Submarine Memorial, Barrow-in-Furness
Posted in Uncategorised at 20:00 on 24 November 2025
A memorial in Barrow to the men of two submarines of the Royal Australian Navy, built in Barrow-in-Furness and lost in the Great War.
Submarine AE 1 was lost off Papua New Guinea in September 1914, with all hands.
AE 2 was the first submarine to penetrate the Sea of Marmara in the Dardanelles campaign, where she was damaged by a Turkish torpedo boat and scuttled by her crew, who were captured. Four died as POWs.
Tags: Barrow-in-Furness, First World War, Papua New Guinea, Royal Australian Navy, Sea of Marmara, Submarine Memorial, the Dardanelles, the Great War, War Memorials, World War 1, WW1, WWI
