Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Ugo Gentili
| Born | 22 Nov 1901 | Aquila |
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Career information
BALILLA (T.V. First Officer): from 05.02.1940 to November 1940+.BALILLA (T.V. C.O.): from 23.12.1940 to 28.03.1941?
ENRICO TOTI (T.V. C.O.): from 03.02.1941 to 08.03.1941?
FILIPPO CORRIDONI (T.V. C.O.): from 24.04.1941 to 28.08.1941.
H.8 (T.V. C.O.): from 22.08.1941 to 27.01.1942.
H.8 (T.V. C.O.): from 16.02.1942 to 27.02.1943.
ENRICO TOTI (T.V. C.O.): from 04.03.1943 to 30.04.1943.
GIOVANNI DA PROCIDA (T.V. C.O.): from 13.10.1943 to 13.04.1944.
Commands listed for Ugo Gentili
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrico Toti (TO) | Ocean going | T.V. | 3 Feb 1941 | 8 Mar 1941 |
| Balilla (BL) | Ocean going | T.V. | 23 Dec 1940 | 28 Mar 1941 |
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | Minelaying | T.V. | 24 Apr 1941 | 28 Aug 1941 |
| H 8 (H8) | Coastal | T.V. | 22 Aug 1941 | 27 Jan 1942 |
| H 8 (H8) | Coastal | T.V. | 16 Feb 1942 | 27 Feb 1943 |
| Enrico Toti (TO) | Ocean going | T.V. | 4 Mar 1943 | 30 Apr 1943 |
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | Ocean going | T.V. | 13 Oct 1943 | 13 Apr 1944 |
Ships hit by Ugo Gentili
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Ugo Gentili
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balilla (BL) | 30 Jan 1941 | 0825 | Pola | 30 Jan 1941 | 1423 | Pola | 48 | Trials after refit, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 3 Feb 1941 | 0835 | Pola | 3 Feb 1941 | 1527 | Pola | 56 | Exercises with the submarine Ammiraglio Cagni, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 12 Feb 1941 | 0822 | Pola | 12 Feb 1941 | 1455 | Pola | 5 | Exercises. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 13 Feb 1941 | 0832 | Pola | 13 Feb 1941 | 1750 | Pola | 52 | Exercises with torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 18 Feb 1941 | 0905 | Pola | 18 Feb 1941 | 1210 | Pola | 4 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 21 Feb 1941 | 0855 | Pola | 21 Feb 1941 | 1558 | Pola | 18 | Exercises. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 23 Feb 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 23 Feb 1941 | 1611 | Pola | 47 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and San Giorgio. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 25 Feb 1941 | 0807 | Pola | 25 Feb 1941 | 1638 | Pola | 51 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 25 Feb 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 25 Feb 1941 | 1835 | Pola | 65 | Sailed with Bausan, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. Hydrophone exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 26 Feb 1941 | 0808 | Pola | 26 Feb 1941 | 1703 | Pola | 57 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 26 Feb 1941 | 0902 | Pola | 26 Feb 1941 | 1640 | Pola | 12 | Exercises. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 28 Feb 1941 | 0804 | Pola | 28 Feb 1941 | 1753 | Pola | 69 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 1 Mar 1941 | 0822 | Pola | 1 Mar 1941 | 1658 | Pola | 49 | Exercises with Adua, Bragadino and Fisalia, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 3 Mar 1941 | 1745 | Pola | 4 Mar 1941 | 0145 | Pola | 69 | Sailed with the submarine Adua escorted by San Giorgio for night torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 5 Mar 1941 | 0830 | Pola | 5 Mar 1941 | 1831 | Pola | 70 | Exercises. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 6 Mar 1941 | 0845 | Pola | 6 Mar 1941 | 1830 | Pola | Exercises, escorted the auxiliary Jadera and the tug Tenace. | |||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 6 Mar 1941 | 0905 | Pola | 7 Mar 1941 | 0010 | Pola | 160 | Sailed for exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and Tenace. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 8 Mar 1941 | 0905 | Pola | 8 Mar 1941 | 1444 | Pola | 50 | Exercises. | ||
| Balilla (BL) | 9 Mar 1941 | 0900 | Pola | 9 Mar 1941 | 1420 | Monfalcone | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. | |||
| Balilla (BL) | 28 Mar 1941 | 0900 | Monfalcone | 28 Mar 1941 | 1440 | Pola | Passage Monfalcone-Pola to be disarmed. | |||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 15 Jun 1941 | 1000 | Taranto | 15 Jun 1941 | 1150 | Taranto | 3 | Exercises. | ||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 16 Jun 1941 | 0818 | Taranto | 16 Jun 1941 | 1635 | Taranto | 41 | Exercises with the submarine H 2, escorted by the pilot vessel Limbara. | ||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 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. | ||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 21 Jun 1941 | 0750 | Taranto | 21 Jun 1941 | 1725 | Taranto | 53,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 22 Jun 1941 | 0800 | Taranto | 22 Jun 1941 | 1715 | Taranto | 41 | Exercises. | ||
| Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 25 Jun 1941 | 1100 | Taranto | 25 Jun 1941 | 1740 | Taranto | 34 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Cassiopea. | ||
| 1. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 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. | |||||||
| 2. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 2 Jul 1941 | 1445 | Taranto | 6 Jul 1941 | 2020 | Derna | Supply mission to Derna (53 tons of ammunition). Uneventful. | ||
| 3. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 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). | |
| 4. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 19 Jul 1941 | 0835 | Taranto | 22 Jul 1941 | 2113 | Derna | Supply mission to Derna (58 tons of ammunition). Uneventful | ||
| 5. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 23 Jul 1941 | 0300 | Derna | 26 Jul 1941 | 1255 | Taranto | 1181 | Return trip from supply mission to Derna. Uneventful (mileage is for round trip). | |
| 6. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 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. | |||||||
| 7. | Filippo Corridoni (CR) | 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. | |||||||
| 8. | H 8 (H8) | 25 Aug 1941 | 2112 | Taranto | 26 Aug 1941 | 1212 | Taranto | 102,5 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 9. | H 8 (H8) | 26 Aug 1941 | 2100 | Taranto | 27 Aug 1941 | 1210 | Taranto | 102,2 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| H 8 (H8) | 4 Sep 1941 | 0710 | Taranto | 4 Sep 1941 | Taranto | 102,2 | Collided with the tug Titan. Docked for repairs on 5th September. | |||
| 4 Sep 1941 | 0730 | (0) La Spezia harbour. | At 0730 hours, H.8 collided with the tug Titan (Captain Carlo Bussani) in La Spezia harbour. The collision caused enough damage to force the cancellation of her mission. | |||||||
| H 8 (H8) | 5 Oct 1941 | 0835 | Taranto | 5 Oct 1941 | 1850 | Taranto | Trials with MAS 8/D. | |||
| 10. | H 8 (H8) | 7 Oct 1941 | 2052 | Taranto | 8 Oct 1941 | 1255 | Taranto | 102,5 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 11. | H 8 (H8) | 11 Nov 1941 | 1600 | Taranto | 12 Nov 1941 | 1245 | Taranto | 126 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 12. | H 8 (H8) | 13 Nov 1941 | 1700 | Taranto | 14 Nov 1941 | 1300 | Taranto | 107 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| H 8 (H8) | 20 Nov 1941 | 1030 | Taranto | 20 Nov 1941 | 1620 | Taranto | Torpedo firing exercises with the submarine Micca and the torpedo boat Aretusa. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 28 Nov 1941 | 1255 | Taranto | 28 Nov 1941 | 1630 | Taranto | Trials, escorted by MAS 5/D. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 2 Jan 1942 | 1100 | Taranto | 2 Jan 1942 | 1755 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 9 Jan 1942 | 1438 | Taranto | 9 Jan 1942 | 1710 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 10 Jan 1942 | 1455 | Taranto | 10 Jan 1942 | 1505 | Taranto | Changed moorings? | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 12 Jan 1942 | 1311 | Taranto | 13 Jan 1942 | 0945 | Brindisi | 147 | Passage Taranto-Brindisi. | ||
| H 8 (H8) | 16 Feb 1942 | 0910 | Brindisi | 16 Feb 1942 | 1110 | Brindisi | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 20 Feb 1942 | 1300 | Brindisi | 20 Feb 1942 | 2235 | Brindisi | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 21 Feb 1942 | 2330 | Brindisi | 22 Feb 1942 | 1525 | Taranto | 154 | Passage Brindisi-Taranto. | ||
| H 8 (H8) | 25 Feb 1942 | 0807 | Taranto | 25 Feb 1942 | 1316 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 26 Feb 1942 | 0750 | Taranto | 26 Feb 1942 | 1535 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 27 Feb 1942 | 1115 | Taranto | 27 Feb 1942 | 1715 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 28 Feb 1942 | 0620 | Taranto | 28 Feb 1942 | 1502 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 12 Mar 1942 | 0744 | Taranto | 12 Mar 1942 | 1423 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 13 Mar 1942 | 1917 | Taranto | 13 Mar 1942 | 2110 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 14 Mar 1942 | 2000 | Taranto | 15 Mar 1942 | 0320 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| 13. | H 8 (H8) | 17 Mar 1942 | 1925 | Taranto | 18 Mar 1942 | 1100 | Taranto | 107 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 14. | H 8 (H8) | 21 Apr 1942 | 1950 | Taranto | 22 Apr 1942 | 1205 | Taranto | 102 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto, escorted by the minesweeper R.D.6. Uneventful. | |
