| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Amphion |
| Fate: | Sold 1974 to Draper and Sons, Hull for breaking up. |
| TBA: | Captain | Gerald Allan Sotheran Paul | |
| 1945: | Lieutenant Commander | Edward Dudley Norman | DSO DSC |
| 1951: | Lieutenant Commander | James Stuart Launders | DSO DSC |
| 1953: | Lieutenant Commander | Peter Tremayne Miles |
4 inch gun mounted.
Present at the Coronation Review in 1953 and the Nato Naval Review in 1969.
| 02-01-1945 | Laid Down |
| 12-04-1945 | Launched |
| 12-04-1945 | Completed |
| 18-06-1974 | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 June 1974. Scrapped at Hull. |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 17th Jul, 1945 | |
| Symbology | A prize vessel name from 1755. Shows a Supporter from the Arms of Admiral Boscawen, Viscount Falmouth, who captured the ship. | |
| Design Notes | A sea lion, erect, white, goutty-de-larmes, armed and langued red, holding between the paws a fleur-de-lis in gold on a blue background. |
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| Additional Notes | The fleur de lys (which does not appear on the supporters) is a reference to the captured French ship. | |
| Length overall | 280 ft 6in |
| Beam | 22 ft |
| Depth | 16ft |
| Displacement | 1385 tons (surface) |
| 1620 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 18.5 knots (design) |
| Submarged 8 knots (design) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 4 x 21 inch stern tubes (2 external) | |
| 20 torpedoes carried | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| 1 x 20mm Qerlikon cannon | |
| 3 x 0.303in machine-guns | |
| Endurance | Surface: 10 500 miles at 11 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 55 Ratings. |
| 6 Officers and 58 Ratings after modernisation. |
| Class: | 1970 - 1990: Churchill Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Decommissioned in 1991 and laid up at Rosyth awaiting disposal | |
During the bleak, heartbreaking days of early 1942, when beleaguered Malta was reeling under bombardment and blockade and Rommel was making his last desperate thrust towards Egypt, only one British submarine was operating in the western Mediterranean - the tiny, 600-ton Unbroken.
In twelve months in the Med, Unbroken sank over 30,000 tons of enemy shipping, took part in four secret operations, three successful gun actions, and survived a total of over 400 depth charges, as well as innumerable air and surface attacks.
This account of the 26-year-old Alastair Mars' command of this outstandingly successful submarine embraces her construction, sea trials and voyage to Gibraltar preparatory to her vital role in the Mediterranean. Once there, she was responsible for the destruction of two Italian cruisers and played a pivotal part in Operation Pedestal, the convoy that saved Malta from surrender.
Alastair Mars writes simply and without pretension, and his words evoke the claustrophobic yet heroic world of the submariner.
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 17th Jul, 1945 | |
| Symbology | A prize vessel name from 1755. Shows a Supporter from the Arms of Admiral Boscawen, Viscount Falmouth, who captured the ship. | |
| Design Notes | A sea lion, erect, white, goutty-de-larmes, armed and langued red, holding between the paws a fleur-de-lis in gold on a blue background. |
|
| Additional Notes | The fleur de lys (which does not appear on the supporters) is a reference to the captured French ship. | |
| Length overall | 280 ft 6in |
| Beam | 22 ft |
| Depth | 16ft |
| Displacement | 1385 tons (surface) |
| 1620 tons (submerged) | |
| Diving Depth | 350 ft |
| Speed | Surface 18.5 knots (design) |
| Submarged 8 knots (design) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes (2 external) |
| 4 x 21 inch stern tubes (2 external) | |
| 20 torpedoes carried | |
| 1 x 4 inch gun | |
| 1 x 20mm Qerlikon cannon | |
| 3 x 0.303in machine-guns | |
| Endurance | Surface: 10 500 miles at 11 knots (design) |
| Submerged: 16 miles at 8 knots or 90 miles at 3 knots | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 55 Ratings. |
| 6 Officers and 58 Ratings after modernisation. |
| Class: | 1970 - 1990: Churchill Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | SSN 3 |
| Fate: | |
| Decommissioned in 1991 and laid up at Rosyth awaiting disposal | |
During the bleak, heartbreaking days of early 1942, when beleaguered Malta was reeling under bombardment and blockade and Rommel was making his last desperate thrust towards Egypt, only one British submarine was operating in the western Mediterranean - the tiny, 600-ton Unbroken.
In twelve months in the Med, Unbroken sank over 30,000 tons of enemy shipping, took part in four secret operations, three successful gun actions, and survived a total of over 400 depth charges, as well as innumerable air and surface attacks.
This account of the 26-year-old Alastair Mars' command of this outstandingly successful submarine embraces her construction, sea trials and voyage to Gibraltar preparatory to her vital role in the Mediterranean. Once there, she was responsible for the destruction of two Italian cruisers and played a pivotal part in Operation Pedestal, the convoy that saved Malta from surrender.
Alastair Mars writes simply and without pretension, and his words evoke the claustrophobic yet heroic world of the submariner.
12 pages added or updated in the last 3 month
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