Ciro Menotti (ME, N.66)
Menotti

Type	Ocean going
Class	Bandiera (5)
Laid down	12 May 1928	Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano
Launched	29 Dec 1929
Commissioned	29 Aug 1930
End service
Stricken	1 Feb 1948
Loss date
Loss position
History	Stricken on 1st February 1948.
Fate

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
T.V. Carlo Fecia di Cossato	27 Apr 1940	27 Aug 1940
T.V. Giovanni Cantù	28 Aug 1940	18 Sep 1940
S.T.V. Giacomo Piccardo	19 Sep 1940	24 Sep 1940
T.V. Carlo Fecia di Cossato	25 Sep 1940	20 Nov 1940
S.T.V. Giacomo Piccardo	21 Nov 1940	29 Dec 1940
T.V. Brunone Ghersina	29 Dec 1940	6 Jan 1941
T.V. Renato Guagni	6 Jan 1941	4 May 1941
C.C. Ugo Gelli	4 May 1941	4 Nov 1942
C.C. Rodolfo Scarelli	5 Nov 1942	3 Feb 1943
C.C. Ugo Gelli	4 Feb 1943	7 Apr 1943
T.V. Alpinolo Cinti	7 Apr 1943	25 May 1943
T.V. Rodolfo Bartole	9 Jun 1943	8 Jul 1943
T.V. Giovanni Manunta	8 Jul 1943	4 Oct 1943
T.V. Enzo Mariano	14 Oct 1943	15 Apr 1944
T.V. Alberto Donato	15 Apr 1944	18 Jun 1944
T.V. Luigi De Ferrante	18 Jun 1944	1 Dec 1944
T.V. Aldo Andolfi	1 Dec 1944	15 Aug 1945
T.V. Enzo Mariano	16 Aug 1945	31 Oct 1945

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	3 Jun 1940	1210	Trapani	3 Jun 1940	1600	Trapani	32,5	Exercises.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	16 Jun 1940	1300	Trapani	16 Jun 1940	1650	Trapani	23	Exercises.
1	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	18 Jun 1940	2006	Trapani	30 Jun 1940	2230	Trapani	1888	Patrolled between Gaudo Island and Ras El Tin (Libya), in 33°50'N, 23°50'E, on a patrol line with Manara. Uneventful.
2	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	9 Jul 1940	0030	Trapani	12 Jul 1940	1200	Trapani	459	Sailed to operate on a patrol line with Manara, in 38°00'N, 10°20'E. Uneventful.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	18 Jul 1940	0945	Trapani	18 Jul 1940	1315	Trapani	20	Trials.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	26 Jul 1940	0005	Trapani	27 Jul 1940	1800	Taranto	453	Passage Trapani-Taranto.
	Cantù, Giovanni	28 Aug 1940		Taranto	18 Sep 1940		Taranto		Refit at Taranto. Change in command.
	Piccardo, Giacomo	19 Sep 1940		Taranto	24 Sep 1940		Taranto		Refit at Taranto. Change in command.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	25 Sep 1940	0900	Taranto	25 Sep 1940	1630	Taranto	25	Exercises.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	29 Sep 1940	0930	Taranto	29 Sep 1940	1725	Taranto	27	Exercises.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	5 Oct 1940	0835	Taranto	5 Oct 1940	1425	Taranto	33	Trials.
3	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	11 Oct 1940	2122	Taranto	12 Oct 1940	1010	Taranto	77	Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto.
	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	14 Oct 1940	0910	Taranto	14 Oct 1940	1445	Taranto	42	Exercises.
4	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	15 Oct 1940	2125	Taranto	16 Oct 1940	0930	Taranto	79	Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto.
5	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	20 Oct 1940	2127	Taranto	21 Oct 1940	0945	Taranto	77	Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto.
6	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	21 Oct 1940	2156	Taranto	22 Oct 1940	0920	Taranto	78	Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto.
7	Fecia di Cossato, Carlo	24 Oct 1940	0925	Taranto	8 Nov 1940	0925	Taranto	1690	Patrolled with Salpa south of Crete, between 34°00'N and 34°40'N, and between 25°20'E and 26°30'E. Uneventful.
