Filippo Corridoni (CR)
Corridoni

Type	Minelaying
Class	Bragadino (30)
Laid down	4 Jul 1927	Cantieri Navale Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
Launched	30 Mar 1930
Commissioned	17 Nov 1931
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
C.C. Manlio Minucci	4 Jun 1940	3 Feb 1941
T.V. Lodovico Grion	4 Feb 1941	23 Apr 1941
T.V. Ugo Gentili	24 Apr 1941	28 Aug 1941
C.C. Giovanni Cunsolo	28 Aug 1941	22 Oct 1941
T.V. Alberto Longhi	22 Oct 1941	2 Dec 1941
C.C. Giovanni Cunsolo	2 Dec 1941	31 Jan 1942
T.V. Alberto Longhi	1 Feb 1942	3 Feb 1942
C.C. Loris Albanese	4 Feb 1942	8 Apr 1942
C.C. Giovanni Cunsolo	8 Apr 1942	26 May 1942
T.V. Armando Rosso	26 May 1942	24 May 1943
S.T.V. Plinio Pagni	25 May 1943	14 Jul 1943
T.V. Giandaniele Asquini	15 Jul 1943	14 Sep 1945

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
	Minucci, Manlio	10 Jun 1940		Taranto	10 Jun 1940		Taranto		Refitting at Taranto.
	Minucci, Manlio	16 Jun 1940	0716	Taranto	16 Jun 1940	1425	Taranto	29,5	Trials.
	Minucci, Manlio	17 Jun 1940	0541	Taranto	17 Jun 1940	1418	Taranto	36	Trials, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.13.
	Minucci, Manlio	19 Jun 1940	1320	Taranto	19 Jun 1940	1805	Taranto	6	Trials.
	Minucci, Manlio	23 Jun 1940	0820	Taranto	23 Jun 1940	1135	Taranto	8,5	Trials.
	Minucci, Manlio	26 Jun 1940	0140	Taranto	28 Jun 1940	1800	Naples	480	Passage Taranto-Naples, to pick up supplies for Libya.
1	Minucci, Manlio	30 Jun 1940	1720	Naples	3 Jul 1940	2100	Tobruk	772	Supply mission for Regia Aeronautica to Tobruk (15 tons) through Point C (32°13'40'N, 23°51'E) and then to Leros. Uneventful. British Intelligence had been informed of her arrival at 1700 hours on 3rd July and Sunderland 'R' from 228 Squadron was sent to sink her. Her late arrival probably saved her.
1b	Minucci, Manlio	16 Jul 1940	0645	Tobruk	19 Jul 1940	1530	Leros	426	Supply trip to Leros.
1c	Minucci, Manlio	24 Jul 1940	1620	Leros	8 Aug 1940	1515	Taranto	1235	Return trip from supply mission. Patrolled between Crete and Sapienza and passage Leros-Taranto. Uneventful.
	Minucci, Manlio	25 Sep 1940	0825	Taranto	25 Sep 1940	1720	Taranto	33,5	Trials.
	Minucci, Manlio	29 Sep 1940	0907	Taranto	29 Sep 1940	1240	Taranto	5,2	Trials.
	Minucci, Manlio	3 Oct 1940	0740	Taranto	3 Oct 1940	1346	Taranto	40	Trials.
2	Minucci, Manlio	13 Oct 1940	1620	Taranto	19 Oct 1940	0925	Rhodes	820,5	Supply mission to Rhodes and Leros, carrying stores for the Regia Aeronautica. British Naval Intelligence was aware of her passage.
		15 Oct 1940	0930-1402	37° 50'N, 19° 50'E	Between 0930 and 1402 hours, Corridoni was hunted by a destroyer who attempted to locate the submarine with her ASDIC and dropped depth charges at 0948 and 1035 hours. The submarine escaped damage.
2b	Minucci, Manlio	20 Oct 1940	2325	Rhodes	21 Oct 1940	1145	Leros	820,5	Passage Rhodes-Leros.
3	Minucci, Manlio	27 Oct 1940	1755	Leros	6 Nov 1940	0750	Leros	1072	Patrolled in Channel between Rhodes and Scarpanto Strait (Aegean). Uneventful.
4	Minucci, Manlio	13 Nov 1940	1635	Leros	18 Nov 1940	1545	Taranto	681,5	Passage Leros-Taranto. Return trip from supply mission. Uneventful. Then docking.
	Minucci, Manlio	28 Dec 1940	0810	Taranto	28 Dec 1940	1615	Taranto	33	Exercises.
