but only 22 were completed... |
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Civilian ships
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| 17 de Octobre | Passenger Cargo Ship | Argentine Government |
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| Accra | Passenger Cargo Ship | Elder Dempster | 1945 (3 December) |
1947 (24 February) |
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| Affonso Penna | Floating dock Floating dock A floating dock is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a ramp that rests upon the dock on rollers, to adjust for the vertical movement of the dock... |
Brazilian Government |
1910 (7 June) |
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| Anglia | Cable Ship Submarine communications cable A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean.... |
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Enderby's Wharf Enderby's Wharf is a wharf and industrial site on the south bank of the Thames in southeast London, associated with Telcon and other companies... |
1898 (20 June) |
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| Passenger liner | Cunard Steamship Company | 1920 | 1921 (11 March) |
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| 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 Bougie Bougie, Bougis or Bougy as a place name or surname may refer to:- Places :*Bougy , village, Département Calvados, Normandy, France*Bougy-lez-Neuville, village, Département Loiret, France... , by German bombers and sank during the night (1942) |
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 Isle of Man Steam PacketIsle of Man Steam Packet The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Limited is the oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company in the world, celebrating its 180th anniversary in 2010.... |
1907 | 1908 (23 March) |
Sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... artillery Artillery Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons... fire |
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| British Admiral | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1963 | 1965 (17 March) |
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| British Adventure | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1950 | 1950 (12 December) |
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| British Ambassador | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1957 | 1958 (16 August) |
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| British Faith | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1956 | 1957 (10 December) |
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| British Glory | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1956 | 1957 | ||
| British Grenadier | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1961 | 1962 (16 August) |
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| British Prestige | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
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| British Sovereign | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
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| British Victory | Oil tanker | BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"... |
1953 | 1955 | ||
| RMS Carinthia RMS Carinthia (1925) RMS Carinthia was first laid down in Barrow-in-Furness in 1924 with the yard number Hull 586. Originally she had the name Servia but was renamed at the time of her launching on 24 February 1925. She made her maiden voyage on 22 August, 1925 from Liverpool to New York... |
Passenger liner | Cunard Steamship Company | 1924 | 1925 (24 February) |
Sunk by a U-boat U-boat U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II... off the coast of Ireland in 1940 |
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| Carl Schmedeman | Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
 Tropical Steamship Company, Toronto |
1 June 1951 | 12 May 1952 | ||
| Passenger liner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O... |
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 Floating dock A floating dock is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a ramp that rests upon the dock on rollers, to adjust for the vertical movement of the dock... |
 Canadian Vickers, MontrealMontreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
1912 | 1912 | ||
| HMCS Earl Grey | Ice breaker | Canadian Government |
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| Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
Ministry of War Transport | 26 March 1945 | Scrapped in Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... , March 1969 |
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Ministry of War Transport | 15 January 1946 | Scrapped in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... , January 1976 |
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Ministry of War Transport | 25 November 1942 | Scrapped in India, March 1962 | |||
| Esso Canterbury | Oil tanker |  EssoEsso Esso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced , it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1972, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by... |
30 May 1952 | 24 September 1953 | ||
| Esso Westminster | Oil tanker | Esso Esso Esso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced , it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1972, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by... |
29 February 1952 | 24 September 1953 | ||
| Estrella Patagonica / Voluta / San Casimiro |
Oil tanker | Shell Compania Argentina de Petroleo SA Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
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 | ||
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School ship School ship A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms.... |
Metropolitan Asylums Board Metropolitan Asylums Board The Metropolitan Asylums Board was established under Poor Law legislation, to deal with London's sick poor. It was established by the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 and was wound up in 1930, its functions being transferred to the London County Council. Despite its name, the MAB was not involved in... |
4 April 1905 | Accommodation for the Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... at Scapa Flow |
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| SS Fenella SS Fenella (1936) TSS Fenella No. 145310. was a pre-war passenger steamer built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness in 1936, for service with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.-Dimensions:... |
Passenger steamer | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
May 1936 | 1937 | ||
| Ficus / Empire Grenadier |
Oil tanker | Shell Tankers U.K. Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1942 | Scrapped in 1960 | ||
| Geraldine Mary | Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
 Anglo-Newfoundland Shipping Company |
19 August 1924 | |||