	Piccardo, Giacomo	21 Nov 1940		Taranto	30 Dec 1940		Taranto		Refit at Taranto. Change in command.
	Piccardo, Giacomo	27 Dec 1940	0850	Taranto	27 Dec 1940	1640	Taranto	64	Trials.
	Ghersina, Brunone	30 Dec 1940	0820	Taranto	30 Dec 1940	1520	Taranto	43	Trials.
	Ghersina, Brunone	6 Jan 1941	1325	Taranto	6 Jan 1941	1700	Taranto	28	Trials.
	Guagni, Renato	7 Jan 1941	0820	Taranto	7 Jan 1941	1450	Taranto	38	Trials, escorted by a minesweeper.
	Guagni, Renato	8 Jan 1941	0955	Taranto	8 Jan 1941	1637	Taranto	43	Exercises.
8	Guagni, Renato	10 Jan 1941	0735	Taranto	10 Jan 1941	1700	Gallipoli		Exercises and passage to Gallipoli.
8b	Guagni, Renato	11 Jan 1941	1940	Gallipoli	20 Jan 1941	1610	Taranto	550	Patrolled south of Strait of Otranto, in 39°30'N, 19°10'E. Uneventful [mileage is from 10th January].
	Guagni, Renato	18 Feb 1941	1300	Taranto	18 Feb 1941	1700	Taranto	36	Trials, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.30.
9	Guagni, Renato	22 Feb 1941	0735	Taranto	7 Mar 1941	1610	Taranto	905	Patrolled south of Strait of Otranto within 10 miles from 38°40'N, 19°40'E. Uneventful, heard only H.E. and distant explosions.
	Guagni, Renato	24 Mar 1941	1315	Taranto	24 Mar 1941	1730	Taranto	21,5	Trials.
	Guagni, Renato	27 Mar 1941	0925	Taranto	27 Mar 1941	1047	Taranto	1	Trials.
10	Guagni, Renato	4 Apr 1941	2100	Taranto	5 Apr 1941	1015	Taranto	80	Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto.
11	Guagni, Renato	9 Apr 1941	1224	Taranto	21 Apr 1941	1330	Taranto	791	Patrolled south of Otranto Straits within 10 miles from 39°20'N, 19°30'E on a NW-SE axis. Uneventful. Guagni was criticized by Admiral Falangola for staying too long underwater, as the submarine was supposed to be surfaced for the first 15 minutes of each hour, to receive instructions by short waves.
	Gelli, Ugo	6 May 1941	0910	Taranto	6 May 1941	1645	Taranto	59	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	12 May 1941	0830	Taranto	12 May 1941	1425	Taranto	48	Exercises.
12	Gelli, Ugo	18 May 1941	2200	Taranto	28 May 1941	1300	Taranto	941,7	Patrolled south of Zante, within 20 miles from 37°20'N, 20°40'E on a EW axis (or between 36°04'N, and 37°40'N and 20°00'E and 21°20'E?), following a report of 12 May of an enemy submarine operating in this area. The report appears to have been bogus.
		20 May 1941	2320		An unknown vessel was sighted at a distance of 3-4,000 metres, making 15 knots. The submarine tried, in vain, to close the range but had to abandon the chase.
	Gelli, Ugo	18 Oct 1941	0924	Taranto	18 Oct 1941	1800	Taranto	28,5	Exercises with the submarine Uarsciek, escorted by MAS 3D.
	Gelli, Ugo	23 Oct 1941	0900	Taranto	23 Oct 1941	1835	Taranto	88,5	Exercises with MAS 8/D.
	Gelli, Ugo	4 Nov 1941	1300	Taranto	4 Nov 1941	1815	Taranto	46	Trials, escorted by MAS 3/D.
	Gelli, Ugo	8 Nov 1941	0815	Taranto	8 Nov 1941	1545	Taranto	96	Trials.
	Gelli, Ugo	10 Nov 1941	0840	Taranto	10 Nov 1941	1635	Taranto	74,5	Trials.
	Gelli, Ugo	17 Nov 1941	0837	Taranto	17 Nov 1941	1645	Taranto	81	Trials.
