| 词条 | SS Empire Broadsword | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|lat=49.417 |long=-0.9 |caption=Location of the sinking of Empire Broadsword. }} Empire Broadsword was a Type C1-S-AY-1 infantry landing ship built in 1943 as Cape Marshall. She was renamed Empire Broadsword before completion and entering into service for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She had a short career, entering service in December 1943 and being sunk by a mine in July 1944. ConstructionThe ship was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California as yard number 348. She was launched on 16 August 1943 as Cape Marshall.[1] She was {{convert|396|ft|5|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|60|ft|1|in|m|2}} and a depth of {{convert|35|ft|m|2}}. She was propelled by two steam turbines which drove a single screw via double reduction gearing. The steam turbine were manufactured by Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Corp, Essington, Pennsylvania.[2] CareerThe ship was transferred under the terms of lend lease shortly after being completed in 1943 under the name Empire Broadsword.[2] She was chartered by the MoWT, and was operated under the management of Cunard White Star Line[3] Empire Broadsword was mined and sunk off Normandy in July 2, 1944, while supporting the allied invasion of Europe.[4] Her position is {{coord|49|25|N|0|54|W}}.[1] Seventy survivors were rescued by {{USS|PC-1225}}.[5] The wreck lies on its starboard side in {{convert|27|m|ft}} of water and is now a dive site.[6] Those lost on Empire Broadsword are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.[7]Official Numbers and Code LettersOfficial Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Empire Broadsword had the UK Official Number 169737 and used the Code Letters MYMJ.[3] References1. ^1 {{csr|register=MSI|id=1169737|accessdate=10 December 2009}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Colledge |title=Ships of the Royal Navy |pages=113}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=43b1112.pdf |title=LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |accessdate=10 December 2009}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireB.html |title=EMPIRE - B |accessdate=2008-11-25|publisher=mariners-l.co.uk}} 5. ^{{cite DANFS |title=Waverly |url=http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pc1225.htm |accessdate=2 May 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=5258&v=1 |title=Legacy of the landings |publisher=Dive Magazine |accessdate=10 December 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313223755/http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?uan=5258 |archivedate=13 March 2010 }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html |title=Ship Index A-F |publisher=Brian Watson |accessdate=20 May 2011}} Sources
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