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Steamship route (Tilbury Port of Tilbury The Port of Tilbury is located on the River Thames at Tilbury in Essex, England. It is the principal port for London; as well as being the main United Kingdom port for handling the importation of paper. There are extensive facilities for containers, grain, and other bulk cargoes. There are also... - Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... - Australia) / Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O... |
5 October 1948 | Broken up in 1974 in Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
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| Hindsia | Oil tanker | Shell Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida... |
May 1954 | 1955 | ||
| Hinea | Oil tanker | Shell Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1956 | Scrapped in 1976 | ||
| Hinemoa | Passenger Cargo Ship | Union Steamship Company of New Zealand |
1945 | 30 May 1946 | ||
| Hinnites | Oil tanker | Shell Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1956 | Scrapped in 1975 | ||
| Hobson's Bay | Passenger liner |  Australian Commonwealth Government Line |
4 October 1921 | |||
| Humilaria / San Edmundo |
Oil tanker | Shell UK Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... / Eagle Oil |
1958 | Scrapped in 1973 | ||
| JH Hunter | Sludge vessel | London County Council London County Council London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council... |
2 October 1924 | |||
| Kedah | Passenger cargo ship |  Straits Steamship CompanyStraits Steamship Company The Straits Steamship Company was a shipping firm that operated steamships on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca-Formation:The company was formed on July 1, 1894 by Capt. James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L... , Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
1926 | 16 July 1927 | ||
| Kennerleya / Empire Granite |
Oil tanker | Shell UK Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1941 | Scrapped in 1960 | ||
| Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
Cargo ship (also transported food in the great famine of Greece |
1883 | Ran aground and sunk near Marmara Island Marmara Island Marmara is a Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara. It is the largest island in the Sea of Marmara that is the center of Marmara district in Balıkesir Province... |
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| TSS Lady of Mann TSS Lady of Mann TSS Lady of Mann was a passenger ship was built by Vickers Armstrong for the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company at Barrow-in-Furness in 1930, at a cost of £249,073. Certificated to carry 2873 passengers and 81 crew, she was commissioned to operate on the Island's busy Douglas - Liverpool; Douglas -... http://www.som2.wanadoo.co.uk/lady%20of%20mann%201.htm |
Passenger steamer | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company |
4 March 1930 | |||
| Marinula / Santa Marcherita / Trigonia |
Oil tanker | Shell Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1916 | Scrapped Newport in 1951 | ||
| SS Mayon | Passenger cargo ship |  Philippine Steamship Company |
26 June 1930 | |||
| MV Methane Princess | LNG carrier LNG carrier An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas . As the LNG market grows rapidly, the fleet of LNG carriers continues to experience tremendous growth.-History:... |
British Gas British Gas plc British Gas plc was formerly the monopoly gas supplier and is a private sector in the United Kingdom.- History :In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms... |
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| Modavia | Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
Donaldson Line | 1925 | 23 September 1926 | Torpedoed and sunk by E-boat in Lyme Bay Lyme Bay Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel situated in the southwest of England between Torbay in the west and Portland in the east. The counties of Devon and Dorset front onto the bay,-Geology:... in 1943 |
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| Monarch of Bermuda | Passenger liner | Furness Whithy | Started construction in Walker-on-Tyne | 17 March 1931 | ||
| Moreton Bay | Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
Donaldson Line | 1921 | |||
| Moveria | Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
Donaldson Line | 10 October 1924 | Broken up in 1952 | ||
| Passenger cargo ship | Warren Line | 24 January 1925 | Converted to Hospital ship Hospital ship A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital; most are operated by the military forces of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones.... in 1940, bombed and sunk off Salerno Salerno Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea.... in 1943 with the loss of 38 lives |
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| Nova Scotia | Passenger cargo ship | Warren Line | 1926 | Converted to troopship Troopship A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime... in 1941, torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean SE of Lourenço Marques Maputo Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its... in 1942, while carrying Italian prisoners 858 lives were lost |
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| Narragansett | Oil tanker | Anglo-American Oil Company |
1919 | 1920 | ||
| RMS Orama | Passenger liner | Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
1923 | 20 May 1924 | Converted to troopship in 1940, sunk west of Narvik Narvik is the third largest city and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population. Narvik is located on the shores of the Narvik Fjord . The municipality is part of the Ofoten traditional region of North Norway, inside the arctic circle... in June 1940, 19 crew were lost and 280 were taken prisoner |
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| RMS Orcades | Passenger liner | Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
14 October 1947 | Broken up in Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China... in 1973 after being gutted by a fire in Hong Kong in 1972 |
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| RMS/HMS Orford | Passenger liner | Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
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 | ||
| Ocean liner Ocean liner An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as... |
Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
18 September 1956 | 3 November 1959 | Broken up for scrap 2005 |  |
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| Passenger liner | Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
7 February 1934 | Converted to troopship in 1941, damaged in collision with but repaired. Scrapped in Belgium 1963 | |||
| Orizaba | Passenger liner | Pacific Steam Navigation Company Pacific Steam Navigation Company The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:... |
1886 | Ran aground and wrecked off Sydney in 1905 | ||
| SS Oronsay SS Oronsay (1951) For other ships of the same name, see Oronsay.SS Oronsay was the second Orient Line ship built after World War II. A sister ship to SS Orcades, she was named after one of many islands called Oronsay on the west coast of Scotland.... |
