Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Career information
Commands listed for
Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
---|
Ships hit by
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for
Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R 3 () | Incomplete. | |||||||||
R 4 () | Incomplete. | |||||||||
FR 111 (ex-Phoque) () | Bizerta | Bizerta | Captured by the Germans at Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. | |||||||
FR 113 (ex-Requin) () | Bizerta | Bizerta | Captured by the Germans at Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. | |||||||
FR 114 (ex-Espadon) () | Ferryville (Bizerta) | Ferryville (Bizerta) | Captured by the Germans at Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. | |||||||
FR 112 (ex-Saphir) () | Bizerta | Bizerta | Captured by the Germans at Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. Was to have been transformed into a pontoon to carry stores. | |||||||
FR 116 (ex-Turquoise) () | Bizerta | Bizerta | Captured by the Germans in Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. | |||||||
FR 117 (ex-Circé) () | Bizerta | Bizerta | Captured by the Germans in Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. | |||||||
Ex-French Calypso () | Bizerta | Bizerta | Captured by the Germans at Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy. | |||||||
CA 1 () | 10 Jun 1940 | La Spezia | 10 Jun 1940 | La Spezia | At la Spezia at the outbreak of the war. | |||||
CA 2 () | 10 Jun 1940 | La Spezia | 10 Jun 1940 | La Spezia | At la Spezia at the outbreak of the war. Was to have been transported by the submarine Da Vinci to attack New York. | |||||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 20 Jul 1940 | Monfalcone | 20 Jul 1940 | Monfalcone | Launched. | |||||
X 2 (X2) | 1 Oct 1940 | Pola | 1 Oct 1940 | Pola | Disarmed at Pola. | |||||
X 3 (X3) | 1 Oct 1940 | Pola | 1 Oct 1940 | Pola | Disarmed at Pola. | |||||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 14 Nov 1940 | 0900 | Monfalcone | 14 Nov 1940 | 1600 | Monfalcone | Trials escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 23 Nov 1940 | 1000 | Monfalcone | 23 Nov 1940 | 1615 | Monfalcone | Trials escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 28 Nov 1940 | 0940 | Monfalcone | 28 Nov 1940 | 1640 | Monfalcone | Trials escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 2 Dec 1940 | 1000 | Monfalcone | 2 Dec 1940 | 1530? | Pola | Passage Monfalcone-Pola, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 4 Dec 1940 | 0850 | Pola | 4 Dec 1940 | 1435 | Pola | Trials, escorted by MAS 426. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 5 Dec 1940 | 0940 | Pola | 5 Dec 1940 | 1700 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the tug Tenace. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 7 Dec 1940 | 0900 | Pola | 7 Dec 1940 | 1700 | Pola | Trials, escorted by MAS 423. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 8 Dec 1940 | 0855 | Pola | 8 Dec 1940 | 1715 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 9 Dec 1940 | 0915 | Pola | 9 Dec 1940 | 1620 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the tug Nettuno. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 12 Dec 1940 | 0855 | Pola | 12 Dec 1940 | 1230 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 13 Dec 1940 | 0915 | Pola | 13 Dec 1940 | 1540 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 14 Dec 1940 | 0925 | Pola | 14 Dec 1940 | 1730 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 15 Dec 1940 | 0845 | Pola | 15 Dec 1940 | 1705 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 17 Dec 1940 | 0910 | Pola | 17 Dec 1940 | 1645 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 27 Dec 1940 | 0925 | Pola | 27 Dec 1940 | 1405 | Pola | Diving trials, escorted by Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 28 Dec 1940 | 0905 | Pola | 28 Dec 1940 | 1110 | Pola | Diving trials, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 29 Dec 1940 | 1030 | Pola | 29 Dec 1940 | 1700 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 30 Dec 1940 | 0910 | Pola | 30 Dec 1940 | 1700 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the tug Tenace. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 31 Dec 1940 | 0910 | Pola | 31 Dec 1940 | 1615 | Pola | Diving trials, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 2 Jan 1941 | 0900 | Pola | 2 Jan 1941 | 1655 | Pola | Trials escorted by the auxilary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Saint Bon (SB) | 3 Jan 1941 | 0920 | Pola | 3 Jan 1941 | 1540 | Monfalcone | Passage Pola-Monfalcone, escorted by the torpedo boat San Martino. | |||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 27 Jan 1941 | 0945 | Monfalcone | 27 Jan 1941 | 1530 | Pola | Passage Monfalcone-Pola, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 29 Jan 1941 | 0840 | Pola | 29 Jan 1941 | 1430 | Pola | Trial escorted by the tug Parenzo. | |||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 31 Jan 1941 | 0845 | Pola | 31 Jan 1941 | 1430 | Pola | Trials escorted by the tug Parenzo. | |||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 1 Feb 1941 | 0343 | Pola | 1 Feb 1941 | 0915 | Pola | Trials escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 2 Feb 1941 | 0835 | Pola | 2 Feb 1941 | 1445 | Pola | Trials escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | |||
Ammiraglio Cagni (CA, N.55) | 3 Feb 1941 | 0900 | Pola | 3 Feb 1941 | 1115 | Pola | Diving trials with the submarine Balilla escorted by auxiliary Laurana. | |||
CB 1 () | 7 Feb 1941 | 1525 | La Spezia | 7 Feb 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Monzabano. | ||||
Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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. | |||||
Ammiraglio Caracciolo (CC) | 15 Apr 1941 | Monfalcone | 15 Apr 1941 | 1100 | Monfalcone | Change moorings? towed by the tug Taurus. | ||||
CB 3 () | 16 Apr 1941 | 1000 | La Spezia | 16 Apr 1941 | 1420 | La Spezia | Exercises with CB 4 escorted by the auxiliary Rimini. | |||
Antonio Bajamonti (ex-N.2, ex-Smeli) (BM) | 17 Apr 1941 | Kotor | 17 Apr 1941 | Kotor | Seized by Italian Navy and renamed N.2 and again renamed (ca. June 1941) Antonio Bajamonti. | |||||
Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 17 Apr 1941 | Kotor | 17 Apr 1941 | Kotor | The Yugoslav submarine Ostvenik was seized by the Italian Navy. Renamed N 1 up and renamed again (ca. June 1941) Francesco Rismondo. | |||||
N.3 (ex-Hrabri) () | 17 Apr 1941 | Kotor | 17 Apr 1941 | Kotor | Seized by Italian Navy and renamed N 3. | |||||
CB 1 () | 22 Apr 1941 | 0830 | La Spezia | 22 Apr 1941 | 1815 | La Spezia | Exercises with the submarine Scirè and the tugs Torre Annunziata, Capodistria and Crotone. | |||