	Gelli, Ugo	24 Nov 1941	084	Taranto	24 Nov 1941	1720	Taranto	88,5	Trials.
	Gelli, Ugo	28 Nov 1941	1245	Taranto	28 Nov 1941	1815	Taranto	35	Exercises.
13	Gelli, Ugo	1 Dec 1941	1155	Taranto	4 Dec 1941	1700	Bardia		Supply mission to Bardia (surface passage) with 14 tons of foodstuff. Uneventful.
13b	Gelli, Ugo	4 Dec 1941	2010	Bardia	8 Dec 1941	1210	Taranto	1508	Return trip from supply mission with fourteen British PoWs. Uneventful [mileage is for round trip].
14	Gelli, Ugo	14 Dec 1941	1415	Taranto	16 Dec 1941	1440	Benghazi		Supply mission to Benghazi (45 tons of lubricating oil, 8.6 tons of provisions and 6.4 tons of various stores). Uneventful. Probably sighted by HMS P 34 at 0700 hours on 15th December.
14b	Gelli, Ugo	16 Dec 1941	1825	Benghazi	20 Dec 1941	1410	Taranto	1309	Return trip from supply mission to Benghaz with fourteen PoWs [mileage is for round trip].
		20 Dec 1941	0120	38° 38'N, 17° 44'E	An unknown submarine, similar to the Italian 600 ton type, was observed. Ciro Menotti made a signal reporting its presence.
	Gelli, Ugo	10 Jan 1942	0845	Taranto	10 Jan 1942	1810	Taranto	42,5	Exercises.
15	Gelli, Ugo	13 Jan 1942	1340	Taranto	18 Jan 1942	1350	Tripoli		Supply mission to Tripoli (37 tons of assorted supplies). Uneventful.
15b	Gelli, Ugo	19 Jan 1942	1500	Tripoli	21 Jan 1942	1030	Augusta	1282	Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli [mileage is for round trip].
		20 Jan 1942	1615	35° 05'N, 17° 05'E	The submarine sighted a derelict mine but took no action.
		21 Jan 1942	0243	36° 30'N, 16° 30'E	An unknown submarine, steering 120°, was observed. This was Malachite who had sailed from Augusta the previous evening for a patrol off Cyrenaica.
		21 Jan 1942	0737? 0737 (e)	(e) 36° 55'N, 15° 38'E	As she was returning to Augusta, Menotti was attacked by HMS Unique (Lt. A.F. Collett, DSC, RN). The British submarine fired four torpedoes from a range of 2,000 yards. They all missed. The attack was not observed from the Italian side.
	Gelli, Ugo	25 Jan 1942	0920	Augusta	25 Jan 1942	1150	Augusta	13	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	3 Feb 1942	0845	Augusta	3 Feb 1942	1305	Augusta	26	Exercises.
16	Gelli, Ugo	8 Feb 1942	1810	Augusta	26 Feb 1942	0815	Augusta	2550,5	Patrolled north of Cyrenaica within 8 miles from 34°10'N, 21°20'E on a patrol line with Platino to attack Malta traffic. On the evening of 15th February, she was instructed to shift patrol 098° - 148 miles.
		16 Feb 1942	0630	34° 00'N, 23° 44'E	An unknown submarine was sighted at a distance of 4,000 metres. This was possibly Platino who was operating in the vicinity. Ciro Menotti turned away.
		22 Feb 1942	0645	33° 52'N, 24° 25'E	A derelict mine was sunk by machine gun and musket fire.
		23 Feb 1942	2030	33° 52'N, 24° 03'E	A derelict mine was seen but no action was taken.
	Gelli, Ugo	5 Mar 1942	1500	Augusta	7 Mar 1942	1030	Pola	760	Passage Augusta-Pola.