	Minucci, Manlio	31 Dec 1940	0720	Taranto	31 Dec 1940	1615	Taranto	43,5	Exercises.
5	Minucci, Manlio	6 Jan 1941	0730	Taranto	17 Jan 1941	1730	Taranto	1251	Patrolled south of Otranto Straits in 38°40'N, 20°00'E. Uneventful except hearing distant explosions.
	Grion, Lodovico	6 Feb 1941	1025	Taranto	6 Feb 1941	1445	Taranto	2,5	Exercises.
	Grion, Lodovico	7 Feb 1941	0805	Taranto	7 Feb 1941	1310	Taranto	25	Trials, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.13.
6	Minucci, Manlio	7 Feb 1941	2015	Taranto	8 Feb 1941	1040	Taranto	99	Hydrophone Watch. Uneventful.
	Grion, Lodovico	12 Feb 1941	0815	Taranto	12 Feb 1941	1545	Taranto	59	Exercises.
7	Grion, Lodovico	12 Feb 1941	2114	Taranto	13 Feb 1941	1015	Taranto	88,5	Hydrophone Watch. Uneventful.
	Grion, Lodovico	21 Feb 1941	0835	Taranto	21 Feb 1941	1440	Taranto	18	Exercises for cinematography.
	Grion, Lodovico	22 Feb 1941	0920	Taranto	22 Feb 1941	1625	Taranto	9,5	Exercises for cinematography.
	Grion, Lodovico	24 Feb 1941	1315	Taranto	24 Feb 1941	1625	Taranto	21,3	Exercises for cinematography, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.30.
	Grion, Lodovico	26 Feb 1941	2135	Taranto	26 Feb 1941	2355	Taranto	4	Exercises for cinematography.
8	Grion, Lodovico	7 Mar 1941	2015	Taranto	8 Mar 1941	1040	Taranto	99	Hydrophone Watch.
	Grion, Lodovico	18 Mar 1941	0635	Taranto	18 Mar 1941	1659	Taranto	63,5	Exercises, escorted by the tug Palmaria.
	Grion, Lodovico	19 Mar 1941	0648	Taranto	19 Mar 1941	1646	Taranto	45,5	Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino.
	Gentili, Ugo	15 Jun 1941	1000	Taranto	15 Jun 1941	1150	Taranto	3	Exercises.
	Gentili, Ugo	16 Jun 1941	0818	Taranto	16 Jun 1941	1635	Taranto	41	Exercises with the submarine H 2, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara.
	Gentili, Ugo	17 Jun 1941	1200	Taranto	17 Jun 1941	1712	Taranto	35,5	Exercises in Gulf of Taranto with the submarines H 2 and H 8 and the torpedo boat Aretusa.
	Gentili, Ugo	21 Jun 1941	0750	Taranto	21 Jun 1941	1725	Taranto	53,5	Exercises.
	Gentili, Ugo	22 Jun 1941	0800	Taranto	22 Jun 1941	1715	Taranto	41	Exercises.
	Gentili, Ugo	25 Jun 1941	1100	Taranto	25 Jun 1941	1740	Taranto	34	Exercises with the torpedo boat Cassiopea.
9	Gentili, Ugo	29 Jun 1941	0935	Taranto	1 Jul 1941	1310	Taranto	390	Supply mission to Derna but then recalled.
		1 Jul 1941	0300	(0) Off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca.	At 0300 hours, the submarine Atropo was sighted and exchanged recognition signals.
10	Gentili, Ugo	2 Jul 1941	1445	Taranto	6 Jul 1941	2020	Derna		Supply mission to Derna (53 tons of ammunition). Uneventful.
10b	Gentili, Ugo	7 Jul 1941	0200	Derna	10 Jul 1941	1220	Taranto	1166,5	Return trip from supply mission to Derna. Uneventful (mileage is for round trip).
11	Gentili, Ugo	19 Jul 1941	0835	Taranto	22 Jul 1941	2113	Derna		Supply mission to Derna (58 tons of ammunition). Uneventful
11b	Gentili, Ugo	23 Jul 1941	0300	Derna	26 Jul 1941	1255	Taranto	1181	Return trip from supply mission to Derna. Uneventful (mileage is for round trip).
12	Gentili, Ugo	8 Aug 1941	1110	Taranto	12 Aug 1941	1938	Bardia		Supply mission to Bardia (14 tons of petrol, 48 tons of ammunition). Upon arrival in Bardia, the submarine was visited by General Rommel.