CB 1 () | 23 Apr 1941 | 0750 | La Spezia | 23 Apr 1941 | 1825 | La Spezia | Exercises with the tug Meloria. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 28 Apr 1941 | Pola | 28 Apr 1941 | Pola | Disarmed and used as floating oil pontoon. | |||||
CB 1 () | 10 May 1941 | La Spezia | 10 May 1941 | 1155 | La Spezia | Entered service. | ||||
Tito Speri (TS) | 13 May 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 13 May 1941 | 1800 | Pola | 51 | Exercises with the submarine Alagi escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Domenico Millelire (MI) | 15 May 1941 | Taranto | 15 May 1941 | Taranto | Disarmed and used as floating oil depot. | |||||
N.3 (ex-Hrabri) () | 21 May 1941 | 0509 | Teodo | 21 May 1941 | 2110 | Spalato | Passage Teodo-Spalato of the three ex-Yugoslav submarines N 1, N 2 and N 3, escorted by torpedo boat Bassini. | |||
N.3 (ex-Hrabri) () | 22 May 1941 | 0955 | Spalato | 22 May 1941 | 1725 | Zara | Passage Spalato-Zara of the three ex-Yugoslav submarines N 1, N 2 and N 3 escorted by the torpedo boat Bassini. | |||
N.3 (ex-Hrabri) () | 23 May 1941 | 0945 | Zara | 23 May 1941 | 1800 | Pola | 318,8 | Passage Zara-Pola of the three ex-Yugoslav submarines N 1, N 2 and N 3 with the torpedo boat Bassini and tug Marittimo [mileage is from Teodo]. Not operational and not commissioned. Broken up in 1941. | ||
Platino (PT) | 4 Aug 1941 | 1030 | La Spezia | 4 Aug 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises escorted by the tug Favignana and MAS 507. | ||||
Platino (PT) | 20 Aug 1941 | 0935 | La Spezia | 20 Aug 1941 | 1630 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 525. | |||
Platino (PT) | 8 Sep 1941 | 1010 | La Spezia | 8 Sep 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 510 and MAS 567. | |||
Acciaio (AC) | 11 Sep 1941 | 0945 | La Spezia | 11 Sep 1941 | 1350 | La Spezia | Exercises escorted by MAS 568. | |||
Acciaio (AC) | 23 Sep 1941 | 0855 | La Spezia | 23 Sep 1941 | 1435 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Capodistria and MAS 505. | |||
Giovanni Bausan (BN) | 6 Oct 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 6 Oct 1941 | 1600 | Pola | 60 | Exercises with submarine Des Geneys, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary Morrhua. | ||
Giovanni Bausan (BN) | 8 Oct 1941 | 1015 | Pola | 8 Oct 1941 | 1920 | Pola | 66 | Exercises with the submarine Emo, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso and the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Asteria (AE) | 8 Oct 1941 | 0850 | Pola | 8 Oct 1941 | 1830 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the auxiliary Salvatore. | |||
Platino (PT) | 13 Oct 1941 | 0850 | La Spezia | 13 Oct 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | Exercises with MAS 571 and the auxiliaries Crotone and Capodistria. | |||
Platino (PT) | 17 Oct 1941 | 0905 | La Spezia | 17 Oct 1941 | 1140 | La Spezia | Exercises with submarines Veniero and Malachite, escorted by MAS 572 and the auxiliary Capodistria. | |||
Giada (GD, N.88) | 22 Oct 1941 | 0910 | Pola | 22 Oct 1941 | 1715 | Pola | Trials, escorted by the auxiliary Morrhua. | |||
Acciaio (AC) | 25 Oct 1941 | 0915 | La Spezia | 25 Oct 1941 | 1645 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliariy Capodistria and MAS 570. | |||
Acciaio (AC) | 27 Oct 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 27 Oct 1941 | 1710 | La Spezia | Exercises, with the submarine Mocenigo escorted by MAS 570. | |||
Bronzo (BZ) | 27 Oct 1941 | 1150 | Taranto | 27 Oct 1941 | 1515 | Taranto | Trials, escorted by MAS 7/D. | |||
Acciaio (AC) | 30 Oct 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 30 Oct 1941 | 1200 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 573. | |||
Bronzo (BZ) | 4 Nov 1941 | 0805 | Taranto | 4 Nov 1941 | 1155 | Taranto | Trials, escorted by MAS 3/D. | |||
Cobalto (CB) | 20 Nov 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 20 Nov 1941 | 1420 | La Spezia | Exercises with the destroyer Premuda and MAS 525. | |||
Cobalto (CB) | 25 Nov 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 25 Nov 1941 | 1635 | La Spezia | Exercises with the submarines H 1, H 6 and Colonna and escorted by the torpedo boat La Masa and MAS 510. | |||
Granito (GR) | 28 Nov 1941 | 0730 | Pola | 28 Nov 1941 | 1840 | Pola | Trials, escorted by San Giorgio. | |||
Marcantonio Bragadino (BG) | 3 Dec 1941 | Taranto | 13 Dec 1941 | Taranto | At Taranto. No Commanding officer? | |||||
Bronzo (BZ) | 13 Dec 1941 | 0910 | Taranto | 13 Dec 1941 | 1445 | Taranto | Trials with Brin, escorted by auxiliary Dalmazia. | |||
Cobalto (CB) | 23 Dec 1941 | 0915 | La Spezia | 23 Dec 1941 | 1705 | La Spezia | Exercises with with the submarines H 6 and Colonna, escorted by the destroyer Premuda, MAS 505, MAS 510 and the auxiliaries Capodistria and Crotone. | |||
Porfido (PO) | 23 Dec 1941 | 1005 | Pola | 23 Dec 1941 | 1700 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by auxiliary Trau. | |||
Porfido (PO) | 26 Dec 1941 | 0830 | Pola | 26 Dec 1941 | 1530 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | |||
Granito (GR) | 1 Jan 1942 | Monfalcone | 1 Jan 1942 | Monfalcone | Entered service. | |||||
Cobalto (CB) | 5 Jan 1942 | 0900 | La Spezia | 5 Jan 1942 | 1250 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 505. | |||
Cobalto (CB) | 12 Jan 1942 | 0915 | La Spezia | 12 Jan 1942 | 1340 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 505. | |||
Acciaio (AC) | 22 Jan 1942 | 0849 | Muggiano | 22 Jan 1942 | 1630 | Muggiano | 36 | Trials with the submarine Cobalto. Escorted by Mesco, Favignana and MAS 505. | ||
Acciaio (AC) | 26 Jan 1942 | 0846 | Muggiano | 26 Jan 1942 | 1725 | La Spezia | 48 | Trials and passage Muggiano-La Spezia. | ||
Wolframio (Volframio) (VO) | 5 Feb 1942 | 1028 | Taranto | 5 Feb 1942 | 1606 | Taranto | Trials, escorted by the tug Gennariello. | |||
Alabastro (AB) | 8 Apr 1942 | 0900 | Pola | 8 Apr 1942 | 1740 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat T.3. | |||
Alabastro (AB) | 10 Apr 1942 | 0930 | Pola | 10 Apr 1942 | 1630 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat T.3. | |||
Alabastro (AB) | 11 Apr 1942 | 0730 | Pola | 11 Apr 1942 | 2030 | Pola | Diving trials to 80 metres, escorted by the torpedo boat T.3. | |||
Alabastro (AB) | 13 Apr 1942 | 0915 | Pola | 13 Apr 1942 | 1035 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat T.3. | |||
Argento (AG) | 13 Apr 1942 | 0845 | Taranto | 13 Apr 1942 | 1225 | Taranto | Exercises, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.30. | |||
Alabastro (AB) | 16 Apr 1942 | 0835 | Pola | 16 Apr 1942 | 1830 | Monfalcone | Trials and passage Pola-Monfalcone, escorted part of the way by torpedo boat T.3. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 6 May 1942 | 0800 | Pola | 6 May 1942 | Afternoon | Pola | Towing trials as oil depot pontoon. Towed by the destroyer Riboty). Towed back with the help of Tug no.90. | |||