| 15. | H 8 (H8) | 22 Apr 1942 | 1945 | Taranto | 23 Apr 1942 | 1127 | Taranto | 107 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 16. | H 8 (H8) | 12 May 1942 | 1945 | Taranto | 13 May 1942 | 1210 | Taranto | 103 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 17. | H 8 (H8) | 14 May 1942 | 1945 | Taranto | 15 May 1942 | 1130 | Taranto | 103 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| H 8 (H8) | 7 Jun 1942 | 0740 | Taranto | 7 Jun 1942 | 1416 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 16 Jul 1942 | 0720 | Taranto | 16 Jul 1942 | 1645 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 7 Aug 1942 | 1355 | Taranto | 7 Aug 1942 | 1837 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 23 Aug 1942 | 1143 | Taranto | 23 Aug 1942 | 1758 | Taranto | Exercises with the destroyer Zeno. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 12 Sep 1942 | 0635 | Taranto | 12 Sep 1942 | 1137 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 20 Sep 1942 | 0746 | Taranto | 20 Sep 1942 | 1246 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| 18. | H 8 (H8) | 29 Sep 1942 | 1915 | Taranto | 30 Sep 1942 | 1125 | Taranto | 104 | Hydrophone watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| H 8 (H8) | 2 Oct 1942 | 1749 | Taranto | 5 Oct 1942 | 0215 | Messina | Passage Taranto to Naples, but diverted to Messina due to propeller defect. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 5 Oct 1942 | 1535 | Messina | 5 Oct 1942 | 1615 | Messina | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 29 Oct 1942 | 0830 | Messina | 29 Oct 1942 | 1055 | Messina | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 30 Oct 1942 | 1145 | Messina | 31 Oct 1942 | 0850 | Naples | Passage Messina-Naples. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 2 Nov 1942 | 1825 | Naples | 4 Nov 1942 | 0730 | La Spezia | Passage Naples-La Spezia. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 11 Nov 1942 | 0840 | La Spezia | 11 Nov 1942 | 1130 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 11 Nov 1942 | 1400 | La Spezia | 11 Nov 1942 | 1710 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 12 Nov 1942 | 0835 | La Spezia | 12 Nov 1942 | 1200 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 12 Nov 1942 | 1310 | La Spezia | 12 Nov 1942 | 1630 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| 19. | H 8 (H8) | 12 Nov 1942 | 2125 | La Spezia | 16 Nov 1942 | 1208 | La Maddalena | 425 | Defensive patrol off Ajaccio (Corsica) with the submarine Bajamonti between 41°40'N and 41°55'N and 08°20'E and Corsican coast. Uneventful. | |
| 14 Nov 1942 | 0612 | (0) Probably off Corsica. | At 0612 hours, a submarine was sighted. It was believed to be Italian submarine Bajamonti. By precaution, H.8 submerged. | |||||||
| 15 Nov 1942 | 0736 | 41° 05'N, 8° 25'E | At 0736 hours, a MAS boat was sighted. | |||||||
| 20. | H 8 (H8) | 26 Nov 1942 | 0220 | La Maddalena | 26 Nov 1942 | 1215 | La Maddalena | 65 | Defensive patrol off Ajaccio (Corsica) with submarine Bajamonti. Uneventful, except for the very bad weather encountered (Force 7), which forced the submarine to return to port. | |
| H 8 (H8) | 26 Nov 1942 | 0830 | La Maddalena | 26 Nov 1942 | 1215 | La Maddalena | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 29 Nov 1942 | 1600 | La Maddalena | 30 Nov 1942 | 1130 | La Spezia | Passage La Maddalena-La Spezia. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 1 Dec 1942 | 0740 | La Spezia | 1 Dec 1942 | Time? | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 17 Dec 1942 | 0915 | La Spezia | 17 Dec 1942 | 1415 | Genoa | Passage La Spezia-Genoa. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 25 Jan 1943 | 0955 | Genoa | 25 Jan 1943 | 1620 | Genoa | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 29 Jan 1943 | 0935 | Genoa | 29 Jan 1943 | 1515 | La Spezia | Passage Genoa-La Spezia, escorted by the corvette Cicogna. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 5 Feb 1943 | 1050 | La Spezia | 5 Feb 1943 | 1610 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 9 Feb 1943 | 1135 | La Spezia | 9 Feb 1943 | 1605 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 12 Feb 1943 | 0845 | La Spezia | 12 Feb 1943 | 1600 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| H 8 (H8) | 15 Feb 1943 | 0835 | La Spezia | 15 Feb 1943 | 1650 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 5 Mar 1943 | 1430 | Taranto | 5 Mar 1943 | 1831 | Taranto | 20 | Trials. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 6 Mar 1943 | 0545 | Taranto | 6 Mar 1943 | 1110 | Taranto | 12,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 13 Mar 1943 | 0800 | Taranto | 13 Mar 1943 | 1550 | Taranto | 64 | Trials. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 1 Apr 1943 | 0730 | Taranto | 1 Apr 1943 | 1414 | Taranto | 26 | Trials. | ||
| Giovanni da Procida (DP) | 13 Oct 1943 | Taranto | 13 Apr 1944 | Taranto | In Taranto. Change in command. | |||||
98 entries. 94 total patrol entries (20 marked as war patrols) and 9 events.