Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Cristiano Masi
| Born | 1 Aug 1902 | Lerici (La Spezia) |
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Career information
COMANDANTE ALFREDO CAPPELLINI (C.C. C.O.): from 30.09.1939 to 25.09.1940.ETTORE FIERAMOSCA (C.C. C.O.): from 26.09.1940 to 09.03.1941.
Promoted to C.F. ca. March 1941.
ENRICO TOTI (C.F. C.O.): from 09.03.1941 to 27.05.1941.
In 1944: Head of COMANDO GRUPPO OCEANO INDIANO.
Commands listed for Cristiano Masi
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | Ocean going | C.C. | 30 Sep 1939 | 25 Sep 1940 |
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | Ocean going | C.C. | 26 Sep 1940 | 10 Mar 1941 |
| Enrico Toti (TO) | Ocean going | C.F. | 9 Mar 1941 | 27 May 1941 |
Ships hit by Cristiano Masi
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Cristiano Masi
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 3 Jun 1940 | 2300 | La Spezia | 5 Jun 1940 | 0200 | Cagliari | 326 | Passage La Spezia-Cagliari with Glauco, Tazzoli and Finzi, escorted by the torpedo boat Curtatone. | ||
| 1. | Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 6 Jun 1940 | 1100 | Cagliari | 14 Jun 1940 | 0200 | Ceuta (Spain) | 787,5 | Patrolled off Cape Palos, Cape de Gata and Punta Almina (Madeira). Attempted to enter the Atlantic, but failed. Had to go Ceuta because of rudder defects. Sir Samuel Hoare, the British ambassador in Madrid, insisted that the crew should be interned and reported that it had been done, but it was later learnt that the submarine had sailed during the night of 23rd/24th June. | |
| 14 Jun 1940 | 0050 0005 (e) | (e) 35° 44'N, 5° 16'W | At 0020 hours, Comandante Alfredo Cappellini had reported sighting a light cruiser, three destroyers and two gunboats. At 0050 hours, a destroyer was sighted turning toward the submarine at full speed. Cappellini fired a stern torpedo (533mm) from a distance of 900 metres. This was the destroyer HMS Vidette, who reported being missed astern by the torpedo. The submarine had been reported earlier by the trawler HMT Arctic Ranger. The strong current and shallow depth made maneuvers difficult and C.C. Masi decided to escape to Ceuta where the submarine arrived at 0200 hours. | |||||||
| 2. | Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 23 Jun 1940 | 2330 | Ceuta | 29 Jun 1940 | 1950 | La Spezia | 887,1 | Passage Ceuta-La Spezia for repairs. | |
| 26 Jun 1940 | 2106 2017 (e) | (e) 36° 54'N, 1° 54'W | At 0335 hours, Cappellini had submerged for a listening watch, using the Rovetto apparatus to maintain her trim. At 2030 hours, at periscope depth, a steamer was observed on a southerly course. She was identified as British. At 2106 hours, one torpedo (533mm) was fired from a distance of 700 metres, but missed. One minute later, she had to submerge as a Spanish vessel suddenly appeared on a collision course. When she surfaced at 2124 hours, her target had disappeared. This had been the British Cydonia (3517 GRT, built 1927). | |||||||
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 14 Jul 1940 | 0800 | La Spezia | 14 Jul 1940 | 1336 | La Spezia | 58,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 24 Jul 1940 | 1320 | La Spezia | 24 Jul 1940 | 1550 | La Spezia | 8 | Exercises with the submarine Gondar, 5 miles south of Moneglia. | ||
| 3. | Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 28 Jul 1940 | 1315 | La Spezia | 29 Jul 1940 | 1527 | Cagliari | 355,6 | Sailed for patrol off Cape de Gata but interrupted patrol and diverted to Cagliari because of defects. | |
| 4. | Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 30 Jul 1940 | 1605 | Cagliari | 9 Aug 1940 | 0920 | La Spezia | 1635,6 | Patrolled off Cape de Gata, early return because of defects. | |
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 12 Aug 1940 | 0630 | La Spezia | 12 Aug 1940 | 1230 | La Spezia | 75 | Exercises. | ||
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 18 Sep 1940 | 1000 | La Spezia | 18 Sep 1940 | 1855 | La Spezia | 62 | Exercises. | ||
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 20 Sep 1940 | 1230 | La Spezia | 20 Sep 1940 | 1625 | La Spezia | 20 | Exercises. | ||
| Comandante Alfredo Cappellini (CL, I.4, UIT.24) | 25 Sep 1940 | 0820 | La Spezia | 25 Sep 1940 | 1905 | La Spezia | 86 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 30 Sep 1940 | 0930 | La Spezia | 1 Oct 1940 | 1505 | Naples | 330,7 | Passage La Spezia-Naples. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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). | |||||||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 17 Oct 1940 | 0758 | Pola | 17 Oct 1940 | 1720 | Pola | 56,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 25 Oct 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 25 Oct 1940 | 0956 | Pola | 14 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 29 Oct 1940 | 0754 | Pola | 29 Oct 1940 | 1220 | Pola | 44,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 8 Nov 1940 | 0755 | Pola | 8 Nov 1940 | 1740 | Pola | 37,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 14 Nov 1940 | 0802 | Pola | 14 Nov 1940 | 1755 | Pola | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 15 Nov 1940 | 0810 | Pola | 15 Nov 1940 | 1740 | Pola | 14 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 20 Nov 1940 | 0820 | Pola | 20 Nov 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 62,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 22 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 22 Nov 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 43 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 26 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 26 Nov 1940 | 1430 | Pola | 13,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 29 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 29 Nov 1940 | 1815 | Pola | 53,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 7 Dec 1940 | 0752 | Pola | 7 Dec 1940 | 1717 | Pola | 61 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 10 Dec 1940 | 0757 | Pola | 10 Dec 1940 | 1734 | Pola | 75 | Exercises escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 12 Dec 1940 | 0707 | Pola | 12 Dec 1940 | 1714 | Pola | 62 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 17 Dec 1940 | 0813 | Pola | 18 Dec 1940 | 0130 | Pola | 88,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 23 Dec 1940 | 0813 | Pola | 23 Dec 1940 | 0913 | Pola | 1,5 | Exercises or changed moorings? | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 17 Jan 1941 | 0812 | Pola | 17 Jan 1941 | 1120 | Pola | 30,4 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 21 Jan 1941 | 0930 | Pola | 21 Jan 1941 | 1811 | Pola | 58 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 23 Jan 1941 | 0801 | Pola | 23 Jan 1941 | 1759 | Pola | 61,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 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. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 3 Feb 1941 | 0840 | Pola | 3 Feb 1941 | 1754 | Pola | 48 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 6 Feb 1941 | 0816 | Pola | 6 Feb 1941 | 1711 | Pola | 46,5 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 10 Feb 1941 | 0840 | Pola | 10 Feb 1941 | 1920 | Pola | 66,2 | Exercises with the submarine Pisani, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 14 Feb 1941 | 0822 | Pola | 14 Feb 1941 | 1705 | Pola | 53 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 15 Feb 1941 | 0920 | Pola | 16 Feb 1941 | 0045 | Pola | 96,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 17 Feb 1941 | 0831 | Pola | 17 Feb 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 74,5 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 19 Feb 1941 | 1155 | Pola | 19 Feb 1941 | 1229 | Pola | 6,5 | Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the tug Tenace. | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca (FM) | 24 Feb 1941 | 0834 | Pola | 25 Feb 1941 | 0030 | Pola | 94,5 | Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the tug Tenace. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 12 Mar 1941 | 0848 | Pola | 12 Mar 1941 | 2352 | Pola | 75 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 14 Mar 1941 | 0914 | Pola | 14 Mar 1941 | 2352 | Pola | 78 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 15 Mar 1941 | 0914 | Pola | 15 Mar 1941 | 1540 | Pola | 52,02 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 20 Mar 1941 | 0920 | Pola | 20 Mar 1941 | 1745 | Pola | 136 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 25 Mar 1941 | 0828 | Pola | 25 Mar 1941 | 1739 | Pola | 70 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 26 Mar 1941 | 0830 | Pola | 26 Mar 1941 | 1515 | Pola | 57 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 8 Apr 1941 | 0958 | Pola | 8 Apr 1941 | 1145 | Pola | 4 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 28 Apr 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 28 Apr 1941 | 1130 | Pola | 17 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 6 May 1941 | 0744 | Pola | 6 May 1941 | 1852 | Pola | 68 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 9 May 1941 | 1032 | Pola | 10 May 1941 | 0200 | Pola | 114 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 10 May 1941 | 0808 | Pola | 10 May 1941 | 1840 | Pola | 69,5 | Exercises with the submarine Bausan, escorted by the auxiliary Morrhua. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 16 May 1941 | Pola | 16 May 1941 | Pola | 87 | Exercises with the submarine Pisani escorted by the auxiliary Morrhua in zone 2. | ||||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 17 May 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 17 May 1941 | 1815 | Pola | 87 | Exercises with the submarine Pisani escorted by the auxiliary Cilicia. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 19 May 1941 | 0912 | Pola | 19 May 1941 | 2310 | Pola | 67 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 21 May 1941 | 0801 | Pola | 21 May 1941 | 1813 | Pola | 61,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Enrico Toti (TO) | 24 May 1941 | 0750 | Pola | 24 May 1941 | 1745 | Pola | 73,5 | Exercises with the submarines Narvalo, Pisani, Speri and Bausan, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio, Jadera and Morrhua. | ||
61 entries. 60 total patrol entries (4 marked as war patrols) and 4 events.