Argento (AG) | 7 May 1942 | 0714 | Taranto | 7 May 1942 | 1607 | Taranto | Exercises, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.13. | |||
Alabastro (AB) | 9 May 1942 | Monfalcone | 9 May 1942 | Monfalcone | Delivered to Regia Marina. | |||||
Des Geneys (DN) | 25 May 1942 | Pola | 25 May 1942 | Pola | Disarmed and used to charge batteries. | |||||
Marcantonio Colonna (CN) | 1 Jun 1942 | Genoa | 1 Jun 1942 | Genoa | Disarmed. | |||||
Giovanni Bausan (BN) | 1 Jun 1942 | 1 Jun 1942 | Disarmed and used as floating oil depot. | |||||||
Balilla (BL) | 6 Jun 1942 | 1140 | Pola | 8 Jun 1942 | 0000 | Brindisi | Passage Pola-Brindisi as oil-carrying pontoon towed by the destroyer Da Verazzano (the maximum speed attained was 18 knots equivalent to 21 knots if the destroyer was not towing). | |||
Balilla (BL) | 9 Jun 1942 | 2030 | Brindisi | 10 Jun 1942 | 0000 | Brindisi | Towed to Messina by the destroyer Saetta. At 0325 hours on the 10th, the towing cable broke and she had to turn back assisted by the pilot vessel Cismondi and the destroyer Euro. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 27 Jun 1942 | 0708 | Brindisi | 27 Jun 1942 | 1302 | Argostoli | Passage Brindisi-Argostoli as oil depot, towed by the destroyer Saetta and escorted by the destroyer Stocco and torpedo boat Castore. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 29 Jun 1942 | 0500 | Argostoli | 29 Jun 1942 | 1600 | Navarino | Passage Argostoli-Navarino as oil depot, towed by the destroyer Saetta and escorted by the destroyer Stocco and torpedo boat Castore. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 13 Jul 1942 | 0313 | Navarino | 13 Jul 1942 | 2107 | Suda | Passage Navarino-Suda as oil depot, towed by destroyer Saetta. On 9th August, she was reported to act as a refuelling station at Suda, with the tanker Cerere, replacing Arca, who was returning to Brindisi. | |||
Nichelio (NC) | 15 Jul 1942 | 0736 | La Spezia | 15 Jul 1942 | 1720 | La Spezia | Exercises with the submarine H 1 escorted by MAS 509. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 8 Aug 1942 | Date??? | Suda | 10 Aug 1942 | 0930 | Benghazi | Passage Suda-Benghazi as oil depot (carrying 1,000 tons of oil?), towed by destroyer Saetta in company with the German transport Sante Fe (4,627 GRT, built 1921). Initially, she was to have gone to Tobruk. On 29th August 1942, she was authorised to carry 1,000 tons of German fuel. | |||
CA 2 () | 9 Sep 1942 | 1623 | Bordeaux | 9 Sep 1942 | 2030 | Le Verdon | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon, piggy-back on the submarine Da Vinci. | |||
CA 2 () | 10 Sep 1942 | 0800 | Le Verdon | 10 Sep 1942 | 1750 | La Pallice | Tests with the submarine Da Vinci. | |||
1. | Domenico Millelire (MI) | 13 Sep 1942 | 0600 | Taranto | 14 Sep 1942 | 1135 | Navarino | Towed by the destroyer Saetta and escorted by the destroyer Castelfidardo, she carried 443 tons of oil and 247 tons of petrol. | ||
2. | Domenico Millelire (MI) | 15 Sep 1942 | 0520 | Navarino | 17 Sep 1942 | 1000 | Tobruk | Towed by the destroyer Saetta and escorted by the torpedo boat Castelfidardo for passage Navarino to Tobruk. Later towed to Taranto where she remained until the armistice. | ||
16 Sep 1942 | 0109-0342 | 33° 58'N, 22° 55'E | Transformed as an oil depot, she was being towed to Navarino by the destroyer Saetta and escorted by the torpedo-boat Castelfidardo when they came under attack from Wellington bombers, which fired flares but do not appear to have dropped bombs. | |||||||
CA 2 () | 21 Sep 1942 | 0955 | La Pallice | 21 Sep 1942 | 2015 | Le Verdon | Tests with the submarine Da Vinci. | |||
CA 2 () | 22 Sep 1942 | 1415 | Le Verdon | 22 Sep 1942 | 1755 | Bordeaux | Passage Le Verdon-Bordeaux piggy-back on the submarine Da Vinci. | |||
Domenico Millelire (MI) | 23 Sep 1942 | 23 Sep 1942 | Renamed as G.R. 248 (G.R. stood for Gallegiante Rifornimento or oil pontoon). | |||||||
Balilla (BL) | 23 Sep 1942 | 23 Sep 1942 | Renamed G.R. 247 (G.R. stood for Gallegiante Rifornimento or oil pontoon). | |||||||
Giovanni Bausan (BN) | 23 Sep 1942 | 23 Sep 1942 | Renamed G.R. 251 (G.R. stood for Gallegiante Rifornimento or oil pontoon). | |||||||
Domenico Millelire (MI) | 11 Oct 1942 | 1400 | Tobruk | 13 Oct 1942 | 0230 | Navarino | Passage Tobruk-Navarino as oil-carrying pontoon, towed by destroyer Saetta, with the steamer Col Di Lana (the latter going to Piraeus) and escorted by the destroyer Freccia and the torpedo boats Lupo and Antares (and later Lira). | |||
12 Oct 1942 | 0020-0139 | 32° 44'N, 23° 46'E | While being towed by the destroyer Saetta, in company with Col Di Lana (the latter going to Piraeus) and escorted by the destroyer Freccia and the torpedo-boats Lupo and Antares, the convoy came under air attack. Domenico Millelire was undamaged, but Antares was hit by a bomb and had casualties. | |||||||
Domenico Millelire (MI) | 18 Oct 1942 | 0835 | Navarino | 19 Oct 1942 | 1435 | Taranto | Passage Navarino-Taranto, towed by the destroyer Saetta and escorted by the torpedo boat Lira. | |||
CB 1 () | 24 Oct 1942 | 0700 | Sevastopol | 24 Oct 1942 | 1630 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 4. | |||
3. | CB 1 () | 27 Oct 1942 | 1500 | Yalta | 29 Oct 1942 | 0900 | Yalta | Antisubmarine patrol off Yalta with CB 4. | ||
4. | CB 1 () | 30 Oct 1942 | 1900 | Yalta | 31 Oct 1942 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Passage Yalta-Sevastopol and antisubmarine patrol with CB 4. | ||
FR ? (ex. French Henri Poincaré) () | 18 Nov 1942 | Toulon | 18 Nov 1942 | Toulon | Scuttled by the French. Wreck was raised by the Italians. | |||||
CB 6 () | 22 Nov 1942 | 0800 | Sevastopol | 22 Nov 1942 | 1956 | Ostchakov | Sailed for Costanza but then diverted to Ostchakov. Was towed by a tug. | |||
5. | CB 1 () | 22 Nov 1942 | 0630 | Sevastopol | 23 Nov 1942 | 1400 | C. Tendra (anchored) | Passage Sevastopol-Costanza with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6 including antisubmarine patrol and stops at Cape Tendra (due to bad weather), Odessa, Bugaz and Sulina. | ||
CB 2 () | 22 Nov 1942 | 0800 | Sevastopol | 23 Nov 1942 | 1956 | Ostchakov | Passage Sevastopol-Ostchakov with CB 1, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 1 () | 24 Nov 1942 | 0600 | C. Tendra | 24 Nov 1942 | 1630 | Otchakov | Passage Cape Tendra-Otchakov with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 1 () | 26 Nov 1942 | 0630 | Otchakov | 26 Nov 1942 | 1200 | Otchakov | Passage Otchakov-Odessa with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6 but then turned back because of the bad weather. | |||
CB 2 () | 26 Nov 1942 | Date? | Ostchakov | 27 Nov 1942 | Odessa | Passage Ostchakov-Odessa with CB 1, CB 4 and CB 6. | ||||