	Gelli, Ugo	10 Mar 1942	1350	Pola	10 Mar 1942	1950	Pola	37	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	12 Mar 1942	0845	Pola	12 Mar 1942	1445	Pola	31	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	14 Mar 1942	1240	Pola	14 Mar 1942	1900	Pola	30	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	17 Mar 1942	0813	Pola	17 Mar 1942	1420	Pola	32,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	1 Apr 1942	1250	Pola	1 Apr 1942	1913	Pola	45,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	3 Apr 1942	0815	Pola	3 Apr 1942	1353	Pola	26,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	17 Apr 1942	1245	Pola	17 Apr 1942	1850	Pola	32	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	18 Apr 1942	0820	Pola	18 Apr 1942	1439	Pola	35	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	23 Apr 1942	1250	Pola	23 Apr 1942	2010	Pola	48	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	25 Apr 1942	0810	Pola	25 Apr 1942	1307	Pola	31	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	27 Apr 1942	0825	Pola	27 Apr 1942	1453	Pola	34	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	28 Apr 1942	1335	Pola	29 Apr 1942	0005	Pola	102	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	5 May 1942	1315	Pola	5 May 1942	1938	Pola	31,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	6 May 1942	1420	Pola	7 May 1942	0155	Pola	112	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	7 May 1942	1412	Pola	7 May 1942	1924	Pola	36,5	Exercises.
17	Gelli, Ugo	14 May 1942	1600	Pola	15 May 1942	1620	Pola	209	Hydrophone watch in northern Adriatic. Uneventful.
	Gelli, Ugo	18 May 1942	0625	Pola	18 May 1942	1130	Fiume	65	Exercises with the submarine Serpente, escorted by the Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	18 May 1942	1330	Fiume	19 May 1942	0220	Fiume	92,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	20 May 1942	1340	Fiume	21 May 1942	0221	Fiume	77	Exercises with the submarine Manara, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	22 May 1942	1410	Fiume	22 May 1942	2145	Fiume	34	Exercises with the submarine Manara, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	25 May 1942	1413	Fiume	26 May 1942	0115	Fiume	43,5	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio.
	Gelli, Ugo	27 May 1942	0900	Fiume	28 May 1942	0157	Fiume	76,5	Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	29 May 1942	1338	Fiume	30 May 1942	0046	Fiume	68	Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	1 Jun 1942	1420	Fiume	2 Jun 1942	0112	Fiume	69,2	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	3 Jun 1942	1408	Fiume	4 Jun 1942	0200	Fiume	97	Exercises with the submarines Manara and Ascianghi, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	5 Jun 1942	1405	Fiume	6 Jun 1942	0323	Fiume	73,2	Exercises with the submarine Manara, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso.
	Gelli, Ugo	8 Jun 1942	1445	Fiume	9 Jun 1942	0100	Fiume	70	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	11 Jun 1942	1005	Fiume	12 Jun 1942	0220	Fiume	92,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	13 Jun 1942	0830	Fiume	13 Jun 1942	2200	Fiume	80	Exercises with the submarine Manara, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Trau.
	Gelli, Ugo	16 Jun 1942	1430	Fiume	16 Jun 1942	2310	Fiume	49	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	18 Jun 1942	1215	Fiume	18 Jun 1942	1850	Fiume	39	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	22 Jun 1942	1413	Fiume	22 Jun 1942	2100	Fiume	50,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	23 Jun 1942	1425	Fiume	23 Jun 1942	2000	Fiume	39	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	24 Jun 1942	1415	Fiume	24 Jun 1942	1940	Fiume	33	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	26 Jun 1942	1430	Fiume	27 Jun 1942	0045	Fiume	83	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	29 Jun 1942	1430	Fiume	30 Jun 1942	0115	Fiume	85	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	1 Jul 1942	1555	Fiume	2 Jul 1942	0156	Fiume	65	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	3 Jul 1942	1525	Fiume	3 Jul 1942	2110	Fiume	28	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	6 Jul 1942	1415	Fiume	7 Jul 1942	0219	Fiume	74	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	8 Jul 1942	1425	Fiume	9 Jul 1942	0209	Fiume	66	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	10 Jul 1942	0953	Fiume	10 Jul 1942	1814	Fiume	30	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	14 Jul 1942	1417	Fiume	15 Jul 1942	0124	Fiume	78	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	15 Jul 1942	0910	Fiume	15 Jul 1942	1430	Pola	68	Passage Fiume-Pola.
