Nereide (NE)
Nereide

Type	Coastal / Sea going
Class	Sirena (21)
Laid down	30 May 1931	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone
Launched	25 May 1933
Commissioned	18 Feb 1934
End service
Stricken
Loss date	13 Jul 1943
Loss position	37° 25'N, 16° 07'E
History
Fate	Sunk on 13th July 1943 to the east of Sicily in position 37°25'N,16°07'E by depth charges and gunfire from the destroyers HMS Echo and HMS Ilex.

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
T.V. Mario Spano	25 Apr 1940	28 Dec 1940
T.V. Augusto Migliorini	21 Jan 1941	22 Apr 1942
C.C. Pasquale Terra	22 Apr 1942	27 Mar 1943
T.V. Renato Scandola	27 Mar 1943	13 Jul 1943

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
1	Spano, Mario	9 Jun 1940	1500	Tobruk	14 Jun 1940	1350	Tobruk	482	Patrolled off Sollum (Egypt), 030° - Ras Azzaz - 90 miles (or 80 miles?) (on a line with Lafolè, Diamante and Topazio, 20 miles apart).
		12 Jun 1940	0503	32° 57'N, 26° 05'E	At 0458 hours, Nereide was at periscope depth when a 12-15,000-ton tanker was sighted. At 0503 hours, one torpedo (533mm, W 270 type) was fired from a bow tube at a range of 500 metres. It was claimed to have hit. The tanker escaped in low visibility. This was the Norwegian tanker Orkanger (8,029 GRT, built 1928) proceeding to Alexandria (and shortly after sunk by Naiade). She had initially sailed from Port Said for Malta. At the Italian declaration of war, she was ordered to turn back.
	Spano, Mario	5 Jul 1940		Tobruk	5 Jul 1940	2020	Tobruk		In Tobruk harbour during an air raid.
		5 Jul 1940	2020 (e)	(0) Tobruk harbour.	During the evening, Nereide was at anchor in Tobruk harbour during an air raid. Her two machine guns fired 180 rounds of 13.2mm at two torpedo bombers who flew only 30 metres away. One of these was Swordfish E4H (lieutenant D.N. Collins, RN) of 813 Squadron from HMS Eagle, actually operating from Dekheila (an airfield just to the west of Alexandria) At 2020 hours, the aircraft released its torpedo from 350-400 yards aimed at the submarine. Collins claimed that it hit its target and a column of 50-60 feet rose, but Nereide was missed. The Swordfish was hit by three machine gun rounds from the submarine and suffered only minor damage. On 4th September 1940, Collins, flying the same Swordfish, was shot down by an Italian CR. 42 fighter while attacking the Maritza airfield (Rhodes). The crew of three survived to become PoWs.
	Spano, Mario	19 Jul 1940		Tobruk	19 Jul 1940		Tobruk		In Tobruk harbour during an air raid.
	Spano, Mario	23 Jul 1940	1635	Tobruk	29 Jul 1940	1335	Taranto	670	Passage Tobruk-Taranto.
	Spano, Mario	2 Aug 1940	0400	Taranto	2 Aug 1940	1952	Brindisi	147	Passage Taranto-Brindisi.
2	Spano, Mario	30 Aug 1940	1215	Brindisi	22 Sep 1940	1300	Taranto	1322	Patrolled south of Crete, between following points: Cape Melissa, 34°22'N, 23°30'E, 33°45'N, 24°14'E and 8 miles north of Gaidero Island and south of the coast of Crete.
		13 Sep 1940	2215	(0) South of Cape Littimos.	At 2215 hours, three enemy destroyers were sighted at 4,000 metres. Nereide dived to attack but could not get into a favourable position.
		17 Sep 1940	0536-1906	(0) 43 miles south of Cape Gaudo.	Between 0536 and 1906 hours, Nereide was the subject of an A/S search and heard many explosions without suffering any damage.
	Spano, Mario	22 Oct 1940	0825	Taranto	22 Oct 1940	1600	Taranto	38	Exercises.
