Submarines.

[E28]

North east yards never contributed much to the construction of submarines, in fact their record is absolutely abysmal.

Although i have posted this in Tyne shipbuilding one yard on the east coast had a superb and lengthy record of boat building, Chatham dockyard, but that is an entirely different story.

Back to the Tyne, even Vickers scarcely built any boats in the east, here is the last ever constructed for the RN...
http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/V-Ships ... d1945.html

with Vagabond, as here, being the last to launch and complete and see active RN service, 78 years ago. However, both Verve and Admirable (A class) had been laid down, duly cancelled and broken on their slips. In fact Verve was laid 2 days before Vagabond.

The history of cancelled V boats is fascinating and deeper rooted than most realise, the Tyne boats taking most of the hits. All six VA Tyne A class were cancelled.

I intend this to be a lengthy trawl through the few NE boats (all subs are boats) built, or on second thoughts it will not be that lengthy as nothing much happened.

[Hornbeam]

Good question E28, you will have to ask their Lordships, perhaps they put the priority on surface vessels to replenish the tragic losses when the N.E. Yards stepped up to the plate and put up a magnificent effort on both HMG War Canoes and Merchant Vessels of all types when asked to do so by their Lordships and the Ministry.
Post War a fair number of War Canoes were cancelled, scrapped on the slipway, left part completed (Tiger, Blake, Leviathan etc) or put straight into Reserve and then scrapped after being Blue Label Donors.
In America of course the amount of shipping of all types laid up beggars belief but bearing in mind the Soviet behaviour Post War there was a need to keep them just in case, no idea what we would do now as we have limited shipbuilding in the N.E. and most of the American “ Ghost Fleet” have now been scrapped, the skills that went Shipbuilding are mostly gone although I do admire the lads at Sunderland who are doing great work in passing their skills on to the youngsters.
I don’t think the World renowned H&W at Belfast built Submarines or did they during the War?

[northeast]

VA Barrow was the prime location for submarines, see this list covering 1939-1945

http://www.shippingandshipbuilding.uk/l ... sal=&lost=

[E28]

H & W scarcely built any ships for their lordships and never went anywhere near anything as underhand as a submersible.

When pressed they did some WW1 monitors but don't forget they also had their Scottish yard not just NornIron.

So strictly a very specialist merch co for much of their functioning history.

[northeast]

Belfast turned out a large number of Flower and Algerine classes plus some Castle/Lochs

http://www.shippingandshipbuilding.uk/l ... =&a1Page=1