CB 1 () | 27 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Otchakov | 27 Nov 1942 | 1400 | Odessa | Passage Otchakov-Odessa with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 6 () | 27 Nov 1942 | 0600? | Ostchakov | 27 Nov 1942 | 1400? | Odessa | Passage Ostchakov-Odessa, towed by a German tug, escorting a German convoy with CB 1, CB 2 and CB 4. | |||
CB 1 () | 28 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Odessa | 28 Nov 1942 | 1500 | Bugaz | Passage Odessa-Bugaz with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 2 () | 28 Nov 1942 | 0600? | Odessa | 28 Nov 1942 | 1500? | Bugaz | Passage Odessa-Bugaz with CB 1, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 6 () | 28 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Odessa | 28 Nov 1942 | 1500 | Bugaz | Passage Odessa-Bugaz with CB 1, CB 2 and CB 4. | |||
CB 1 () | 30 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Bugaz | 30 Nov 1942 | 2000 | Sulina | Passage Bugaz-Sulina with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 2 () | 30 Nov 1942 | 0600? | Bugaz | 30 Nov 1942 | 1930 | Sulina | Passage Odessa-Sulina with CB 1, CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
CB 6 () | 30 Nov 1942 | 0600? | Bugaz | 30 Nov 1942 | 2000? | Sulina | Passage Bugaz-Sulina with CB 1, CB 2 and CB 4. | |||
CB 1 () | 1 Dec 1942 | 1100 | Sulina | 1 Dec 1942 | Time? | Sulina | Trials. CB 1 and CB 6 remained in Sulina, while CB 2 and CB 4 were ordered to Costanza. | |||
CB 2 () | 1 Dec 1942 | 1100 | Sulina | 2 Dec 1942 | 0500 | Costanza | 440 | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 1, CB 4 and CB 6. | ||
CB 6 () | 3 Dec 1942 | Date? | Sulina | 3 Dec 1942 | 0900 | Costanza | 440 | Passage Sulina-Costanza [mileage from 22nd November]. | ||
Domenico Millelire (MI) | 5 Dec 1942 | 0746 | Messina | 6 Dec 1942 | 0735 | Palermo | Passage Messina-Palermo towed by the tugs Portoferraio and Luni, escorted by the torpedo boat Castelfidardo. | |||
Ex-French Nautilus () | 1 Jan 1943 | Bizerta | 1 Jan 1943 | Bizerta | On 9th March 1943 it was concluded that she was in such a state that towing her out was impractical. | |||||
FR 115 (ex-Dauphin) () | 4 Jan 1943 | 0900 | Ferryville | 4 Jan 1943 | 0900 | Ferryville | The ex French submarine Dauphin was brought alongside the pier for repairs. The submarine had been captured in Bizerta in December 1942 and allocated to the Italian Navy. She would soon be renamed FR.115. | |||
Ex-French Nautilus () | 16 Jan 1943 | Bizerta | 17 Jan 1943 | Bizerta | Damaged by splinters during an air raid (Dauphin and Espadon were also present). | |||||
16 Jan 1943 | 0430 | (0) At Ferryville. | At 0430 hours, the ex-French submarine Nautilus, now under Italian colours, was damaged by bomb splinters when the harbour of Bizerta came under air attack. | |||||||
Ex-French Nautilus () | 23 Jan 1943 | 1500 | Ferryville | 23 Jan 1943 | 1500 | Ferryville | Left the dock. | |||
Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 30 Jan 1943 | La Spezia? | 30 Jan 1943 | La Spezia? | Damaged by bomb at La Spezia? One killed. | |||||
Ex-French Calypso () | 30 Jan 1943 | Bizerta | 30 Jan 1943 | 2100 | Sunk | Sunk in an air raid. | ||||
30 Jan 1943 | 2130 | (0) Ferryville harbour. | At 1430 hours, the Italian freighter Noto (3,168 GRT, built 1938) carrying ammunition was hit by a bomb and set afire during an Allied air raid on Bizerta. At 2100 hours, Noto blew up. The explosion fatally damaged the ex-French submarine Calypso (now under Italian colours) and she sank at 2130 hours. | |||||||
Flutto (FL) | 24 Feb 1943 | 1530 | Monfalcone | 24 Feb 1943 | 1930 | Monfalcone | Trials. The submarine entered service on 20th March 1943. | |||
Balilla (BL) | 1 Mar 1943 | Piraeus | 1 Mar 1943 | Piraeus | Reported at Piraeus as floating oil depot G.R.S. 247. This is apparently an error and should read G.R. 247. | |||||
Domenico Millelire (MI) | 1 Mar 1943 | Palermo | 1 Mar 1943 | Palermo | Reported at Palermo as pontoon G.S.R. 248. This is probably an error and should read G.R. 248. | |||||
Giovanni Bausan (BN) | 1 Mar 1943 | Brindisi | 1 Mar 1943 | Brindisi | Reported at Brindisi as floating oil depot G.S.R. 251. This is apparently an error and should read G.R. 251. | |||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 20 Mar 1943 | Monfalcone | 20 Mar 1943 | Monfalcone | Launched. | |||||
Murena (UIT-16) | 11 Apr 1943 | La Spezia | 11 Apr 1943 | 0930 | La Spezia | Launched. | ||||
Balilla (BL) | 17 Apr 1943 | 1805 | Suda | 19 Apr 1943 | 0145 | Piraeus | Passage Suda-Piraeus, towed by the tugs Tenax and Instancabile together with steamer Olna (7,023 GRT, built 1921) and the tank-lighter Aris towed by the tug Cataldo, escorted by the German submarine chaser UJ-2101. | |||
Enrico Toti (TO) | 1 May 1943 | Taranto | 1 May 1943 | Taranto | Retired from service after being used as a training vessel and in supply missions. In June 1943, she was considered for use as a pontoon for transport. | |||||
Balilla (BL) | 1 May 1943 | Piraeus | 2 May 1943 | 1700 | Chalkis | Passage Piraeus-Chalkis to provide fuel to the destroyer Turbine, which had the Italian Generals Manzi and Galla on board and was part of a large scale operation to clear the area of Greek partisans. On 4th May, she was to have gone to Volos, but it appears she remained in Chalkis and the Germans used her to block the harbour at the time of their evacuation from Greece. She was refloated and taken over by Greece as war booty. | ||||
6. | H 2 (H2) | 5 May 1943 | 1800 | La Spezia | 6 May 1943 | 0915 | La Spezia | 74 | Defensive patrol with submarine H.8 (hydrophone watch) between (1) 43°42.5'N, 09°24.5'E (2) 43°40'N, 09°26'E (3) 43°47'N, 09°35'35'E (4) 43°44.5'N, 09°41'E. Uneventful. | |
Grongo (GG) | 6 May 1943 | La Spezia | 6 May 1943 | La Spezia | Launched at La Spezia. Had been assigned to X.Mas since 30 March 1943. | |||||
FR 116 (ex-Turquoise) () | 6 May 1943 | Bizerta | 6 May 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled in Bizerta as she could not sail to Italy. Was to have been towed out on 20th March 1943. | |||||
FR 117 (ex-Circé) () | 6 May 1943 | Bizerta | 6 May 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled in Bizerta as she could not sail to Italy. Was to have been towed out on 20th March 1943 but unable to do so. | |||||
Murena (UIT-16) | 14 May 1943 | La Spezia | 14 May 1943 | La Spezia | Trials? Diverted by MAS 525 as she was on a collision course with Sparide. | |||||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 14 May 1943 | 1145 | La Spezia | 14 May 1943 | 1520 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 525. | |||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 24 May 1943 | 0800 | La Spezia | 24 May 1943 | 1800 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by MAS 525. | |||