3	Spano, Mario	24 Oct 1940	2110	Taranto	25 Oct 1940	1050	Taranto	70	Hydrophone patrol in Gulf of Taranto.
4	Spano, Mario	4 Nov 1940	2105	Taranto	5 Nov 1940	1000	Taranto	82	Hydrophone patrol in Gulf of Taranto.
5	Spano, Mario	6 Nov 1940	2110	Taranto	7 Nov 1940	0955	Taranto	82	Hydrophone patrol in Gulf of Taranto.
6	Spano, Mario	12 Nov 1940	0405	Taranto	13 Nov 1940	1845	Taranto	121	Defensive patrol in 203° - Torre Ovo - 15' (hydrophone watch). Uneventful.
7	Spano, Mario	15 Nov 1940	0245	Taranto	15 Nov 1940	1050	Taranto	50	Hydrophone patrol in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
8	Spano, Mario	21 Nov 1940	0125	Taranto	21 Nov 1940	1116	Taranto	54	Hydrophone patrol in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful.
9	Spano, Mario	22 Nov 1940	0925	Taranto	1 Dec 1940	1615	Taranto	824	Patrolled west of Corfu in 39°20'N, 19°32'E within 10 miles on parallel, patrol line with Sirena. Uneventful.
	Migliorini, Augusto	5 Feb 1941	1305	Taranto	5 Feb 1941	1805	Taranto	37	Exercises escorted by the torpedo boat Pleiadi.
	Migliorini, Augusto	7 Feb 1941	0955	Taranto	7 Feb 1941	1750	Taranto	74	Trials escorted by the minesweeper R.D.13.
	Migliorini, Augusto	10 Feb 1941	0810	Taranto	10 Feb 1941	1816	Taranto	95	Exercises escorted by the minesweeper R.D.30.
	Migliorini, Augusto	18 Feb 1941	0820	Taranto	18 Feb 1941	1645	Taranto	60	Exercises.
10	Migliorini, Augusto	22 Feb 1941	0032	Taranto	22 Feb 1941	1110	Taranto	96	Defensive patrol in 160° - Cape San Vito - 35' following a report of a battleship off Cephalonia.
11	Migliorini, Augusto	26 Feb 1941	0753	Taranto	3 Mar 1941	1520	Leros	749	Patrol and passage Taranto-Leros. Uneventful, heard only H.E.
	Migliorini, Augusto	17 Mar 1941	1425	Leros	17 Mar 1941	1504	Leros	8	Exercises?
12	Migliorini, Augusto	19 Mar 1941	1634	Leros	2 Apr 1941	1000	Leros	683	Patrolled off Cyrenaica, off Ras el Kenayis, within 20 miles from 33°00'N, 28°40'E on a NE-SW axis . Uneventful. On 24th March, moved 200° - 50 miles to intercept an enemy naval force. Heard only distant H.E.
	Migliorini, Augusto	19 Apr 1941	1357	Portologa (Leros)	19 Apr 1941	1545	Portologa (Leros)	12	Exercises.
13	Migliorini, Augusto	20 Apr 1941	2320	Leros	26 Apr 1941	1440	Leros	731,5	Patrolled within 20 miles from 32°40'N, 28°00'E (about 130 miles NW of Alexandria) on a NE-SW axis. Heard only H.E. and abandoned patrol due to defects.
	Migliorini, Augusto	16 May 1941	1610	Portologa (Leros)	16 May 1941	1823	Portologa (Leros)	5	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	17 May 1941	1050	Portologa (Leros)	17 May 1941	1220	Portologa (Leros)	4	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	17 May 1941	1640	Portologa (Leros)	17 May 1941	1807	Portologa (Leros)	3,7	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	25 May 1941	0830	Portologa (Leros)	25 May 1941	1025	Portologa (Leros)	7,2	Exercises.
14	Migliorini, Augusto	27 May 1941	1445	Leros	1 Jun 1941	0830	Leros	518	Patrolled in Aegean 12 miles north of Cape Kersoneso, near Cape Sidero. Uneventful.
	Migliorini, Augusto	9 Jun 1941	0830	Portologa (Leros)	9 Jun 1941	1050	Portologa (Leros)	17	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	25 Jun 1941	0737	Portologa (Leros)	25 Jun 1941	0842	Portologa (Leros)	4,2	Exercises.
15	Migliorini, Augusto	10 Jul 1941	1800	Leros	19 Jul 1941	0820	Leros	310	Patrolled in Aegean between Naxos, Mykoni, Nikaria and Danusa, near 37°50'N, 25°40'E.
