Unshaken (P 54)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | U2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon. |
Unshaken (P 54)
Unshaken (P 54)
Commanders
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Richard Gatehouse | DSC |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Charles Ernest Oxborrow | |
| 1944: | Acting Lieutenant | Derek John Palmer (RNVR) | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Jack Seward Pearce (RNR) |
Roll of Honour |
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| Died: 25-11-1942 | |||||
| Bennett, Sidney Bertie P/JX 136644 | |||||
| Yeoman of Signals | Died: 25-11-1942 | Aged: 26 | |||
| Washed over the side and lost.. When a Leading Signalman, had served previously as Liaison Crew in Dutch Submarine O24 The son of Bertie Stanley Bennett and Mabel Bennett. He was the husband of Dorothy Irene Bennett |
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| Oxborrow, Charles Ernest DSC | |||||
| Lieutenant | Died: 25-11-1942 | Aged: 26 | |||
| from Maesteg, Glamorgan | |||||
| Washed over the side and lost. Charles Oxborrow (a former Fleet Air Arm Rating Pilot) was the son of the late William Oxborrow & Eliza Oxborrow (nee Dewhurst) and the husband of Hazel Elaine Oxborrow |
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| Thorn, Charles Richard C/JX 167444 | |||||
| Able Seaman | Died: 25-11-1942 | Aged: 23 | |||
| from Chadwell Heath, Essex | |||||
| Washed over the side and lost. The twenty-three-year-old son of Richard Morrison and Bertha Seline Thorn. |
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Events
| 12-06-1941 | Laid Down |
| 17-02-1942 | Launched |
| 21-05-1942 | Completed |
| 12-08-1942 | HMS Unshaken sinks the German merchant Georg L.M. Russ off Norway |
| 25-11-1942 | Three members of the Crew of Submarine HMS Unshaken were lost on. The Submarine was on the surface in the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean to charge the battery, but the weather was very rough. The Submarine rolled badly, the Conning Tower flooded, and he lower hatch was shut to prevent the Submarine from sinking. By the time order was restored and the hatches could be reopened the Commanding Officer and two lookouts had been washed over the side and lost. The First Lieutenant, Lieutenant H P Westmacott, Royal Navy, took over as the temporary Commanding Officer until a new Commander was brought on board via a Catalina Flying Boat during the passage back to Gibraltar. |
| 20-12-1942 | HMS Unshaken attacks the French merchant Oasis with gunfire off Genova, Italy. No damage is inflicted. |
| 12-01-1943 | HMS Unshaken attacks the Italian merchant Campania north-west of Marettimo Island, Italy. All torpedoes missed. |
| 08-04-1943 | HMS Unshaken torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Foggia 10 nautical miles bearing 46 off Soussa, Tunisia. |
| 28-04-1943 | HMS Unshaken sinks the Italian torpedo boat Climene |
| 29-04-1943 | HMS Unshaken fires four torpedoes against the French passenger/cargo ship Cap Corse off Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes missed. |
| 22-05-1943 | HMS Unshaken sinks the Italian sailing vessel Giovanni G. with gunfire off Augusta, Sicily, Italy. |
| 23-06-1943 | HMS Unshaken sinks the Italian merchant Pomo |
| 11-07-1943 | HMS Unshaken torpedoes and sinks the Italian troop transport Asmara 3 nautical miles east of Brindisi, Italy. |
| 14-07-1943 | HMS Unshaken sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel No 265/Cesena with gunfire off the southern coast of Calabria, Italy. |
| 19-07-1943 | Near Malta HMS Unshaken is missed by four torpedoes fired by ORP Dzik. The Poles thought they were attacking an enemy submarine, luckily the torpedoes missed. |
| 05-09-1943 | HMS Unshaken torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Dora C. about 10 nautical miles east of Brindisi, Italy. |
| 03-10-1943 | HMS Unshaken fires three torpedoes against the Italian merchant Nina off Elba Island. None of the torpedoes fired hit the target. |
| 07-04-1944 | HMS Unshaken torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Asien off Lista, Norway. |
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