7. | CB 6 () | 27 Jun 1943 | 0800 | Costanza | 29 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Carried out a patrol? | ||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 30 Jun 1943 | 0915 | Monfalcone | 30 Jun 1943 | 1850 | Pola | Passage Monfalcone-Pola. | |||
8. | CB 1 () | 3 Jul 1943 | 0900 | Costanza | 5 Jul 1943 | 1500 | Costanza | Sailed with CB 4 and patrolled 20 miles West of Kaliakra. Uneventful. | ||
9. | CB 4 () | 3 Jul 1943 | 0900 | Costanza | 5 Jul 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | ? | Sailed with CB 1 and patrolled 20 miles west of Kaliakra. Uneventful. | |
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 6 Jul 1943 | 0850 | Pola | 6 Jul 1943 | 1935 | Monfalcone | Trials. The submarine was delivered to the Regia Marina on 26th July 1943. | |||
10. | CB 1 () | 10 Jul 1943 | 0800 (s.o.) | Costanza | 12 Jul 1943 | 1430 | Costanza | Sailed with CB 4 for exercises and A/S patrol via Point CS 4 and CS 1 to point "Hamburg" (eastward of Kaliakra). Uneventul. | ||
11. | CB 4 () | 10 Jul 1943 | 0800 (s.o.) | Costanza | 12 Jul 1943 | 1430 | Costanza | Sailed with CB 1 for exercises and A/S patrol eastward of Kaliakra. | ||
FR ? (ex. French Henri Poincaré) () | 18 Jul 1943 | Toulon | 18 Jul 1943 | Toulon | Work expected to be completed by the end of the month. | |||||
Bronzo (BZ) | 18 Jul 1943 | Date??? | Syracuse | 19 Jul 1943 | Malta | Passage Syracuse-Malta. On 18th August, it was proposed to giver her to the Hellenic Navy and, if they refused, to the Yugoslav Navy. | ||||
CB 1 () | 22 Jul 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 23 Jul 1943 | 0000 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 6 towed by the German tug Stralsund. Escorted by the submarine chaser UJ-2305 as far as 31°30'E, proceeded alone to SN 3 (Sevastopol) to escort two F-lighters and two HS-boats. | |||
CB 6 () | 22 Jul 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 23 Jul 1943 | 0000 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 1. She was towed by the German tug Stralsund and escorted by the submarine chaser UJ-2305 as far as 31°30'E then proceeded alone to SN 3 (Sevastopol) to escort two F-lighters and 2 HS-boats. | |||
Murena (UIT-16) | 24 Jul 1943 | La Spezia | 24 Jul 1943 | La Spezia | Carried human torpedoes to attack Gibraltar. This was actually misinformation, to hide the use of Olterra. | |||||
CB 1 () | 24 Jul 1943 | 2225 | Sulina | 26 Jul 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Passage Sulina-Sevastopol with CB 6, the German submarine chaser UJ-2305 and the tugs Gastein and Stralsund; then escorted the lighters F-301 and F-304. | |||
CB 6 () | 24 Jul 1943 | 2225 | Sulina | 26 Jul 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Passage Sulina-Sevastopol with CB 1, submarine chaser UJ-2305 and tugs Gastein and Stralsund; then escorted the lighters F-301 and F-304. | |||
12. | CB 4 () | 25 Jul 1943 | 0830 | Costanza or Sulina? | 1 Aug 1943 | 1300? | Sevastopol | Sailed with CB 3, the German tug Stralsund and the submarine chasers UJ-2301 and UJ-2302. They arrived at Sevastopol with the lighters F-301, F-304 and MR-7 and RS-4. | ||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 26 Jul 1943 | Monfalcone | 26 Jul 1943 | Monfalcone | Entered service. | |||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 2 Aug 1943 | 0830 | Monfalcone | 2 Aug 1943 | 1305 | Pola | Passage Monfalcone-Pola. | |||
FR 113 (ex-Requin) () | 10 Aug 1943 | Castellamare di Stabbia | 10 Aug 1943 | Castellamare di Stabbia | At Castellamare di Stabbia. | |||||
10 Aug 1943 | 0100 | (0) At Castellamare di Stabbia. | At 0100 hours, the submarine base at Castellamare di Stabbia (outside Naples) came under shelling from the light cruisers HMS Aurora, HMS Penelope, HMS Sirius and HMS Dido and four destroyers. FR.113 was hit aft and damaged, so were the light cruiser Giulio Germanico, the corvettes Libellula, Farfalla, Cicala and Grillo. | |||||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 11 Aug 1943 | 0735 | Pola | 11 Aug 1943 | 1205 | Monfalcone | Passage Pola-Monfalcone at 15 knots. | |||
Murena (UIT-16) | 25 Aug 1943 | La Spezia | 25 Aug 1943 | Entered service. | ||||||
FR ? (ex. French Henri Poincaré) () | 26 Aug 1943 | Toulon | 26 Aug 1943 | Toulon | Reported at Toulon. | |||||
FR 114 (ex-Espadon) () | 3 Sep 1943 | 3 Sep 1943 | Reported at sea. Exercises? | |||||||
FR ? (ex. French Henri Poincaré) () | 3 Sep 1943 | Toulon | 4 Sep 1943 | Date??? | Genoa | Passage Toulon-Genoa escorted by MAS 424. The French Admiral Dambe protested the seizure of the submarine. | ||||
CM 1 (UIT.17) | 5 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 5 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Launched at Monfalcone. | |||||
FR 113 (ex-Requin) () | 5 Sep 1943 | 0304 | Castellammare di Stabia | 6 Sep 1943 | 0115 | Civitavecchia | Passage Castellammare di Stabia-Civitavecchia. | |||
FR 113 (ex-Requin) () | 6 Sep 1943 | 0520 | Civitavecchia | 6 Sep 1943 | 1840 | Livorno | Passage Civitavecchia-Livorno. | |||
FR 113 (ex-Requin) () | 7 Sep 1943 | 0515 | Livorno | 7 Sep 1943 | 1540 | Genoa | Passage Livorno-Genoa. | |||
CB 7 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | At Pola. Being repaired after battery explosion and without periscope. Never operational again. | |||||
CB 13 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | At Pola at armistice time. | |||||
CB 14 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | At Pola at armistice time. | |||||
CB 15 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | At Pola at armistice time. | |||||
CB 16 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | 8 Sep 1943 | Pola | At Pola at armistice time. | |||||
CB 17 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Trieste | 8 Sep 1943 | Trieste | Seized at Trieste by the Germans. Reported in Trieste in August 1944. | |||||
CB 18 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Trieste | 8 Sep 1943 | Trieste | Seized at Trieste by the Germans. | |||||
CB 19 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Trieste | 8 Sep 1943 | Trieste | Seized by the Germans at Trieste. | |||||
CB 21 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Taliedo (Milan) | 8 Sep 1943 | Taliedo (Milan) | Seized by the Germans while under construction. | |||||
CB 22 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Taliedo | 8 Sep 1943 | Taliedo | Seized by the Germans while under construction. Further trace is lost. | |||||
CM 1 (UIT.17) | 8 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 8 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Was at Monfalcone at armistice time. | |||||
CM 3 () | 8 Sep 1943 | Taliedo | 8 Sep 1943 | Taliedo | Seized by the Germans while under construction. | |||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 8 Sep 1943 | PM or 1245/9? | Monfalcone | 9 Sep 1943 | 1712 | Venice | Passage Monfalcone-Venice. | |||