	Gelli, Ugo	16 Jul 1942	1325	Pola	16 Jul 1942	1903	Pola	20,5	Exercises.
18	Gelli, Ugo	17 Jul 1942	1800	Pola	18 Jul 1942	1030	Pola	115	Hydrophone watch in northern Adriatic. Uneventful.
	Gelli, Ugo	20 Jul 1942	0813	Pola	20 Jul 1942	1410	Pola	20	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	21 Jul 1942	1310	Pola	21 Jul 1942	1900	Pola	19,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	23 Jul 1942	0804	Pola	23 Jul 1942	2315	Pola	52,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	29 Jul 1942	1407	Pola	29 Jul 1942	1915	Pola	20,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	30 Jul 1942	0838	Pola	30 Jul 1942	2315	Pola	48	Exercises.
19	Gelli, Ugo	4 Aug 1942	1930	Pola	5 Aug 1942	1000	Pola	112	Hydrophone watch in northern Adriatic. Uneventful.
	Gelli, Ugo	6 Aug 1942	0830	Pola	6 Aug 1942	1208	Pola	25,5	Exercises.
20	Gelli, Ugo	8 Aug 1942	1935	Pola	9 Aug 1942	0810	Pola	84	Hydrophone watch in northern Adriatic. Uneventful.
	Gelli, Ugo	10 Aug 1942	0930	Pola	10 Aug 1942	1710	Pola	44,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	12 Aug 1942	1435	Pola	12 Aug 1942	1840	Pola	28	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	13 Aug 1942	1420	Pola	13 Aug 1942	1945	Pola	24	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	14 Aug 1942	0815	Pola	14 Aug 1942	1130	Pola	25,5	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	17 Aug 1942	1405	Pola	17 Aug 1942	1935	Pola	24	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	18 Aug 1942	0830	Pola	18 Aug 1942	1050	Pola	21	Exercises.
21	Gelli, Ugo	18 Aug 1942	1812	Pola	19 Aug 1942	1746	Pola	87	Hydrophone watch in northern Adriatic. Uneventful.
22	Gelli, Ugo	20 Aug 1942	1415	Pola	21 Aug 1942	0845	Venice	95,5	Hydrophone watch in northern Adriatic. Uneventful. Also reported as Special Mission.
22b	Gelli, Ugo	23 Aug 1942	0105	Venice	23 Aug 1942	0900	Pola	91	Passage Venice-Pola also reported as Special Mission. Uneventful. Then long refit?
	Gelli, Ugo	4 Nov 1942	0710	Pola	4 Nov 1942	1750	Pola	69,5	Trials.
	Scarelli, Rodolfo	7 Nov 1942	0700	Pola	7 Nov 1942	1137	Pola	16	Trials.
	Scarelli, Rodolfo	8 Nov 1942	1000	Pola	10 Nov 1942	1340	Taranto	501,5	Passage Pola-Taranto. Uneventful.
	Scarelli, Rodolfo	18 Nov 1942	0745	Taranto	18 Nov 1942	1002	Taranto	10,8	Trials.
23	Scarelli, Rodolfo	18 Nov 1942	2350	Taranto	19 Nov 1942	0130	Taranto		Sailed for supply mission, but recalled to await new orders.
23b	Scarelli, Rodolfo	19 Nov 1942	0715	Taranto	22 Nov 1942	0950	Buerat El Sun		Supply mission to Buerat El Sun with 28.8 tons of ammunition for German Army and 21.1 tons of petrol.
		20 Nov 1942	2020		The submarine was ordered to search for the crew of a German aircraft which had ditched. The submarine found nothing and returned on her original course.
		21 Nov 1942	1105		An unknown aircraft was sighted and the submarine dived immediately.
		21 Nov 1942	1235		Six unidentified aircraft were seen and the submarine dived immediately.
		21 Nov 1942	1505		Eight unidentified aircraft were seen and the submarine dived immediately.
23c	Scarelli, Rodolfo	22 Nov 1942	1420	Burat El Sun	26 Nov 1942	1510	Taranto	1940	Return trip from supply mission to Burat El Sun [mileage is for round trip].
