{"product_id":"derek-matthews-unsinkable-sam","title":"Unsinkable Sam","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e in 1941, British sailors found Sam clinging to a floating plank—the only survivor rescued by the HMS \u003ci\u003eCossack\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJust months later, the \u003ci\u003eCossack\u003c\/i\u003e was struck and sunk by a torpedo. Sam survived and was brought safely to the shores of Gibraltar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis final post was on board the famous aircraft carrier \u003ci\u003eHMS Ark Royal\u003c\/i\u003e but the ship was torpedoed and Sam was found \"angry but quite unharmed\" clinging to a piece of debris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e, the British Admiralty decided Sam’s seafaring days were over and he spent the rest of WWII at the Governor’s office in Gibraltar before retiring to a sailors' home in Belfast, where he lived peacefully until his death in 1955.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe sculpture is in our Cecil Court gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Derek Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56343251353986,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/0206\/4703\/files\/DerekMatthews_UnsinkableSam.jpg?v=1770825642","url":"https:\/\/www.panterandhall.com\/products\/derek-matthews-unsinkable-sam","provider":"Panter and Hall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}