Des Geneys (DN) | 9 Sep 1943 | Fiume | 9 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled following armistice. | |||||
H 8 (H8) | 9 Sep 1943 | Genoa | 9 Sep 1943 | Genoa | Seized by the Germans. Had been used as a battery charging station. | |||||
Bario (UIT-7) | 9 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 9 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans, Renamed UIT-7 and launched on 23rd January 1944. Reported completed at Monfalcone on 1st August 1944 and was to be manned by an Italian crew. Scuttled on 1st May 1945. | |||||
S 10 () | 9 Sep 1943 | Danzig | 9 Sep 1943 | Danzig | Taken over by the Germans and reverted to U-1162. | |||||
R 10 (UIT.1) | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | Captured by the Germans, renamed UIT 1 and launched on 12 July 1944. | |||||
R 11 (UIT.2) | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | Captured by the Germans. Renamed UIT 2 and launched on 16 August 1944. Towed to Genoa. | |||||
R 12 (UIT.3) | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | Captured by the Germans. Renamed UIT 3 and launched on 19 September 1944. | |||||
FR 113 (ex-Requin) () | 9 Sep 1943 | Genoa | 9 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled by Italians. Later refloated by the Germans and broken up. They referred to her as of Yugoslav BAJAMONTI class. | |||||
CB 23 () | 9 Sep 1943 | 9 Sep 1943 | Under construction at Taliedo (Caproni). Seized by the Germans. | |||||||
CM 2 () | 9 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 9 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured incomplete. | |||||
Marcantonio Colonna (CN) | 9 Sep 1943 | Genoa | 9 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled at the armistice. Later raised by the Germans and broken up. | |||||
9 Sep 1943 | (0) Genoa harbour. | The submarine was scuttled as she could not sail after the Armistice. She was later raised by the Germans and broken up. | ||||||||
Murena (UIT-16) | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled after Armistice. One killed. Refloated by Germans and became UIT-16. In December 1943, she was being repaired by OTO works Muggiano, La Spezia. In May 1944, she was moved to Genoa with Grongo and Sparide. On 28th May 1944, she was ready to carry out human torpedoes. | |||||
9 Sep 1943 | (0) La Spezia harbour. | At the time of the Armistice, Murena could not sail to join the Allies and was scuttled by her crew. The engineer officer was trapped and drowned and 2° Capo Palombaro Ario Lazzari [who had participated in the attack on Gibraltar in May 1943] from the 10th MAS recovered the body. The submarine was later raised at towed to Genoa and became the German UIT-16. | ||||||||
FR ? (ex. French Henri Poincaré) () | 9 Sep 1943 | Genoa | 9 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled at the armistice. Raised by the Germans ten days later. Part of her hull was found in Genoa and sold on 23rd March 1946 for scrap. The engines were found and shipped back to France. | |||||
9 Sep 1943 | (0) Genoa harbour. | The ex-French Henri Poincaré (she does not appeared to have been renamed) was scuttled as she could not sail at the time of the Armistice. | ||||||||
CM 1 (UIT.17) | 9 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 16 Sep 1943 | Venice | Sailed with Nautilo (which developed defects) and was seized by the Germans at Venice. | |||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 10 Sep 1943 | Venice | 10 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Attempted to escape (carrying part of the crews from Argo and Beilul including her C.O. T.V. Pasquale Beltrame) with the small submarine CM.1 to join the allies but stopped by German S-boats and diverted to Venice. Scuttled after armistice. Captured by Germans and renamed UIT-19. | |||||
Ferro (UIT.12) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans and renamed UIT-12. Blown up on 1st May 1945. | |||||
Litio (UIT-8) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans and renamed UIT-8. Blown up on 1st May 1945. | |||||
Piombo (UIT.13) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans ad renamed UIT-13. Blown up on 1st May 1945. | |||||
Potassio (UIT.10) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans ad renamed UIT-10. Blown up on 1st May 1945. | |||||
Rame (UIT.11) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans and renamed UIT-11. Blown up on 1st May 1945. | |||||
Sodio (UIT-9) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured on slip by the Germans and renamed UIT-9. Blown up on 1st May 1945. | |||||
R 7 (UIT.4) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured by the Germans. Renamed UIT-4 and launched on 21 October 1943. | |||||
R 8 (UIT.5) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured by the Germans. Renamed UIT-5 and launched on 28 December 1943. | |||||
R 9 (UIT.6) | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | 10 Sep 1943 | Monfalcone | Captured by the Germans. Renamed UIT-6 and launched on 27 February 1943. | |||||
CB 13 () | 10 Sep 1943 | Pola | 10 Sep 1943 | Evening | Surrendered. | She was made ready by using parts from CB 7, but was then ordered to surrender to the Germans by Admiral Strazzeri. Under repairs at Pola until at least 29th September 1944. Transferred from Trieste to Pola in a ship in February 1945. | ||||
CB 14 () | 10 Sep 1943 | Pola | 10 Sep 1943 | Evening | Surrendered | She was made ready by using parts from CB 7, but on was then ordered to surrender to the Germans by Admiral Strazzeri. Reported destroyed during an air raid, later in the war. | ||||
FR 114 (ex-Espadon) () | 13 Sep 1943 | Castellammare di Stabia | 13 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | She was being converted to a transport submarine when sunk by the Germans at Castellammare di Stabia. | |||||
H 6 (H6) | 13 Sep 1943 | 1205 | Bonifacio | 13 Sep 1943 | 1205 | Bonifacio | Captured by the Germans and later sunk by gunfire. | |||
13 Sep 1943 | 1205 (e) | (0) Bonfacio harbour. | At 1205 hours, H.6 was in Bonifacio harbour when she was boarded by a party from the German minesweepers R-198 and R-161 (or R-200?) of the 11th.R-Flottille. The submarine was captured without resistance. | |||||||
FR 115 (ex-Dauphin) () | 15 Sep 1943 | Pozzuoli | 15 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | At Pozzuoli since at least 3rd September 1943. She was being converted to a transport submarine when sunk by the Germans. The wreck was sold on 16th January 1946. | |||||
Francesco Rismondo (ex-N.1, ex-Osvetnik) (RI) | 18 Sep 1943 | 1200 | Bonifacio | 18 Sep 1943 | 1200 | Scuttled | Scuttled at 1200 hours by the Germans. | |||
Alpino Attilio Bagnolini (BI, I.12, UIT.22) | 14 Oct 1943 | Bordeaux | 14 Oct 1943 | Bordeaux | Entered service as UI-22 (later UIT 22) in the 12th U-Flotilla. | |||||