		24 Nov 1942	0235	(0) Off Tripoli.	The submarine Toti. was sighted and recognition signals were exchanged.
		24 Nov 1942	0855	(0) North of Tripoli.	An unknown aircraft was sighted at a distance and the submarine finally dived at 0922 hours.
		26 Nov 1942	0530	(0) Off Cape Colonne.	The submarine Santarosa and a patrol boat were sighted. Recognition signals were exchanged and the trio proceeded together to Taranto.
	Scarelli, Rodolfo	10 Dec 1942	0655	Taranto	10 Dec 1942	0830	Taranto	13	Trials.
24	Scarelli, Rodolfo	12 Dec 1942	1400	Taranto	16 Dec 1942	0545	Tripoli		Supply mission to Tripoli with 35.4 tons of ammunition, 21 tons of petrol, 11 tons of lubricating oil, 0.1 ton of cooking oil and 0.5 ton of various stores. Uneventful.
24b	Scarelli, Rodolfo	16 Dec 1942	1540	Tripoli	19 Dec 1942	1454	Taranto	1278	Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli. Uneventful.
	Scarelli, Rodolfo	22 Dec 1942	0708	Taranto	22 Dec 1942	1338	Taranto	16	Exercises.
	Gelli, Ugo	4 Feb 1943	1625	Taranto	6 Feb 1943	0656	Augusta	355	Passage Taranto-Augusta.
25	Gelli, Ugo	8 Feb 1943	1600	Augusta	10 Feb 1943	1925	Lampedusa		Supply mission to Lampedusa with 45.4 tons of petrol, 10 tons of provisions and 0.6 ton of assorted stores. Uneventful. Sighted only distant aircraft.
25b	Gelli, Ugo	11 Feb 1943	0510	Lampedusa	13 Feb 1943	0845	Augusta	586	Return trip from supply mission to Lampedusa. Uneventful[mileage is for round trip].
	Gelli, Ugo	17 Feb 1943	1600	Augusta	18 Feb 1943	1100	Trapani		Passage Augusta-Trapani to pick up supplies for Lampedusa. Uneventful.
26	Gelli, Ugo	24 Feb 1943	1100	Trapani	25 Feb 1943	1920	Lampedusa		Supply mission to Lampedusa. A shock was felt at 1945 hours on the 24th, but the cause was not identified.
26b	Gelli, Ugo	26 Feb 1943	0440	Lampedusa	28 Feb 1943	0835	Augusta	680	Return trip from supply mission to Lampedusa. Uneventful [mileage is from 17th February].
	Gelli, Ugo	15 Mar 1943	0800	Augusta	15 Mar 1943	1225	Augusta	25,5	Trials.
	Gelli, Ugo	23 Mar 1943	1000	Augusta	23 Mar 1943	1150	Augusta	6	Trials.
	Gelli, Ugo	7 Apr 1943	1430	Augusta	7 Apr 1943	1645	Augusta	7	Transfer of command.
	Cinti, Alpinolo	12 Apr 1943	0800	Augusta	12 Apr 1943	1225	Augusta	30,5	Exercises.
	Cinti, Alpinolo	14 Apr 1943	1230	Augusta	14 Apr 1943	1400	Augusta	5	Exercises.
27	Cinti, Alpinolo	20 Apr 1943	1800	Augusta	24 Apr 1943	2115	Lampedusa		Supply mission to Lampedusa (54 tons of ammunition, weapons and foodstuff).
		21 Apr 1943	2245	35° 08'N, 15° 25'E	A destroyer on 090° course, 20 knots, was observed at 5,000 metres but the submarine was not in a position to intercept.
		22 Apr 1943	2038		Two aircraft flying low toward the submarine were observed at a distance of 5-6,000 metres and Ciro Menotti dived immediately.
27b	Cinti, Alpinolo	25 Apr 1943	2030	Lampedusa	28 Apr 1943	0455	Augusta	735,6	Return trip from supply mission to Lampedusa. Uneventful[mileage is for round trip].
	Cinti, Alpinolo	3 May 1943	1800	Augusta	3 May 1943	2045	Augusta	20,5	Exercises.