		12 Aug 1941	0300	32° 00'N, 25° 40'E	At 0300 hours, a submarine was sighted and was believed to have been Zoea. MARICOSOM had issued orders not to attack submarines when east of 22° E. Later it was found that it could not be Zoea and was probably enemy.
		12 Aug 1941	2215	(0) In Bardia harbour.	At 2215 hours, an aircraft surprised the submarine and dropped four bombs, which fell about 20 metres off the starboard side. The shock was violent enough to disable the gyrocompass, but no damage was reported. Bardia was raided by a Blenheim and three Albacores from 826 Squadron (FAA). One was armed with a torpedo and the others two with two general purpose 500 lb bombs. Two more Albacore from the same squadron were armed with torpedoes and followed about four hours later. The bombers reported an oil patch and believed the submarine had been damaged.
12b	Gentili, Ugo	12 Aug 1941	2340	Bardia	17 Aug 1941	1248	Taranto	1516	Return trip from supply mission to Bardia. On 16th August, Swordfish of 826 Squadron raided Bardia with the intention of attacking a submarine [Corridoni] who had been reported there but found nothing (mileage is for round trip).
		12 Aug 1941	0300	32° 00'N, 25° 40'E	At 0300 hours, a submarine was sighted and was believed to have been Zoea. MARICOSOM had issued orders not to attack submarines when east of 22° E. Later it was found that it could not be Zoea and was probably enemy.
		12 Aug 1941	2215	(0) In Bardia harbour.	At 2215 hours, an aircraft surprised the submarine and dropped four bombs, which fell about 20 metres off the starboard side. The shock was violent enough to disable the gyrocompass, but no damage was reported. Bardia was raided by a Blenheim and three Albacores from 826 Squadron (FAA). One was armed with a torpedo and the others two with two general purpose 500 lb bombs. Two more Albacore from the same squadron were armed with torpedoes and followed about four hours later. The bombers reported an oil patch and believed the submarine had been damaged.
		15 Aug 1941	1433 1527 (e)	35° 00'N, 21° 10'E	At 1433 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted at a distance of 5,000 metres. Corridoni submerged to attack but lost contact. The submarine was HMS Torbay (Lieutenant Commander A.C.C. Miers, RN). She had sighted the Italian submarine 5 miles ahead. The British submarine dived to attack.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	4 Sep 1941	0615	Taranto	4 Sep 1941	1258	Taranto	32	Exercises.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	10 Sep 1941	1102	Taranto	10 Sep 1941	1800	Taranto	39	Exercises.
13	Cunsolo, Giovanni	12 Sep 1941	1025	Taranto	15 Sep 1941	1450	Taranto	667	Supply mission to Bardia (55.344 tons), but interrupted due to defects. Through ULTRA decrypt, British Intelligence knew of her impending departure for Bardia on 9th September. Then long refit.
		13 Sep 1941	2150		At 2150 hours, a destroyer was sighted at a distance of 800 metres, steering 340°, 22 knots, which attacked the submarine. Corridoni submerged first to 70 meters and heard a metallic shock then went down to 130 meters. The submarine did not respond well to the commands and surfaced at 2212 hours but the destroyer was gone. C.C. Cunsolo decided to abandon the patrol because of defects.
		14 Sep 1941	1700	38° 18'N, 18° 20'E	At 1700 hours, a derelict mine of the Italian P.200 type was sighted and sunk with machine gun fire.
	Longhi, Alberto	22 Oct 1941		Taranto	2 Dec 1941		Taranto		At Taranto for refitting. Change in command.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	21 Jan 1942	0925	Taranto	21 Jan 1942	1806	Taranto	31	Trials.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	24 Jan 1942	0910	Taranto	24 Jan 1942	1709	Taranto	63	Trials.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	25 Jan 1942	0906	Taranto	25 Jan 1942	1142	Taranto	4,5	Trials.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	29 Jan 1942	1516	Taranto	30 Jan 1942	0925	Brindisi	156,2	Passage Taranto-Brindisi.
		29 Jan 1942	1730	(0) 264° - Torre Ovo (near Santa Maria di Leuca or Brindisi) - 4.2 miles.	At 1730 hours, a torpedo was fired due to an error in drill. Initially, Corridoni made an enemy report but realised later that the torpedo sighted had been her own.
	Longhi, Alberto	1 Feb 1942		Brindisi	3 Feb 1942		Brindisi		At Brindisi. Change in command.