Antonio Bajamonti (ex-N.2, ex-Smeli) (BM) | 17 Nov 1943 | La Spezia | 17 Nov 1943 | La Spezia | Reported raised. | |||||
CB 1 () | 3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal, she flew the Rumanian flag on 3 December 1943. | |||||||
CB 2 () | 3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal they flew the Rumanian flag on 3 December 1943. | |||||||
CB 3 () | 3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal, she flew the Rumanian flag on 3rd December 943. | |||||||
CB 4 () | 3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal, she flew the Rumanian flag on 3rd December 1943. | |||||||
CB 6 () | 3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal, she flew the Rumanian flag on 3rd December 1943. | |||||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 4 Dec 1943 | Venice | 4 Dec 1943 | Trieste | Passage Venice-Trieste, towed by tug Petronia with lighter and tanker Liguria, escorted by Medea (I.V.54). | |||||
Nautilo (UIT-19) | 9 Jan 1944 | Pola | 9 Jan 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by USAAF (direct hit). Post-war was raised by the Yugoslav and became the Sava, served until 1971. | |||||
9 Jan 1944 | 1100-1215 | (0) Pola harbour. | During an raid by 107 Liberators of the USAAF 15th Air Force, escorted by 47 Thunderbolts and Lightnings, the German submarine UIT-19 (ex-Nautilo) was sunk. | |||||||
CB 1 () | 30 Jan 1944 | 30 Jan 1944 | Returned to the Italian Fascist Republic. | |||||||
Reginaldo Giuliani (GN, I.14, UIT.23) | 14 Feb 1944 | Shonan (Singapore) | 15 Feb 1944 | 0822 | Sunk | Sailed for Penang. Torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Tally-Ho in the Malacca Straits (thirty-four Germans and five Italians were killed, two Italians and twelve Germans including OL Striegler and were picked up by two Arados 196). Note: the Japanese had renamed Singapore "Shonan" (Light of the South). | ||||
Bronzo (BZ) | 17 Feb 1944 | 17 Feb 1944 | The French destroyer Forbin sailed from Algiers to Malta bringing the new crew for the ex-Bronzo. Renamed Narval II. | |||||||
Grongo (GG) | 16 Mar 1944 | 16 Mar 1944 | Reported operational. | |||||||
Murena (UIT-16) | 16 Mar 1944 | 16 Mar 1944 | Reported operational. | |||||||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 16 Mar 1944 | 16 Mar 1944 | Reported operational. | |||||||
R 8 (UIT.5) | 20 Apr 1944 | Monfalcone | 20 Apr 1944 | Sunk | Sunk in an air raid from 15.USAAF. | |||||
CB 15 () | 20 Apr 1944 | Monfalcone | 20 Apr 1944 | Monfalcone | Destroyed by an air raid of 64 Liberators. Yet, German sources (T1022/1763, NARA) reports her being moved from Milan to Trieste on 25th May 1944. | |||||
CB 14 () | 2 May 1944 | Pola | 2 May 1944 | Pola | Reported by the Germans to be ready with Italian crew, but under German orders. | |||||
CB 23 () | 2 May 1944 | 2 May 1944 | Reported by the Germans to be ready with Italian crew, but under German orders. Apparently was to be transferred to La Spezia but perhaps went to an Adriatic port. | |||||||
CB 7 () | 12 May 1944 | Pola | 12 May 1944 | Date??? | Pola | At Pola damaged by air attack, not repaired. | ||||
12 May 1944 | (0) At Pola. | The midget submarine came under air attack and was damaged. The date is approximate and could be earlier. She was deemed not worth repairing. | ||||||||
CB 13 () | 12 May 1944 | Pola | 12 May 1944 | Pola | At Pola. | |||||
12 May 1944 | (0) At Pola. | The midget submarine came under air attack and was damaged. The date is approximate and could be earlier. She was deemed not worth repairing. It is possible she was repaired later. | ||||||||
R 7 (UIT.4) | 25 May 1944 | Monfalcone | 25 May 1944 | Sunk | Sunk in an air raid from 15.USAAF. As of 16 June 1944, damage had not yet been ascertained. Was to be raised and used for spare parts for UIT-6, | |||||
CM 2 () | 25 May 1944 | Monfalcone | 25 May 1944 | Monfalcone | At Monfalcone during an air raid. | |||||
Beilul (BU) | 25 May 1944 | Monfalcone | 25 May 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by air attack (see entry of 27th June for another source). | |||||
25 May 1944 | (0) At Monfalcone. | During the day, 61 Liberators, escorted by 47 Lightnings of the USAAF, conducted an air raid on Monfalcone. Beilul was reportedly destroyed during this air attack. | ||||||||
Giovanni Bausan (BN) | 9 Jun 1944 | Barletta | 9 Jun 1944 | Sunk as air target vessel | Used by A.S.V.-fitted Allied aircraft as target vessel while moored in 41°29.5'N, 16°20.5'E (10 miles north of Barletta). Her wreck was reported found in 1999 and reported in error to be that of HMS Regent. In 2020, it was examined again by a team led by Fabio Bisciotti. Dr Bisciotti was interviewed on Italian TV (TELEBLU) on 13th May 2022 (broadcast on the 14th) about the discovery of the wreck. https://www.facebook.com/teleblutv/posts/417277997069013 | |||||
9 Jun 1944 | 41° 29'N, 16° 20'E | The submarine was towed by a tug and moored in this position to be used by A.S.V.-fitted Allied aircraft as target vessel. She sank some time after. The wreck was first located in 1999 and mistakenly identified as HMS Regent. It was visited again in 2020 by a team led by Fabio Bisciotti. | ||||||||
R 9 (UIT.6) | 16 Jun 1944 | Monfalcone | 16 Jun 1944 | Monfalcone | UIT-6 is reported to be waiting for her auxiliary engines, completion date undetermined. | |||||
CB 6 () | 20 Jun 1944 | Costanza | 20 Jun 1944 | Costanza | In port. | |||||
CB 4 () | 20 Jun 1944 | Costanza | 20 Jun 1944 | Costanza | In port. | |||||
20 Jun 1944 | (0) At Costanza. | During the day, the midget submarines were anchored at Costanza, when they came under air attack from Soviet A-20 and Pe-2 bombers. CB 4 and CB 6 suffered some damage. | ||||||||
20 Jun 1944 | (0) At Costanza. | During the day, the midget submarines were anchored at Costanza when they came under air attack from Soviet A-20 and Pe-2 bombers. CB 4 and CB 6 suffered some damage. | ||||||||
Beilul (BU) | 27 Jun 1944 | Trieste | 27 Jun 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by air attack (see also entry of 25th May for another source). | |||||
13. | CB 3 () | 1 Jul 1944 | Date??? | Sulina | 1 Jul 1944 | Date??? | Sulina | Patrolled in July, uneventful. It is possible that CB 6 also made a sortie. | ||
CB 6 () | 1 Jul 1944 | Date approx. | 1 Jul 1944 | Possible sortie with another CB (?) | ||||||
R 10 (UIT.1) | 12 Jul 1944 | La Spezia | 12 Jul 1944 | La Spezia | Launched by the Germans. | |||||
Beilul (BU) | 18 Jul 1944 | 22 Jul 1944 | Beilul is mentioned in German documents without comments on her being lost on an earlier date. | |||||||
