Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Pietro Notarbartolo di Villarosa
| Born | 4 Jul 1910 | Leghorn |
| Ranks
Decorations |
Career information
SANTORRE SANTAROSA (T.V. C.O.): from 13.06.1940 to 25.07.1940.TEMBIEN (T.V. C.O.): from 26.07.1940 to 25.10.1940.
MARCANTONIO COLONNA (T.V. C.O.): from 25.10.1940 to 08.11.1940?
NAIADE (T.V. C.O.): from 09.11.1940 to 14.12.1940 (sunk, Notarbartolo di Villarosa survived as PoW).
PLATINO (T.V. C.O.): from 07.12.1944 to 30.09.1945.
Commands listed for Pietro Notarbartolo di Villarosa
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | Ocean going | T.V. | 13 Jun 1940 | 25 Jul 1940 |
| Tembien (TE) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 26 Jul 1940 | 25 Oct 1940 |
| Marcantonio Colonna (CN) | Ocean going | T.V. | 25 Oct 1940 | 8 Nov 1940 |
| Naiade (NA) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 9 Nov 1940 | 14 Dec 1940 |
| Platino (PT) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 7 Dec 1944 | 30 Sep 1945 |
Ships hit by Pietro Notarbartolo di Villarosa
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Pietro Notarbartolo di Villarosa
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 21 Jun 1940 | 1820 | Trapani | 26 Jun 1940 | 0850 | Trapani | 930 | Patrolled between the islands of Ibiza and Majorca, between 39°00'N and 39°40'N, and between 01°40'E and 02°20'E. Uneventful. | |
| 21 Jun 1940 | 0421 | 39° 20'N, 2° 00'E (0) Approximately. | While submerging, Santorre Di Santarosa embarked five tons of water from the stern due to a defective valve. The submarine surfaced at 0430 hours and expelled the water. | |||||||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 1 Jul 1940 | 1300 | Trapani | 1 Jul 1940 | 1650 | Trapani | 22 | Exercises. | ||
| 2. | Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 5 Jul 1940 | 2155 | Trapani | 12 Jul 1940 | 1420 | Trapani | 536 | Patrolled in 37°10'N, 11°30'E on a SE-NW axis. | |
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 13 Jul 1940 | 1632 | Trapani | 14 Jul 1940 | 0935 | Messina | 187 | Passage Trapani-Messina. | ||
| 3. | Tembien (TE) | 28 Jul 1940 | 0915 | Messina | 10 Aug 1940 | 1820 | Messina | 1674 | Patrolled between 32°10'N and 32°50'N, and between 24°30'E and 25°30'E. Uneventful, except for sighting a Sunderland at 10,000 meters on 28th July. Some members of the crew suffered from intoxication due to the air conditioning system's methyl chloride or chlorine fumes from the batteries. | |
| Tembien (TE) | 12 Aug 1940 | 0830 | Messina | 12 Aug 1940 | 1540 | Augusta | 71 | Passage Messina-Augusta. | ||
| Tembien (TE) | 2 Sep 1940 | 0807 | Augusta | 2 Sep 1940 | 1230 | Augusta | 3,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Tembien (TE) | 4 Sep 1940 | 0805 | Augusta | 4 Sep 1940 | 1120 | Augusta | 5,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Tembien (TE) | 9 Sep 1940 | 1002 | Augusta | 9 Sep 1940 | 1100 | Augusta | 5 | Exercises. | ||
| Tembien (TE) | 20 Sep 1940 | 1255 | Augusta | 20 Sep 1940 | 1610 | Augusta | 3,7 | Exercises. | ||
| 4. | Tembien (TE) | 21 Sep 1940 | 0603 | Augusta | 8 Oct 1940 | 1206 | Augusta | 1742 | Patrolled between Ras El Tin (Libya) and Tolmeita, between 33°05'N and 33°45'N, and between 20°50'E and 21°40'E on a patrol line with Mameli. | |
| Tembien (TE) | 10 Oct 1940 | 1640 | Augusta | 10 Oct 1940 | 1925 | Augusta | 6 | Exercises. | ||
| Tembien (TE) | 11 Oct 1940 | 0540 | Augusta | 12 Oct 1940 | 1103 | Naples | 297 | Passage Augusta-Naples. | ||
| Marcantonio Colonna (CN) | 25 Oct 1940 | Naples | 8 Nov 1940 | Date??? | Naples | At Naples. Change in command. | ||||
| Naiade (NA) | 9 Nov 1940 | 0935 | Taranto | 9 Nov 1940 | 1520 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| Naiade (NA) | 17 Nov 1940 | 0935 | Taranto | 17 Nov 1940 | 1520 | Taranto | Exercises. | |||
| Naiade (NA) | 22 Nov 1940 | 0705 | Taranto | 27 Nov 1940 | 1603 | Leros | 770 | Passage Taranto-Leros. | ||
| 26 Nov 1940 | 0325 | (0) North of Crete. | At 0325 hours, an enemy torpedo-boat followed by two others were sighted at 4,000 metres. The last vessel turned toward the submarine. Naiade dived to 60 meters but was not attacked. | |||||||
| Naiade (NA) | 5 Dec 1940 | 1730 | Leros | 5 Dec 1940 | 2127 | Leros | Exercises. | |||