	Cinti, Alpinolo	4 May 1943	1830	Augusta	7 May 1943	0720	Brindisi	398,5	Passage Augusta-Brindisi. Uneventful. Then long refit.
	Bartole, Rodolfo	9 Jun 1943		Brindisi	8 Jul 1943		Brindisi		At Brindisi. Change in command.
	Manunta, Giovanni	13 Jul 1943	1055	Brindisi	13 Jul 1943	1710	Brindisi		Exercises.
	Manunta, Giovanni	16 Jul 1943	1435	Brindisi	16 Jul 1943	1810	Brindisi		Exercises.
	Manunta, Giovanni	18 Jul 1943	1525	Brindisi	18 Jul 1943	1820	Brindisi		Exercises.
	Manunta, Giovanni	22 Jul 1943	1405	Brindisi	22 Jul 1943	1900	Brindisi		Exercises.
	Manunta, Giovanni	25 Jul 1943	0900	Brindisi	25 Jul 1943	1145	Brindisi		Exercises.
28	Manunta, Giovanni	27 Jul 1943	1900	Brindisi	11 Aug 1943	0630	Brindisi	1416,3	Special mission: landing of a unit of the San Marco Battalion near Benghazi. Equipped with RARI (radiolocalizzatori) to intercept enemy radar signals (metric). This was operation BERTA. Note: it was considered to have Menotti carry two spare torpedoes in the forward torpedo room.
		3 Aug 1943	2102-2304	31° 44'N, 19° 46'E (0) 202° - Benghazi - 24 miles.	Two officers and sixteen other ranks (San Marco Battalion) were landed to attack the Berka (or Berce) aerodrome (an officer and another rank remained on board to organize the recovery of the saboteurs). All were captured the next day south of Benghazi, before reaching their target. Relying on his RARI detection apparatus, Manunta assumed, wrongly, that the submarine was detected by radars from Benghazi and did not wait for the party to return.
		4 Aug 1943	0415	32° 26'N, 18° 14'E	An enemy warship illuminated the submarine with a projector. The vessel's radar emissions had been detected earlier by the RARI. Ciro Menotti dived immediately and escaped.
		6 Aug 1943	2136	35° 05'N, 18° 48'E	Two aircraft dropped flares on the submarine who dived immediately.
		10 Aug 1943	2136	39° 20'N, 19° 12'E	The RARI reported radar emissions directed at the submarine and she dived immediately.
		11 Aug 1943	0341-0445		A vessel, initially believed to be a submarine but later recognised as an Italian corvette, was seen at a distance of 1,000 metres. Ciro Menotti made recognition signals but was not answered.
29	Manunta, Giovanni	3 Sep 1943	1800	Brindisi	11 Sep 1943	1740	Malta	774	Sailed for patrol in the Strait of Otranto, then at 1900 hours on the 9th in 39°51'N, 19°04'E met HM submarine HMS Unshaken and proceeded to Malta (with Legionario?) to surrender.
		9 Sep 1943	0800		The submarine Jalea came into view and the two commanders discussed the situation. Finally, Ciro Menotti proceeded to Brindisi while Jalea returned to Taranto.
		9 Sep 1943	1800 1900 (e)	(e) 39° 51'N, 19° 04'E	HM submarine Unshaken fired a warning shot across the bow of Ciro Menotti. The Italian submarine replied with a burst of machine gun fire before recognising the identity of the British submarine, T.V. Manunta later explaining that he had mistaken Unshaken for a German U-boat. The British submarine took one Italian officer and two ratings aboard while a British officer and three other ranks boarded the Italian submarine. Manunta was told to proceed to Malta [the exchange of gunfire is not mentioned in the Italian patrol report).
	Mariano, Enzo	16 Oct 1943	0845	Malta	21 Oct 1943	0930	Haifa	1068	Passage Malta-Haifa with Atropo, Zoea and Corridoni.
30	Mariano, Enzo	28 Oct 1943	1900	Haifa	31 Oct 1943	2230	Leros		Supply mission to Leros via (1) 32°59'N, 34°34 'E at 2230C hours on the 28th (2) 34°26'N, 27°10'E and Kaso Straits. Speed 8 knots on the surface until 0530 hours on 31st.