	Albanese, Loris	3 Mar 1942	0815	Brindisi	3 Mar 1942	1617	Brindisi	46	Exercises.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	10 Apr 1942	0843	Brindisi	10 Apr 1942	0950	Brindisi	0	Tests to verify leaks.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	11 Apr 1942	1330	Brindisi	11 Apr 1942	1700	Brindisi	18,5	Trials with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the torpedo boat Orsa and the minesweeper R.D.32.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	20 Apr 1942	0800	Brindisi	20 Apr 1942	1150	Brindisi	4	Gyrocompass tests.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	24 Apr 1942	0755	Brindisi	24 Apr 1942	1157	Brindisi	18	Trials.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	28 Apr 1942	0800	Brindisi	28 Apr 1942	0915	Brindisi	7	Trials.
	Cunsolo, Giovanni	14 May 1942	0800	Brindisi	14 May 1942	1114	Brindisi	19,5	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	26 May 1942	1345	Brindisi	26 May 1942	1707	Brindisi	18,5	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	30 May 1942	0751	Brindisi	30 May 1942	1147	Brindisi	18,5	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	4 Jun 1942	1315	Brindisi	4 Jun 1942	1750	Brindisi	28	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	12 Jun 1942	0803	Brindisi	12 Jun 1942	1143	Brindisi	26,5	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	17 Jun 1942	0808	Brindisi	17 Jun 1942	1202	Brindisi	18	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	21 Jun 1942	2020	Brindisi	22 Jun 1942	1550	Taranto	158	Passage Brindisi-Taranto.
	Rosso, Armando	25 Jun 1942	1510	Brindisi	25 Jun 1942	1710	Brindisi	9,5	Exercises.
14	Rosso, Armando	26 Jun 1942	1120	Taranto	30 Jun 1942	2055	Derna		Supply mission to Derna with 56 tons of stores. ULTRA sigint had learnt that the Italian submarines Atropo, Bragadino, Corridoni and Zoea were used to transport stores to Derna and were passing through 33°20’N, 22°40’E.
		28 Jun 1942	1130	35° 45'N, 20° 11'E	At 1130 hours, a derelict mine was sighted.
		29 Jun 1942	1045-1105	(0) Probably ca. 90 miles NW of Derna.	Between 1045 and 1105 hours, twenty-four bombs fell at a minimum distance of 1,000 meters from Corridoni. The submarine had not heard any hydrophone effect and it was assumed that they were dropped by aircraft. Zoea, who was in 33°54' N, 23°00' E (or probably about 50 miles West of Corridoni) at 1050 hours, also reported hearing distant explosions.
14b	Rosso, Armando	3 Jul 1942	2010	Derna	7 Jul 1942	1310	Messina	569,5	Return trip from supply mission to Derna. Corridoni was ordered to remain east of 22° meridian until noon on 5th July, but this was received at 0530 hours on the 5th when the submarine was in 3°26'N, 20°34'E, which was 73 miles away and it was impossible to be there in time.
	Rosso, Armando	7 Jul 1942	1535	Messina	8 Jul 1942	1713	Trapani	217,7	Passage Messina-Trapani. Escorted by the torpedo boat Mezza, until 3 miles south of Stromboli.
		8 Jul 1942	1235		At 1235 hours, two Italian steamers were sighted on a northerly course, escorted by a CANT Z.501. They appeared under air attack and a long column of smoke was seen.
	Rosso, Armando	13 Jul 1942	1535	Trapani	13 Jul 1942	1713	Trapani	13,22	Exercises.
15	Rosso, Armando	14 Jul 1942	1315	Trapani	16 Jul 1942	1052	Tripoli	449,7	Sailed escorted by the minesweeper R.D.16, replaced by the torpedo boat Centauro until 2110 hours on the 14th, as the weather had worsened. She proceeded for supply mission to Tripoli with 50 tons of petrol through Point V (33°12'N, 12°56'E). At 0530 hours on the 16th, she was met by a fishing vessel and guided through the minefields.
15b	Rosso, Armando	17 Jul 1942	2000	Tripoli	19 Jul 1942	1200	Trapani	844,2	Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli (mileage is for round trip).
		18 Jul 1942	1536	(0) 166° - Linosa Island - 12 miles.	At 1536 hours, a derelict mine of the Italian type was sighted.
	Rosso, Armando	24 Jul 1942	1500	Trapani	25 Jul 1942	0145	Trapani	27	Exercises.
