Unbroken: The Story of a SubmarinePen and Sword, 16 oct. 2008 - 224 pages 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. |
Table des matières
CHAPTER 1 | 24 |
CHAPTER 2 | 46 |
CHAPTER 3 | 65 |
CHAPTER 4 | 86 |
CHAPTER 5 | 104 |
CHAPTER 6 | 123 |
CHAPTER 7 | 140 |
CHAPTER 8 | 156 |
CHAPTER 9 | 174 |
CHAPTER 10 | 188 |
CHAPTER 11 | 205 |
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aboard aircraft Aldeburgh altered course Antibes Archdale Asdic ashore attack battery bearing green boat bombs bows bridge Brittlebank Cape Captain coast Commander conning-tower control-room convoy Cretone cruisers Cryer dark depth charges destroyers dived at dawn Diving stations E-boats eighty feet enemy escorted explosion felt fire folboat for'ard fore hatch four Full ahead Fyffe Gibraltar going gun's crew Haddow Haig Haddow hand harbour hundred yards Italian kipper Klaxon knew later Lazaretto Lieutenant look-outs looked Maidstone Malta Manoel Island miles minutes motor night Number officer ordered passed patrol Paul Thirsk periscope periscope depth Peter Churchill port position reported round sailed schooner ship shore Shrimp sight signal Sizer sound speed star shells starboard submarine sunk surface swung target Taylor Ting told Torpedo running torpedo-boat tube ready turned Unbroken vessel viaduct Voelcker voice-pipe waited ward-room watch