Do you know the history of the Manchester Ship Canal in Warrington.

Well local photographer Eddie Whitham has been sharing some of his impressive pictures from Latchford Locks during the 1960s.

He managed to snap naval submarines using the waterway during the decade in 1967 and 1968.

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

The photos are believed to show HMS Alliance, HMS Tiptoe and HMS Alcide complete with crewmen passing through the town.

Construction began on HMS Alliance, a Royal Navy Amphion-class submarine, towards the end of the Second World War in 1945, and this was completed in 1947.

A-class subs were designed for use in the Far East, as they were suited to the Pacific Ocean.

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Alliance is the only surviving example of the class, having been a memorial and museum ship based at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, on the south coast, since 1981.

HMS Tiptoe meanwhile was launched in 1944, being one of only two submarines named by Winston Churchill.

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

The Triton-class sub was scrapped in Portsmouth in 1975, while its anchor is on display in Blyth, Northumberland.

HMS Alcide was also an Amphion-class submarine which was commissioned in 1946, before being sold to be broken up for scrap on in 1974 in Hull.

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)

Submarines were spotted on the Manchester Ship Canal at Latchford Locks in the 1960s (Images: Eddie Whitham)