	Rosso, Armando	25 Jul 1942	1445	Trapani	27 Jul 1942	0609	Messina	223,6	Passage Trapani-Messina.
16	Rosso, Armando	5 Aug 1942	1820	Messina	8 Aug 1942	2050	Derna		Supply mission to Derna with 122 tons of stores.
		6 Aug 1942	1053		At 1053 hours, a Sunderland aircraft was seen and the submarine dived.
		6 Aug 1942	1610		At 1610 hours, two German aircraft were seen at a distance of 6,000 metres and exchanged recognition signals.
16b	Rosso, Armando	11 Aug 1942	1930	Derna	15 Aug 1942	0745	Augusta	1291	Return trip from supply mission to Derna.
		14 Aug 1942	1557	37° 18'N, 16° 35'E (0) Approximately.	At 1557 hours, the submarine Marcantonio Bragadino was sighted at a distance of 5,000 metres.
17	Rosso, Armando	22 Aug 1942	2105	Augusta	26 Aug 1942	0927	Tripoli		Supply mission to Tripoli with 48 tons of petrol. The submarine experienced trouble with both the gyrocompass and the magnetic compass.
		25 Aug 1942	0832	33° 30'N, 16° 32'E	At 0832 hours, a periscope was sighted at a distance of 4,000 metres and then for a brief moment a conning tower. No other submarine appears to have operated in this area at that time.
		26 Aug 1942	0645	(0) North of Tripoli.	At 0645 hours, a German aircraft was seen and exchanged recognition signals.
		26 Aug 1942	0735	(0) North of Tripoli.	At 0645 hours, an Italian aircraft was seen and exchanged recognition signals.
17b	Rosso, Armando	30 Aug 1942	1429	Tripoli	2 Sep 1942	1640	Taranto	1260	Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli (mileage is for round trip).
		30 Aug 1942	1610	(0) North of Tripoli.	At 1610 hours, the Italian torpedo boat Cascino escorting a steamer were sighted.
		31 Aug 1942	0813-1445	(0) North of Tripoli.	Derelict mines were sighted at 0813, 0846, 0854, 1242 and at 1445 hours.
18	Rosso, Armando	20 Nov 1942	1515	Taranto	24 Nov 1942	1255	Tripoli		Supply mission to Tripoli with 55 tons of army supplies.
		21 Nov 1942	2050	36° 06'N, 18° 30'E	At 2050 hours, a derelict mine was sighted.
		24 Nov 1942	0215	33° 02'N, 14° 16'E	At 0215 hours, a submarine of the SANTAROSA class was sighted at a distance of 600-700 metres and exchanged recognition signals. This was Ciro Menotti.
18b	Rosso, Armando	25 Nov 1942	1430	Tripoli	29 Nov 1942	1500	Taranto	567,3	Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli (mileage is for round trip).
		26 Nov 1942	1109	33° 02'N, 14° 16'E	At 1109 hours, an aircraft came close to the submarine but could not be identified. The submarine dived at 1118 hours. At 1122 hours, explosions were heard in the vicinity.
19	Rosso, Armando	18 Dec 1942	1315	Taranto	22 Dec 1942	1305	Tripoli		Supply mission to Tripoli with 22 tons of ammunition (was initially intended to Buerat, but then directed to Tripoli).
		19 Dec 1942	2037	36° 00'N, 16° 20'E (0) Approximately.	The submarine was ordered to 36°00' N, 16°20' E, to search for German survivors from a downed aircraft. The search was unsuccessful due to low visibility.
19b	Rosso, Armando	23 Dec 1942	1400	Tripoli	27 Dec 1942	1715	Taranto	1304,4	Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli. Uneventful (mileage is for round trip).
20	Rosso, Armando	17 Jan 1943	1100	Taranto	23 Jan 1943	0450	Augusta	990,7	Supply mission to Tripoli with 18 tons of ammunition and 41 tons of stores. She was in 33°48'N, 16°04'E at 0545 hours on the 20th, when she was ordered instead to Point 4 (?). At 1230 hours on the 21st, she was ordered to Zuara but was recalled at 2022 hours the same evening.
	Rosso, Armando	8 Mar 1943	1730	Augusta	10 Mar 1943	0931	Trapani		Passage Augusta-Trapani to pick up supplies for Lampedusa. Uneventful.
		9 Mar 1943	0204 (e)	(e) 36° 43'N, 14° 40'E	While on passage from Augusta to Trapani to pick up supplies for a transport mission, Filippo Corridoni was proceeding on the surface during the night when she was sighted by HMS United (Lt. John Charles Young Roxburgh, DSC) from a distance of only 500 yards. The British submarine was waiting for a folbot party (COPP) which had been sent to explore the coast and refrained from attack.