		29 Oct 1943	0910	(0) West of Haifa.	The submarine Zoea was sighted and recognition signals exchanged.
30b	Mariano, Enzo	1 Nov 1943	0500	Leros	4 Nov 1943	2145	Haifa	1146,5	Return trip from supply mission to Leros. The submarine was armed with only two 13.2 mm Breda MGs, her deck gun could not fire (firing pin removed?)[mileage is for round trip].
	Mariano, Enzo	5 Dec 1943	1735	Haifa	10 Dec 1943	1240	Taranto	1136	Passage Haifa-Taranto at 10 knots, course 277° to 34°15'N, 21°55'E at 1130B hours on 8th. Refit until September 1944.
	Donato, Alberto	15 Apr 1944		Taranto	18 Jun 1944		Taranto		At Taranto. Change in command.
	De Ferrante, Luigi	25 Sep 1944	1155	Taranto	25 Sep 1944	1802	Taranto	21	Trials.
	De Ferrante, Luigi	24 Oct 1944	0635	Taranto	24 Oct 1944	1350	Taranto	13	Trials.
	De Ferrante, Luigi	31 Oct 1944	0630	Taranto	31 Oct 1944	1350	Taranto	28	Trials.
	De Ferrante, Luigi	7 Nov 1944	1145	Taranto	7 Nov 1944	1812	Taranto	26	Exercises.
	De Ferrante, Luigi	15 Nov 1944	0615	Taranto	15 Nov 1944	1500	Taranto	30	Trials.
	De Ferrante, Luigi	24 Nov 1944	0615	Taranto	24 Nov 1944	1235	Taranto	16	Trials.
	Andolfi, Aldo	3 Dec 1944	0630	Taranto	3 Dec 1944	1615	Taranto	58	Exercises.
	Andolfi, Aldo	4 Dec 1944	1530	Taranto	8 Dec 1944	1141	Alexandria	950	Passage Taranto-Alexandria, escorted by the destroyer Granatiere. The submarine broke down and had to be towed by the destroyer.
	Andolfi, Aldo	10 Dec 1944	0642	Alexandria	11 Dec 1944	1036	Haifa	300	Passage Alexandria-Haifa.
	Andolfi, Aldo	16 Dec 1944	1424	Haifa	20 Dec 1944	1755	Tobruk	745	Passage Haifa-Tobruk with Zoea, towed by Granatiere. Later joined off Port Said by Yugoslav submarine Nebojsa (which broke down the next day and had to be towed by Zoea then by Granatiere).
	Andolfi, Aldo	21 Dec 1944	0932	Tobruk	25 Dec 1944	1151	Messina		Passage Tobruk-Messina with Zoea escorted by the destroyer Granatiere.
	Andolfi, Aldo	8 Jan 1945	0640	Messina	9 Jan 1945	1743	Taranto	243	Passage Messina-Taranto towed by the destroyer Granatiere, in company with Zoea who was towed by the tug Nereo.
	Andolfi, Aldo	27 Apr 1945	0645	Taranto	27 Apr 1945	1350	Taranto	36	Trials.
	Andolfi, Aldo	7 May 1945	0645	Taranto	7 May 1945	1615	Taranto	57	Trials.
	Andolfi, Aldo	18 May 1945	1428	Taranto	18 May 1945	2325	Taranto	48	Exercises.
	Andolfi, Aldo	17 Jun 1945	0755	Taranto	17 Jun 1945	1720	Taranto	64	Trials.
	Andolfi, Aldo	19 Jun 1945	1332	Taranto	19 Jun 1945	1808	Taranto	40	Exercises.
	Andolfi, Aldo	26 Jun 1945	1706	Taranto	27 Jun 1945	0956	Brindisi	153,5	Passage Taranto-Brindisi.
	Andolfi, Aldo	10 Aug 1945	0710	Brindisi	10 Aug 1945	1540	Brindisi	37,5	Transfer of command.
	Mariano, Enzo	18 Aug 1945	0712	Brindisi	18 Aug 1945	1500	Brindisi	47,5	Exercises.

189 entries. 174 total patrol entries (30 marked as war patrols) and 25 events.

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