Passenger liner | Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
1949 | 30 June 1950 | Transferred to P&O Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O... Line ownership in 1963, scrapped in Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... in 1975 |
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| Orotava | Passenger liner | Pacific Steam Navigation Company Pacific Steam Navigation Company The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:... |
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 Pacific Steam Navigation Company The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:... |
31 August 1886 | Ran aground in the Bay of Naples in 1895 - severely damaged but repaired - Transferred to Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Royal Mail Steam Packet Company The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British shipping company founded in London in 1839 by Scot James Macqueen. After good and bad times it became the largest shipping group in the world in 1927 when it took over the White Star Line.... and scrapped in Genoa Genoa Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria.... in 1909 |
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| SS Orsova | Passenger liner | Orient Steam Navigation Company Orient Steam Navigation Company The Orient Steam Navigation Company, also known as the Orient Line, was a British shipping company with roots going back to the late 18th century... |
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 Pacific Steam Navigation Company The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:... |
1899 | Torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean while en-route from Salonika to Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving... with troops (as a troopship) - 279 lives were lost |
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| Oruba / Orion |
Passenger liner | Pacific Steam Navigation Company Pacific Steam Navigation Company The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:... |
1889 | Purchased by the British Admiralty in 1914 and rebuilt to represent the battleship Battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a... , , she was scuttled at Mudros Harbour, Lemnos Island, Greece as a breakwater in 1915 |
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| Otaio | Cargo ship Cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade... |
New Zealand Shipping Company New Zealand Shipping Company The New Zealand Shipping Company was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973.-New Zealand Shipping Company:... |
1929 | 26 August 1930 | ||
| Otranto | Passenger liner | Pacific Steam Navigation Company Pacific Steam Navigation Company The Pacific Steam Navigation Company was a commercial shipping company that operated in the Pacific coast of South America, and was the first to use steam ships for commercial traffic in the Pacific Ocean.-History:... |
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 Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint... Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij |
1938 | Scrapped in 1954 | ||
| Rosalia | Oil tanker | Antilles Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint... Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Maatschappij |
1938 | Sunk in 1943 | ||
| San Calisto / Vermetus |
Oil tanker | Eagle Oil / Shell UK Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1959 | Scrapped in 1975 | ||
| San Conrado / Valvata |
Oil tanker | Eagle Oil / Shell UK Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
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 Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... / Eagle Oil |
1955 | Scrapped in 1986 | ||
| Passenger liner | Cunard Steamship Company | 1919 | 23 March 1920 | Scrapped in 1958 |  |
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| Serenia | Oil tanker | Shell Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... |
1961 | Scrapped in 1987 | ||
| Passenger liner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O... |
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| RMS Strathmore | Passenger liner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O... |
4 April 1935 | Scrapped in Italy in 1969 | ||
| Passenger liner | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which is usually known as P&O, is a British shipping and logistics company which dated from the early 19th century. Following its sale in March 2006 to Dubai Ports World for £3.9 billion, it became a subsidiary of DP World; however, the P&O... |
5 February 1931 | Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962 | |||
Fact file
- The largest liner built at Barrow was the OrianaSS Oriana (1959)SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and launched on 3 November 1959 by Princess Alexandra...
. She was 804 ft (245.1 m), 97 ft (29.6 m) (RMS Titanic was 882.9 by) and weighed 41,910 tonTonThe ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years. It is used principally as a unit of weight, and as a unit of volume. It can also be used as a measure of energy, for truck classification, or as a colloquial term.It is derived from...
s (Titanic weighed 52,310 tons). She had a speed capable of reaching 30.64 knots (Titanics maximum speed was 23 knots), and was also the first liner to be fitted with transverse propulsion, she cost of £14,000,000 http://www.chesterahoy.com/SHIPS/cs.htm. - The largest navy ship built in Barrow was aircraft carrierAircraft carrierAn aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
. 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) http://www.chesterahoy.com/SHIPS/bd.htm. - The largest ship ever to be built in Barrow was the 103,000-ton oil tanker British Admiral http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=155668. 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 .
- 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 BritishRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
submarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
of World War II was built in Barrow. completed 24 patrols, sinking around 120,000 tons of enemy shipping, including destroyer LibeccioMaestrale class destroyerThe Maestrale class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy and served in World War II. They were an enlarged version of the Dardo class destroyers. They were 10 m longer and introduced new pattern 120 mm guns...
after the Battle of the Duisburg ConvoyBattle of the Duisburg ConvoyThe Battle of the Duisburg Convoy was fought on the night of 8–9 November 1941 between an Italian convoy sailing to Libya with supplies for the Italian Army, civilian authorities in Libya, and the Afrika Corps and a British Naval squadron which intercepted it...
and the 18,000-ton Italian liner .
Notables to launch vessels
- Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
- - Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
- , etc. - Princess AnneAnne, Princess RoyalPrincess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
- - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall -
- Prince Arisugawa Takehito with Princess Arisugawa -