21	Rosso, Armando	12 Mar 1943	1700	Trapani	14 Mar 1943	1850	Lampedusa		Supply mission to Lampedusa. Sighted several aircraft but was not threatened.
		14 Mar 1943	0102	35° 31'N, 12° 45'E	At 0102 hours, a vessel was sighted in poor visibility. It was perhaps a MAS boat and Corridoni turned away.
21b	Rosso, Armando	16 Mar 1943	0310	Lampedusa	18 Mar 1943	0246	Augusta	780	Return trip from supply mission to Lampedusa (mileage is for round trip).
		17 Mar 1943	1255	36° 45'N, 16° 00'E	At 1255 hours, a salvo of bombs fell about 200 meters from the submarine. No aircraft were sighted but H.E were heard. More bombs fell at 1338 hours, but were between 1,000 and 2,000 meters distant.
22	Rosso, Armando	29 Mar 1943	1816	Augusta	1 Apr 1943	2113	Lampedusa		Supply mission to Lampedusa.
		29 Mar 1943	2325	37° 08'N, 15° 52'E	At 2325 hours, an enemy submarine was sighted, proceeding on 110° course at 10 knots. This was very likely HMS Unison (Lt. A.R. Daniell, DSC, RN) returning to Malta. When the distance was only 500 meters, Corridoni turned away as the track angle was too acute and dived to 40 meters.
22b	Rosso, Armando	4 Apr 1943	0030	Lampedusa	7 Apr 1943	0238	Augusta	701	Return trip from supply mission to Lampedusa. Uneventful (mileage is for round trip).
	Rosso, Armando	8 Apr 1943	1946	Augusta	10 Apr 1943	1210	Naples	295	Passage Augusta-Naples.
	Pagni, Plinio	25 May 1943		Naples	14 Jul 1943		Naples		Docking and refit.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	14 Jul 1943	0900	Naples	14 Jul 1943	1300	Naples	25,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	16 Jul 1943	0830	Naples	16 Jul 1943	1615	Naples	30,8	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	17 Jul 1943	1845	Naples	17 Jul 1943	2030	Pozzuoli	12	Passage Naples-Pozzuoli.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	22 Jul 1943	0915	Pozzuoli	22 Jul 1943	1120	Pozzuoli	13,2	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	23 Jul 1943	0445	Pozzuoli	23 Jul 1943	1400	Pozzuoli	20,3	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	24 Jul 1943	0345	Pozzuoli	25 Jul 1943	0845	La Maddalena	223,8	Passage Pozzuoli-La Maddalena.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	28 Jul 1943	0957	La Maddalena	28 Jul 1943	1055	Cala Villamarina	4,2	Passage La Maddalena-Cala Villamarina.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	31 Jul 1943	0957	Cala Villamarina	31 Jul 1943	1055	Porto Palma	3	Passage Cala Villamarina-Porto Palma.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	1 Aug 1943	0800	Porto Palma	1 Aug 1943	1245	Porto Palma	25	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	5 Aug 1943	1105	Porto Palma	5 Aug 1943	1150	Mezzo Schifo	5	Passage Porto Palma-Mezzo Schifo.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	6 Aug 1943	1820	Mezzo Schifo	6 Aug 1943	1908	Porto Palma	5	Passage Mezzo Schifo-Porto Palma.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	7 Aug 1943	0830	Porto Palma	7 Aug 1943	0930	Mezzo Schifo	6	Passage Porto Palma-Mezzo Schifo.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	8 Aug 1943	0825	Mezzo Schifo	8 Aug 1943	0912	Porto Palma	5	Passage Mezzo Schifo-Porto Palma.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	13 Aug 1943	0850	Porto Palma	13 Aug 1943	1135	Porto Palma	17	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	20 Aug 1943	0900	Porto Palma	20 Aug 1943	1135	Porto Palma	13	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	29 Aug 1943	0815	Porto Palma	29 Aug 1943	0900	La Maddalena	4	Passage Porto Palma-La Maddalena.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	7 Sep 1943	0815	La Maddalena	7 Sep 1943	0900	Porto Palma	4	Passage La Maddalena-Porto Palma.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	9 Sep 1943	1335	Porto Palma (La Maddalena)	10 Sep 1943	1140	Portoferraio	204	Passage La Maddalena-Portoferraio and eventually to Palermo. Boarded by Dutch submarine HrMs Dolfijn on 10th September and directed to Portoferraio (Elba) as she was short of lubricating oil.