		12 Jul 1941	0325	(0) Off Nikaria.	At 0325 hours, the Italian steamer Apuania, towing a MAS boat, was sighted steering 110°.
		16 Jul 1941	0107 0115 (e)	(0) 230° - Cape Papas (Nikaria) - 8 miles	At 0053 hours, Nereide was cruising on the surface when a submarine was sighted at 6,000 metres. At 0107 hours, she had closed to 700 metres, to fire two torpedoes from bow tubes at 3-second intervals. The second torpedo broke surface and disappeared. Immediately upon firing, the submarine turned to starboard to bring to bear her deck gun and opened fire with her machine guns. Shortly after, a column of water rose next to the enemy's conning tower and, as the submarine was disappearing, the deck gun scored a hit on the conning tower at less than 200 metres. T.V. Migliorini believed he had sunk the submarine and searched for survivors, but found none. The submarine was HMS Tetrarch (Lieutenant Commander G.H. Greenway, RN). The confusion had not been one-sided, she was believed to have been attacked by two E-boats (MAS) and crash-dived. Two faint explosions had been heard and thought to be torpedoes hitting the sea bed. She was undamaged.
	Migliorini, Augusto	2 Aug 1941	1627	Leros	2 Aug 1941	1840	Leros	12,2	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	16 Aug 1941	0817	Leros	16 Aug 1941	1212	Leros	32	Exercises.
16	Migliorini, Augusto	18 Aug 1941	1815	Leros	20 Aug 1941	0515	Rhodes	96	Patrolled in 36°30'N, 27°40'E and passage Leros-Rhodes. Uneventful. Sighted or heard only Italian vessels.
17	Migliorini, Augusto	24 Aug 1941	1845	Rhodes	27 Aug 1941	0615	Rhodes	203,3	Patrolled near Leros in 35°40'N, 26°38'E. Uneventful.
	Migliorini, Augusto	1 Sep 1941	2115	Rhodes	2 Sep 1941	0754	Leros	115	Passage Rhodes-Leros. Uneventful.
	Migliorini, Augusto	14 Sep 1941	2050	Leros	19 Sep 1941	1143	Brindisi	636	Passage Leros-Brindisi. Uneventful.
	Migliorini, Augusto	21 Sep 1941	1813	Brindisi	23 Sep 1941	0715	Pola	351	Passage Brindisi-Pola. Uneventful.
	Migliorini, Augusto	24 Sep 1941	0540	Pola	24 Sep 1941	1205	Monfalcone	72	Passage Pola-Monfalcone. Uneventful. Then refit until February 1942.
	Migliorini, Augusto	12 Feb 1942	1403	Monfalcone	12 Feb 1942	1600	Monfalcone	2	Trials.
	Migliorini, Augusto	15 Feb 1942	1100	Monfalcone	15 Feb 1942	1600	Monfalcone	28	Trials.
	Migliorini, Augusto	19 Feb 1942	1135	Monfalcone	19 Feb 1942	1430	Monfalcone	15	Trials.
	Migliorini, Augusto	23 Feb 1942	1032	Monfalcone	23 Feb 1942	1545	Pola	63	Passage Monfalcone-Pola.
	Migliorini, Augusto	26 Feb 1942	1247	Pola	26 Feb 1942	1840	Pola	7	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	28 Feb 1942	0824	Pola	28 Feb 1942	1400	Pola	6	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	2 Mar 1942	0940	Pola	2 Mar 1942	1800	Pola	9	Trials and exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	7 Mar 1942	0810	Pola	7 Mar 1942	1520	Pola	57	Trials and exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	8 Mar 1942	0820	Pola	8 Mar 1942	1410	Pola	14	Trials and exercises escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio.
	Migliorini, Augusto	9 Mar 1942	2010	Pola	11 Mar 1942	0847	Brindisi	359	Passage Pola-Brindisi.
	Migliorini, Augusto	17 Mar 1942	1203	Brindisi	21 Mar 1942	0747	Leros	935	Passage Brindisi-Leros via 35°30'N, 26°36'E, Point E of Stampalia and Point A of Leros.
