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The longest submerged and unsupported patrol made public is 111 days (57,085 km 30,804 nautical miles) by HM Submarine Warspite (Cdr J. G. F. Cooke RN) in the South Atlantic from 25 November 1982 to 15 March 1983.
[ETA]
This was an unplanned extension of the patrol due at least two other boats having technical problems. The CO was due to get married at the end of the patrol. He refused the opportunity to “hop off” at Ascension on the way home (he would have just made the wedding). He believed that it was inexcusable to abandon his crew.
The wedding was rearranged.
[ETA]
This was an unplanned extension of the patrol due at least two other boats having technical problems. The CO was due to get married at the end of the patrol. He refused the opportunity to “hop off” at Ascension on the way home (he would have just made the wedding). He believed that it was inexcusable to abandon his crew.
The wedding was rearranged.