		10 Sep 1943	0105 (e)		At 0105 hours, the Dutch submarine HrMs Dolfijn (Lieutenant Commander H.M.L.F.E. van Oostrom Soede) sighted Corridoni and was informed that the Italian submarine was short of lubricating oil. Corridoni was allowed to go to Elba.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	11 Sep 1943	0940	Portoferraio	13 Sep 1943	0715	Palermo	251,5	Passage Portoferraio-Palermo.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 Sep 1943	0947	Palermo	20 Sep 1943	1854	Fort Madd (Malta)	280	Passage Palermo-Malta.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	22 Sep 1943	1432	Fort Madd (Malta)	22 Sep 1943	1554	St. Paul (Malta)	8	Passage Fort Madd-St. Paul (Malta).
	Asquini, Giandaniele	3 Oct 1943	1230	St. Paul (Malta)	3 Oct 1943	1500	Marsa Muscetto (Malta)	13	Passage St. Paul (Malta)-Marsa Muscetto (Malta).
	Asquini, Giandaniele	16 Oct 1943	0845	Malta	21 Oct 1943	1010	Haifa	1084	Passage Malta-Haifa with the submarines Menotti, Zoea and Atropo.
23	Asquini, Giandaniele	26 Oct 1943	0030	Haifa	30 Oct 1943	0100	Leros		Storing trip Haifa-Leros.
		28 Oct 1943	2325	(0) Kaso Strait.	At 2325 hours, a small escort vessel was sighted steering 140°, 10 knots. Corridoni crash-dived.
23b	Asquini, Giandaniele	30 Oct 1943	0630	Leros	2 Nov 1943	2220	Haifa	1229,5	Return trip from supply mission to Leros , with five RAF passengers (mileage is for round trip).
		1 Nov 1943	0718		At 0718 hours, three British destroyers were sighted and recognition signals were exchanged.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	30 Nov 1943	1530	Haifa	2 Dec 1943	1530	Alexandria.	357	Passage Haifa-Alexandria with the submarine Bragadino and the depot ship Mocenigo, escorted by the destroyers Da Recco and Grecale.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	6 Dec 1943	0900	Alexandria	8 Dec 1943	1140	Tobruk		Passage Alexandria-Taranto with the submarine Bragadino in tow of the depot ship Mocenigo, escorted by the destroyers Da Recco and Grecale. When the tow parted they were diverted to Tobruk.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	9 Dec 1943	1102?	Tobruk	14 Dec 1943	1140	Taranto	1161,5	Passage Tobruk-Taranto and refit (mileage is from Alexandria on 6th December).
	Asquini, Giandaniele	9 Feb 1944	0806	Taranto	9 Feb 1944	1402	Taranto	27	Trials.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	13 Feb 1944		Taranto	13 Feb 1944		Taranto	27	The submarine was damaged while undocking and required docking again.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	17 Feb 1944	0732	Taranto	17 Feb 1944	1240	Taranto	34	Trials.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 Mar 1944	0830	Taranto	19 Mar 1944	1515	Taranto	23	Trials.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	29 Mar 1944	1445	Taranto	31 Mar 1944	1100	Augusta.	255	Passage Taranto-Augusta with the submarine Giada and convoy H.A.33.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	1 Apr 1944	0546	Augusta.	6 Apr 1944	1845	Suez	1137	Passage Augusta-Suez with convoy K.M.S.45 and the submarine Giada.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	8 Apr 1944	1620	Suez	13 Apr 1944	1808	Massawa	984,5	Passage Suez-Massawa.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	24 Apr 1944	0910	Massawa	24 Apr 1944	1410	Aden	444,5	Passage Massawa-Aden.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	7 May 1944	1223	Aden	7 May 1944	1857	Aden	35	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	8 May 1944	0800	Aden	9 May 1944	0855	Aden	151	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	11 May 1944	0807	Aden	11 May 1944	1752	Aden	51	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	13 May 1944	0808	Aden	13 May 1944	1845	Aden	51	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	15 May 1944	0805	Aden	15 May 1944	1806	Aden	43,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 May 1944	0900	Aden	20 May 1944	1643	Aden	219	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	25 May 1944	0802	Aden	25 May 1944	1831	Aden	42	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	14 Jun 1944	0858	Aden	14 Jun 1944	1552	Aden	48	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	16 Jun 1944	0810	Aden	16 Jun 1944	1830	Aden	55	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	18 Jun 1944	0928	Aden	18 Jun 1944	1607	Aden	46	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 Jun 1944	0859	Aden	19 Jun 1944	1838	Aden	51	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	21 Jun 1944	0712	Aden	22 Jun 1944	1746	Aden	