		18 Mar 1942	0943	38° 12'N, 19° 12'E	At 0943 hours, a derelict mine was sighted and sunk by rifle fire.
		18 Mar 1942	1056	38° 08'N, 19° 15'E	At 1056 hours, a derelict mine was sighted and sunk by rifle fire.
		18 Mar 1942	1238	38° 01'N, 19° 20'E	At 1238 hours, a derelict mine was sighted and sunk by rifle fire.
		19 Mar 1942	1815	34° 23'N, 23° 25'E	At 1815 hours, a derelict mine was sighted and sunk by rifle fire.
	Migliorini, Augusto	28 Mar 1942	1320	Leros	28 Mar 1942	1820	Leros	30	Exercises.
	Migliorini, Augusto	1 Apr 1942	0930	Leros	1 Apr 1942	1400	Leros	30	Exercises.
18	Migliorini, Augusto	4 Apr 1942	2340	Leros	15 Apr 1942	0805	Leros	768	Antisubmarine patrol off Karlovassi in the Aegean in 37°50'N, 24°30'E and north of Nikaria ca. 37°50'N, 25°32'E.
		6 Apr 1942	2005	(0) Near Nicaria.	At 2005 hours, a hospital ship was sighted steering 300°.
		6 Apr 1942	2051	(0) Near Nicaria.	At 2051 hours, a second hospital ship was sighted also steering 300°.
		9 Apr 1942	0405	(0) North of Nicaria.	At 0405 hours, a hospital ship was sighted steering 220°.
		10 Apr 1942	0110	(0) North of Nicaria.	At 0110 hours, a hospital ship was sighted steering 220°.
		10 Apr 1942	1454	(0) North of Nicaria.	At 1454 hours, fishing vessel no. 1519 R (most likely Greek) was stopped and her papers examined.
		13 Apr 1942	1305		At 1305 hours, a vessel was sighted steering 030°. She was too far to be intercepted.
19	Terra, Pasquale	29 Apr 1942	1425	Leros	15 May 1942	0845	Leros	1187	Sailed via Kasos Strait through (1) 34°40'N, 26°40'E (2) 33°40'N, 25°00'E, for patrol between 33°40'N and 34°00'N, and between 22°20'E and 23°20'E in Italian Grids 0225, 0273 and 0211, on a patrol line with Galatea. Following this patrol, several members of the crew reported lacking appetite and showing signs of physical deterioration which was attributed to the lack of fruits and vegetables. Similar signs were observed on Galatea of the same Submarine Group.
		2 May 1942	1930 2050C (e)	33° 58'N, 22° 58'E	At 1930 hours, a submarine's periscope was sighted and shortly after she surfaced. Nereide gained a favourable position and also surfaced. She made a recognition signal but the other submarine dived and C.C. Terra thought she was German. This was actually the submarine HMS Porpoise (Lieutenant L.A.W. Bennington, RN) on passage from Malta to Alexandria. At 2050C hours, she sighted Nereide steering 090° and believed it was a German U-boat. She passed a warning to Captain S. One, in Alexandria. It was repeated to HMS Urge, who was expected to be astern of her some 50 miles to the west. HMS Urge had actually been mined off Malta.
		10 May 1942	1956	34° 04'N, 23° 12'E	At 1956 hours, a submarine, believed to be German, was sighted at a distance of 1,200 metres. As a precaution, Nereide dived immediately.
	Terra, Pasquale	1 Jun 1942	0800	Leros	1 Jun 1942	1345	Leros	30	Exercises.
20	Terra, Pasquale	4 Jun 1942	1610	Leros	5 Jun 1942	1902	Leros	306	Sailed with the submarine Sirena escorted by the destroyer Sella for a patrol in Aegean. Forced to interrupt mission when water reached the battery causing chlorine fumes.
	Terra, Pasquale	22 Jun 1942	0845	Leros	22 Jun 1942	1124	Leros	20	Exercises.
21	Terra, Pasquale	3 Jul 1942	0124	Leros	21 Jul 1942	0548	Leros	1453	Sailed with Ondina for patrol on route to Alexandretta near Ras El Khanzir between 33°40'N and 36°00'N, and between 32°00'E and the Syrian coast
		9 Jul 1942	2100	35° 38'N, 35° 26'E	At 2100 hours, a submarine was sighted. Nereide took avoiding action. This may have been Ondina who was lost two days later.