R 10 (UIT.1) | 20 Jul 1944 | La Spezia | 20 Jul 1944 | Genoa | Towed to Genoa to be completed. | |||||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 1 Aug 1944 | 0510 | Genoa | 1 Aug 1944 | 0555 | Genoa | Passage Genoa-La Spezia towed by tugs Avylos and Gisbert and escorted by UJ-2216 and UJ-2220, M-7608, M-7012, M-7014, M-7015, R-162, R-189, R-200, R-212 and barges Gallieni and Curie, but then turned back (due to defects?). | |||
CM 1 (UIT.17) | 1 Aug 1944 | Monfalcone | 1 Aug 1944 | Monfalcone | Completed at Monfalcone as UIT.17. Given to the RSI. | |||||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 3 Aug 1944 | 2100 | La Spezia | 4 Aug 1944 | Date??? | La Spezia | Passage La Spezia-Genoa towed by Polifemo escorted by UJ-2216 and UJ-2220, RA-255, KF-4523 and KF-4596 but turned back (due to defects?). | |||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 7 Aug 1944 | 2100 | La Spezia | 8 Aug 1944 | 0540 | Genoa | Passage La Spezia-Genoa, towed by Favignana with tugs Avylos and Gisbert, escorted by UJ-2216, UJ-2220, RA-253, RA-254, KF-4523, KF-4596, F-2488 and F-2759. Sparide was to have sailed on 29th July 1944, towed by the tug Avylos, but was delayed. | |||
Murena (UIT-16) | 7 Aug 1944 | La Spezia | 9 Aug 1944 | Genoa | Passage La Spezia-Genoa (Note: it is not clear why the passage took so long, dates may be incorrect?). It is also reported that she was moved to Genoa with Grongo and Sparide in May 1944. | |||||
14. | CB 3 () | 24 Aug 1944 | Costanza | 24 Aug 1944 | Costanza | Carried out an uneventful patrol. | ||||
CB 1 () | 25 Aug 1944 | Costanza | 25 Aug 1944 | Scuttled | Sunk to avoid falling into Soviet hands. | |||||
CB 20 () | 31 Aug 1944 | Date? | Trieste | 31 Aug 1944 | Date? | Trieste | At the end of August 1944 in Trieste. | |||
Aradam (AR) | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | She was in the process of returning to service and had undergone trials in harbour on 18th August 1944, when she was sunk, along with submarines Grongo, Murena and Sparide, following an air raid by 168 B.17 bombers (USAAF) dropping a total of 1,965 500-lb bombs . | |||||
Sparide (UIT-15) | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by RAF or 15.USAAF (by 168 B.17 bombers which dropped 1965 x 500 lb bombs).Had been ready for special mission (carrying SLC) since 28th May 1944. On 23rd August 1944, the Germans had requested training crews for Grongo, Murena and Sparide. | |||||
R 10 (UIT.1) | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | Bombed and sunk (by 168 B.17 bombers which dropped 1965 x 500 lb bombs) . | |||||
R 11 (UIT.2) | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | Damaged by air attack (by 168 B.17 bombers, which dropped 1965 500-lb bombs). | |||||
Wolframio (Volframio) (VO) | 4 Sep 1944 | La Spezia | 4 Sep 1944 | Sunk | Sunk in an air raid at La Spezia. | |||||
4 Sep 1944 | (0) La Spezia harbour. | During an Allied air raid, Wolframio was bombed and sunk. | ||||||||
Grongo (GG) | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by RAF raid. The wreck was later broken up. On 23 August 1944, the Germans had requested training crews for Grongo, Murena and Sparide. | |||||
4 Sep 1944 | (0) Genoa harbour. | During an Allied air raid, UIT-20 (ex-Grongo) was sunk by bombs. | ||||||||
Murena (UIT-16) | 4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by RAF raid. Also reported as damaged in air raid. On 23rd August 1944, the Germans had requested training crews for Grongo, Murena and Sparide. | |||||
4 Sep 1944 | (0) Genoa harbour | During an air raid by Allied aircraft, UIT-16 (ex-Murena) was bombed and sunk. | ||||||||
CB 22 () | 11 Mar 1945 | 11 Mar 1945 | Lussin Piccolo | Sunk by RAF fighter-bombers. | ||||||
15. | Bario (UIT-7) | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | Sunk during an air raid. | ||||
Litio (UIT-8) | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | Damaged by air raid. | |||||
Sodio (UIT-9) | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | Damaged by air raid. | |||||
R 9 (UIT.6) | 16 Mar 1945 | Monfalcone | 16 Mar 1945 | Sunk | Became UIT-6. In September 1944 reported as not ready before early 1945 after UIT 4 would be raised (for parts). Sunk in an air raid by 37 and 50 Squadron (RAF). Also reported as scuttled on 1 May 1945. | |||||
CB 13 () | 23 Mar 1945 | Pola | 23 Mar 1945 | Pola | Damaged by bombs. Not repaired. | |||||
CB 14 () | 23 Mar 1945 | Pola | 23 Mar 1945 | Pola | Damaged during an air raid. | |||||
R 10 (UIT.1) | 24 Apr 1945 | La Spezia | 24 Apr 1945 | Scuttled | Scuttled near eastern breakwater(?) or bombed and sunk at Genoa on 4 September 1944 by USAAF (?). | |||||
R 11 (UIT.2) | 24 Apr 1945 | Genoa | 24 Apr 1945 | Scuttled | Damaged by air raid on Genoa on 4 September 1944. Scuttled by the Germans. Later raised and became a floating oil tank GR.522. | |||||
R 12 (UIT.3) | 24 Apr 1945 | Genoa | 24 Apr 1945 | Scuttled | Scuttled near eastern breakwater. Later raised and became a floating oil tank GR.523. Conning tower moved to Maricapitale (Caserna Angelo Paolucci, site of the Ufficio Storico Della Marina Militare) in 2011. Transferred to Gaeta in 2016 as part of a monument to submariners. | |||||
Ferro (UIT.12) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Destroyed | Blown up on slip by the Germans. | |||||
Litio (UIT-8) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Scuttled | Scuttled by the Germans. | |||||
Piombo (UIT.13) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Destroyed | Blown up on slip by the Germans. | |||||
Potassio (UIT.10) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Destroyed | Blown up on slip by the Germans. | |||||
Rame (UIT.11) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Destroyed | Blown up on slip by the Germans. | |||||
Sodio (UIT-9) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Scuttled | Scuttled by the Germans. | |||||
Zinco (UIT-14) | 1 May 1945 | Monfalcone | 1 May 1945 | Destroyed | Destroyed on slip by the Germans. | |||||
CM 1 (UIT.17) | 2 May 1945 | Date??? | Pola | 3 May 1945 | 1830 | Ancona | Passage Pola-Ancona. Had a crew of ten. Was considered for service in Leros. Reported blown up by German mine on 3rd May 1945, while attempting to escape from Pola to Venice but a C.M. submarine was also reported at Val di Figo (Pola) on 8th May 1945. One midget submarine arrived at Venice from Pola on 4th May 1945 and two more were mined en route. | |||
CM 1 (UIT.17) | 5 May 1945 | Ancona | 7 May 1945 | Date??? | Bari | Passage Ancona-Bari, escorted by ML.361. A C.M. submarine was also reported at Val di Figo (Pola) on 8th May 1945. | ||||
Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 6 May 1945 | Kobe | 6 May 1945 | Kobe | On 10th May 1945, was taken over by the Imperial Japanese Navy and renamed I-503. She survived the war and was sunk off Kobe, by the United States Navy, on 16th April 1946. |
301 entries. 300 total patrol entries (15 marked as war patrols) and 19 events.