229,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	26 Jun 1944	0804	Aden	26 Jun 1944	1550	Aden	46	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	1 Jul 1944	0756	Aden	1 Jul 1944	1748	Aden	48,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	6 Jul 1944	0806	Aden	6 Jul 1944	1815	Aden	54,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	21 Jul 1944	0802	Aden	21 Jul 1944	1905	Aden	44	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	24 Jul 1944	0736	Aden	24 Jul 1944	1835	Aden	45	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	26 Jul 1944	0752	Aden	26 Jul 1944	1605	Aden	43	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	31 Jul 1944	0710	Aden	31 Jul 1944	1740	Aden	42,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	25 Sep 1944	0808	Aden	25 Sep 1944	1728	Aden	37	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	2 Oct 1944	0833	Aden	2 Oct 1944	1804	Aden	30	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	9 Oct 1944	0800	Aden	9 Oct 1944	1805	Aden	36	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	13 Oct 1944	0808	Aden	13 Oct 1944	1143	Aden	21	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	17 Oct 1944	0830	Aden	17 Oct 1944	1754	Aden	37,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	18 Oct 1944	0755	Aden	18 Oct 1944	1645	Aden	37	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 Oct 1944	0750	Aden	19 Oct 1944	1510	Aden	35	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	22 Oct 1944	0908	Aden	22 Oct 1944	1749	Aden	34,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	23 Oct 1944	0801	Aden	23 Oct 1944	1715	Aden	36,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	25 Oct 1944	0757	Aden	25 Oct 1944	1820	Aden	35	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	28 Oct 1944	0756	Aden	28 Oct 1944	2245	Aden	80	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	15 Nov 1944	0924	Aden	17 Nov 1944	1720	Massawa	429,5	Passage Aden-Massawa, escorted until 0535 hours on the 17th by HMS Biglieri (former Italian gunboat Giuseppe Biglieri, scuttled at Massawa in 1941 and then raised).
	Asquini, Giandaniele	8 Jan 1945	0900	Massawa	8 Jan 1945	1255	Massawa	24	Trials.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	14 Jan 1945	0805	Massawa	16 Jan 1945	1746	Aden	427	Passage Massawa-Aden.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	25 Jan 1945	1522	Aden	26 Jan 1945	1142	Aden	148	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	27 Jan 1945	1508	Aden	28 Jan 1945	0900	Aden	122	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	30 Jan 1945	0816	Aden	30 Jan 1945	1813	Aden	37	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	1 Feb 1945	0753	Aden	1 Feb 1945	1920	Aden	58	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	5 Feb 1945	0808	Aden	5 Feb 1945	1704	Aden	35	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	7 Feb 1945	0803	Aden	7 Feb 1945	1708	Aden	50,8	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	9 Feb 1945	0759	Aden	9 Feb 1945	1605	Aden	56,3	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	10 Feb 1945	0809	Aden	10 Feb 1945	1715	Aden	35,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	15 Feb 1945	0808	Aden	15 Feb 1945	1740	Aden	35	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	16 Feb 1945	1502	Aden	17 Feb 1945	1701	Aden	167	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	20 Feb 1945	0820	Aden	21 Feb 1945	0002	Aden	88,5	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	22 Feb 1945	1500	Aden	23 Feb 1945	0818	Aden	118	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	2 Mar 1945	1523	Aden	3 Mar 1945	0823	Aden	131	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	5 Mar 1945	0227	Aden	6 Mar 1945	0739	Aden	152,3	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 Mar 1945	0815	Aden	20 Mar 1945	0847	Aden	125,1	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	22 Mar 1945	1027	Aden	22 Mar 1945	1800	Aden	39,3	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	9 Apr 1945	1501	Aden	10 Apr 1945	0818	Aden	112,7	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	7 May 1945	1745	Aden	14 May 1945	1810	Suez	1330,2	Passage Aden-Suez.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	15 May 1945	0625	Suez	15 May 1945	1805	Port Said	86	Passage Suez-Port Said.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	16 May 1945	1515	Port Said	22 May 1945	0915	Taranto	1002	Passage Port Said-Taranto. No more sorties until the end of the war.

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