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Vickers in Barrow used their government contacts and outstanding ability to build the best battleships in the world; providing the Admiralty with a fleet of deadly submarines.

Initially constructed in secrecy, Vickers were able to draw on their existing expertise in engine design and ship building, to assemble in one yard cutting-edge submarines.

So advanced were the WW1 submarines built in Barrow that the technological lead they developed resulted in the yard building nuclear submarines for Britain鈥檚 defence a century later.

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 1AF
Image: A Vickers submarine, courtesy of IWM