Ettore Fieramosca (FM)
Fieramosca

Type	Ocean going
Class	Ettore Fieramosca (2)
Laid down	17 Jul 1926	Cantieri Navale Tosi di Taranto, Taranto
Launched	14 Apr 1929
Commissioned	5 Dec 1931
End service	10 Apr 1941
Stricken
Loss date
Loss position
History	Disarmed on 10th April 1941.
Fate

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
C.C. Peppino Manca	1 Mar 1940	25 Aug 1940
C.C. Cristiano Masi	26 Sep 1940	10 Mar 1941

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
1	Manca, Peppino	9 Jun 1940	1415	La Spezia	14 Jun 1940	0600	La Spezia	508	Patrolled off Imperia 122° - Capo d'Arma - 17 miles or 43°38'N, 08°02'E on a patrol line in with Mocenigo and Gondar. Sighted submarines several times, in some instances these were probably Mocenigo or Gondar, in adjacent areas, but their identities could not be determined in order to carry out an attack.
2	Manca, Peppino	20 Jun 1940	2300	La Spezia	25 Jun 1940	1145	La Spezia	587	Patrolled offf Hyères (Toulon) between 42°20'N and 42°50'N, and between 06°00 and 06°40'E. An explosion of her battery (ten casualties) forced an early return.
		24 Jun 1940	2135	(0) Off Hyères (Toulon).	Ettore Fieramosca had a battery explosion as she was surfacing. Two officers and eight ratings were wounded, but none severely. The submarine had to abort her mission and return to base. After repairs she was relegated to training duty only.
		19 Sep 1940	0840	La Spezia	19 Sep 1940	1910	La Spezia	49,5	Trials.
		25 Sep 1940	0835	La Spezia	25 Sep 1940	1730	La Spezia	73	Trials.
	Masi, Cristiano	30 Sep 1940	0930	La Spezia	1 Oct 1940	1505	Naples	330,7	Passage La Spezia-Naples.
	Masi, Cristiano	2 Oct 1940	0807	Naples	5 Oct 1940	1700	Pola	880	Passage Naples-Pola, assigned to Submarine School. Encountered Italian convoys twice.
		3 Oct 1940	1800	(0) Off Cape Colonne.	The submarine sighted a convoy of six ships escorted by the armed merchant cruiser Città Di Palermo. They exchanged signals, but the convoy did not interpret them correctly and they turned back. Shortly after, this was cleared up and they resumed their course.
		4 Oct 1940	0446	(0) Off Cape Colonne.	The submarine sighted a convoy (Beppe, Caucaso, Petrarca and Veloce) escorted by the armed merchant cruiser Città Di Genova. They exchanged signals, but again the convoy did not interpret them correctly and they turned back; shortly after this was cleared up, they resumed their course. Later during the night, Veloce collided with Rina Bianchi which sank (only five saved, twenty-one lost).
	Masi, Cristiano	17 Oct 1940	0758	Pola	17 Oct 1940	1720	Pola	56,2	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	25 Oct 1940	0800	Pola	25 Oct 1940	0956	Pola	14	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	29 Oct 1940	0754	Pola	29 Oct 1940	1220	Pola	44,8	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	8 Nov 1940	0755	Pola	8 Nov 1940	1740	Pola	37,5	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	14 Nov 1940	0802	Pola	14 Nov 1940	1755	Pola	59,5	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	15 Nov 1940	0810	Pola	15 Nov 1940	1740	Pola	14	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	20 Nov 1940	0820	Pola	20 Nov 1940	1730	Pola	62,9	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	22 Nov 1940	0800	Pola	22 Nov 1940	1730	Pola	43	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	26 Nov 1940	0800	Pola	26 Nov 1940	1430	Pola	13,8	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	29 Nov 1940	0800	Pola	29 Nov 1940	1815	Pola	53,6	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	7 Dec 1940	0752	Pola	7 Dec 1940	1717	Pola	61	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	10 Dec 1940	0757	Pola	10 Dec 1940	1734	Pola	75	Exercises escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio.
	Masi, Cristiano	12 Dec 1940	0707	Pola	12 Dec 1940	1714	Pola	62	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	13 Dec 1940	0915	Pola	13 Dec 1940	1632	Pola	59,9	Sailed with the submarine Turchese, escorted by the tug Tenace, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace.
	Masi, Cristiano	17 Dec 1940	0813	Pola	18 Dec 1940	0130	Pola	88,4	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	20 Dec 1940	0800	Pola	20 Dec 1940	1907	Pola	69	Sailed for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana.
	Masi, Cristiano	23 Dec 1940	0813	Pola	23 Dec 1940	0913	Pola	1,5	Exercises or changed moorings?
	Masi, Cristiano	13 Jan 1941	0817	Pola	13 Jan 1941	1805	Leme Channel	54,5	Passage Pola-Leme Channel with the submarines Adua, Fisalia and Pisani, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliaries Jadera and Volta and exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	14 Jan 1941	0855	Leme Channel (Rovigno)	15 Jan 1941	0055	Pola	95,2	Exercises with the torpedo boat Audace and submarines Pisani, Adua and Fisalia.
	Masi, Cristiano	17 Jan 1941	0812	Pola	17 Jan 1941	1120	Pola	30,4	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana.
	Masi, Cristiano	21 Jan 1941	0930	Pola	21 Jan 1941	1811	Pola	58	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	23 Jan 1941	0801	Pola	23 Jan 1941	1759	Pola	61,1	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	25 Jan 1941	0815	Pola	25 Jan 1941	1730	Pola	59,6	Attack exercises on the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera.
	Masi, Cristiano	3 Feb 1941	0840	Pola	3 Feb 1941	1754	Pola	48	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera.
	Masi, Cristiano	6 Feb 1941	0816	Pola	6 Feb 1941	1711	Pola	46,5	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio.
	Masi, Cristiano	10 Feb 1941	0840	Pola	10 Feb 1941	1920	Pola	66,2	Exercises with the submarine Pisani, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio.
	Masi, Cristiano	14 Feb 1941	0822	Pola	14 Feb 1941	1705	Pola	53	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio.
	Masi, Cristiano	15 Feb 1941	0920	Pola	16 Feb 1941	0045	Pola	96,9	Exercises.
	Masi, Cristiano	17 Feb 1941	0831	Pola	17 Feb 1941	1650	Pola	74,5	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera.
	Masi, Cristiano	19 Feb 1941	1155	Pola	19 Feb 1941	1229	Pola	6,5	Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the tug Tenace.
	Masi, Cristiano	24 Feb 1941	0834	Pola	25 Feb 1941	0030	Pola	94,5	Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the tug Tenace.
		10 Apr 1941		Pola	10 Apr 1941		Pola		Disarmed due to poor state of the submarine, following the damage to her battery in June 1940.

39 entries. 38 total patrol entries (2 marked as war patrols) and 3 events.

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