		11 Jul 1942	1515-1550		From 1515 to 1550 hours, several explosions were heard very close. Nereide was submerged at the time. When she came to periscope depth, nothing was in sight. C.C. Terra believed he may have been bombed by an aircraft.
		13 Jul 1942	0107	(0) Off Ras El Khanzir.	At 0107 hours, information was received that two steamers had left Alexandretta for Port Said. Nereide altered course to intercept north of Ras El Khanzir. Nothing was sighted or heard.
	Terra, Pasquale	17 Aug 1942	0815	Leros	17 Aug 1942	1210	Leros	12	Exercises.
	Terra, Pasquale	24 Aug 1942	0642	Leros	24 Aug 1942	0755	Leros	10	Exercises.
22	Terra, Pasquale	23 Sep 1942	0642	Leros	11 Oct 1942	1924	Leros	2329	Sailed with Ametista and escorted by the destroyer Sella until 1840 hours on the 23rd and patrolled between 32°50'N and 33°20'N, and between 26°35'E and 27°05'E.
		30 Sep 1942	2255	33° 10'N, 26° 54'E	At 2255 hours, several flares were dropped by aircraft. Nereide dived.
		2 Oct 1942	0300	33° 00'N, 27° 00'E (0) Approximately.	At 0300 hours, an aircraft was sighted at close range. Nereide crash-dived and surfaced again at 0334 hours.
23	Terra, Pasquale	12 Dec 1942	0750	Leros	28 Dec 1942	1455	Leros	1854,5	Patrolled in Aegean between 34°20'N and 36°00'N, and between 30°00'E and 30°40'E (Grid 8389). Uneventful.
24	Terra, Pasquale	8 Jan 1943	0614	Leros	22 Jan 1943	0840	Augusta	1564,5	Patrolled in eastern Mediterranean then to Augusta. Uneventful. According to British intelligence the patrol was between 35°20'N (actually 34°20'N) and 36°00'N and 30°00'E and 30°40'E or Grids 5337, 5937, 5367, 5967.
25	Terra, Pasquale	7 Feb 1943	1627	Augusta	18 Feb 1943	0810	Augusta	1111,5	Patrolled between 32°40'N and 33°30'N, and between 15°40'E and 16°00'E. On the evening of 13th February, she was moved to a new area between 31°50'N and 32°00'N, and between 15°50'E and 16°40'E. Uneventful.
	Terra, Pasquale	22 Feb 1943	2243	Augusta	25 Feb 1943	0835	Brindisi	359	Passage Augusta-Brindisi. She collided with the motor boat Marras (A.S.51) as she was leaving the quay at Augusta. The skipper of the motor boat was blamed for the collision. Then repairs and refit until May 1943.
	Scandola, Renato	5 May 1943	0905	Brindisi	5 May 1943	1630	Brindisi	14	Trials.
	Scandola, Renato	5 May 1943	1330	Brindisi	5 May 1943	1850	Brindisi	11	Exercises.
	Scandola, Renato	5 May 1943	1330	Brindisi	5 May 1943	1850	Brindisi	11	Trials.
	Scandola, Renato	14 May 1943	0905	Brindisi	14 May 1943	1630	Brindisi	14	Exercises.
	Scandola, Renato	16 May 1943	0920	Brindisi	16 May 1943	1350	Brindisi	9,5	Trials.
	Scandola, Renato	17 May 1943	1425	Brindisi	18 May 1943	1340	Taranto	172	Passage Brindisi-Taranto.
	Scandola, Renato	4 Jun 1943	1651	Taranto	4 Jun 1943	2232	Taranto	31	Sonar exercises with the torpedo boats Sagittario and Monzambano and the corvette Gabbiano.
	Scandola, Renato	5 Jun 1943	1450	Taranto	5 Jun 1943	1945	Taranto	46	Sonar exercises with the torpedo boat Monzambano.
	Scandola, Renato	6 Jun 1943	1700	Taranto	6 Jun 1943	1954	Taranto		Exercises.
	Scandola, Renato	7 Jun 1943	0532	Taranto	7 Jun 1943	1730	Taranto		Exercises.
	Scandola, Renato	8 Jun 1943	0527	Taranto	8 Jun 1943	1555	Taranto		Exercises with corvette Gabbiano (sonar) and the tug Portovecchio. She was escorted out by the auxiliary Claretta.
	Scandola, Renato	12 Jun 1943	0908	Taranto	13 Jun 1943	0110	Taranto		Exercises with steamer Nesazio escorted by the auxiliary Claretta.
	Scandola, Renato	14 Jun 1943	0951	Taranto	14 Jun 1943	1510	Taranto		Exercises.
	Scandola, Renato	25 Jun 1943	2235	Taranto	1 Jul 1943	0815	Pozzuoli	511	Passage Taranto-Pozzuoli.
		29 Jun 1943	0639	(0) Near Cape Dell'Armi.	At 0639 hours, an aircraft was seen and the submarine dived.
		29 Jun 1943	0827	(0) Near Cape Dell'Armi.	At 0827 hours, an aircraft was seen and the submarine dived.
		30 Jun 1943	1805		At 1805 hours, an aircraft was seen and the submarine dived.
		1 Jul 1943	0450	(0) Near Naples.	At 0450 hours, in foggy weather, a submarine was sighted. As T.V. Scandola had not been informed of Italian submarines in the area, Nereide was prepared for action. Torpedoes and the deck gun were ready to fire when the submarine appeared to be Italian. At 0459 hours, visual signals were exchanged and were also answered by a second submarine who was following. These were probably Nichelio and Wolframio who had sailed from Pozzuoli for Portoferraio.
26	Scandola, Renato	7 Jul 1943	0105	Pozzuoli	13 Jul 1943	0730	Sunk		Patrolled south of Sardinia in 38°55'N, 09°25'E until 10 July, when ordered to patrol 40 miles east of Augusta. Sunk by HM destroyers Echo and Ilex 40 miles east of Augusta. Twenty-nine survivors. At 0007 hours on the 14th, MARICOSOM, unaware of her loss, ordered her to occupy the northern half of zone 81 [between 37°15'N and 37°20'N, and between 15°20'E and 15°40'E].
		12 Jul 1943	1746	37° 30'N, 15° 10'E (0) Approximate position. Near Catania.	This attack lacks details as Nereide did not return from this patrol. At 1746 hours, a squadron of ten destroyers was sighted and three torpedoes (533mm, G7e type) were fired from bow tubes at 4,500 metres. Two destroyers were claimed to have been hit. These were probably units from the 5th Destroyer Flotilla.
		13 Jul 1943	0500 (e)	(e) 37° 25'N, 16° 07'E	At 0220 hours, Nereide was cruising on the surface when she was detected at a range of 10,200 yards by the radar of the light cruiser HMS Euryalus and, almost simultaneously, by the radar of the light cruier HMS Cleopatra. The warships were proceeding in company with the destroyers HMS Echo and HMS Ilex (this was Force Q). 0232 hours, the submarine came in sight and HMS Euryalus opened fire with star shells at a range of 5,800 yards, while the two destroyers were sent to the attack. At 0335 hours, HMS Ilex obtained an ASDIC contact. Depth charging followed: 0338 hours: HMS Ilex (5 DCs set at 100 feet). 0343 hours: HMS Ilex (2 DCs at 150 and 300 feet) 0344 hours: HMS Echo (5 DCs at 150, 250 and 350 feet) 0354 hours: HMS Ilex (5 DCs at 150, 250 and 350 feet) 0431 hours: HMS Ilex (5 DCs at 150, 250 and 350 feet) 0440 hours: HMS Ilex (5 DCs at 350 and 550 feet) 0444 hours: HMS Echo (5? DCs at 350 and 550 feet) 0448 hours: HMS Ilex (5 DCs at 350 and 550 feet) 0455 hours: HMS Echo (5? DCs at 150, 250 and 350 feet) The submarine suddenly surfaced. HMS Echo opened fire and scored a 4.7" hit abaft the conning tower with her second salvo. The destroyer then crossed ahead the submarine to deliver four depth charges set at 50 feet. The submarine rolled over and sank stern first. HMS Echo picked twenty survivors (five officers, including T.V. Scandola, and fifteen ratings). HMS Ilex picked up seven ratings. Twenty-one ratings were killed or missing.

99 entries. 81 total patrol entries (26 marked as war patrols) and 29 events.

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