| 5. | Naiade (NA) | 7 Dec 1940 | 1735 or 1800/9 | Leros | 14 Dec 1940 | 1821-1850 | Sunk | Sailed for a patrol off Alexandria, between 32°20'N and the Egyptian coast, and between 25°25'E and 26°00'E, on a patrol line with Narvalo and Neghelli. Then to a position 20 or 45 miles from Sidi Barrani. Sunk off Bardia by the destroyers HMS Hereward and HMS Hyperion. | ||
| 14 Dec 1940 | 1821 (e) | (e) 32° 03'N, 25° 56'E | T.V. Notarbartolo di Villarosa had intercepted Neghelli's signal or the torpedoing of a cruiser. Naiade was surfaced when an unidentified vessel was seen at a range of 1,500 metres, causing her to dive to 40 metres. She was straddled by four depth charges and damaged. The submarine tried to escape by going down to 125 metres. At 1821C hours, the destroyers HMS Hereward and HMS Hyperion of the 2nd Flotilla were on A/S search for the submarine that had torpedoed the antiaircraft cruiser HMS Coventry the previous evening (this was Neghelli). HMS Hyperion obtained an ASDIC contact bearing 015° at 1,300 yards. At 1825C hours, HMS Hyperion dropped four depth charges then lost contact but the submarine surfaced ten minutes later. This was Naiade who immediately came under the combined gunfire of 4.7" gun and 0.5" machine-guns from both destroyers. Her crew abandoned ship, firing was checked and two whalers lowered from HMS Hyperion proceeded to pick up survivors. One rating was missing. Five officers and forty-one ratings survived and were sent to PoW camps. | |||||||
| Platino (PT) | 3 Jan 1945 | 0630 | Taranto | 3 Jan 1945 | 1328 | Taranto | 56 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 5 Jan 1945 | 0730 | Taranto | 5 Jan 1945 | 1535 | Taranto | 22,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 10 Jan 1945 | 0745 | Taranto | 10 Jan 1945 | 1545 | Taranto | 29,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 15 Jan 1945 | 1031 | Taranto | 15 Jan 1945 | 1537 | Taranto | 31 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 17 Jan 1945 | 0745 | Taranto | 17 Jan 1945 | 1508 | Taranto | 28,6 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 20 Jan 1945 | 0745 | Taranto | 20 Jan 1945 | 1510 | Taranto | 4,1 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 22 Jan 1945 | 0730 | Taranto | 22 Jan 1945 | 1506 | Taranto | 29,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 24 Jan 1945 | 0742 | Taranto | 24 Jan 1945 | 1453 | Taranto | 26,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 26 Jan 1945 | 0747 | Taranto | 26 Jan 1945 | 1512 | Taranto | 28,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 29 Jan 1945 | 0750 | Taranto | 29 Jan 1945 | 1440 | Taranto | 36,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 1 Feb 1945 | 0700 | Taranto | 1 Feb 1945 | 1421 | Taranto | 33 | Trials. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 2 Feb 1945 | 1500 | Taranto | 2 Feb 1945 | 1600 | Taranto | 4 | Trials. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 3 Feb 1945 | 1500 | Taranto | 3 Feb 1945 | 1625 | Taranto | 4,5 | Trials. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 5 Feb 1945 | 1250 | Taranto | 5 Feb 1945 | 2225 | Taranto | 53 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 7 Feb 1945 | 1326 | Taranto | 7 Feb 1945 | 2138 | Taranto | 51 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 9 Feb 1945 | 1330 | Taranto | 9 Feb 1945 | 2252 | Taranto | 31,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 14 Feb 1945 | 1323 | Taranto | 14 Feb 1945 | 2043 | Taranto | 38,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 15 Feb 1945 | 0646 | Taranto | 15 Feb 1945 | 1847 | Taranto | 63,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 17 Feb 1945 | 1500 | Taranto | 17 Feb 1945 | 2143 | Taranto | 37 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 19 Feb 1945 | 1340 | Taranto | 19 Feb 1945 | 2040 | Taranto | 44,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 21 Feb 1945 | 0653 | Taranto | 21 Feb 1945 | 1726 | Taranto | 39 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 23 Feb 1945 | 0640 | Taranto | 23 Feb 1945 | 1331 | Taranto | 39,7 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 26 Feb 1945 | 0644 | Taranto | 26 Feb 1945 | 1150 | Taranto | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 7 Apr 1945 | 0750 | Taranto | 7 Apr 1945 | 1513 | Taranto | 32,9 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 9 Apr 1945 | Date??? | Taranto | 10 Apr 1945 | Taranto | Incident with small British vessel. | ||||
| Platino (PT) | 11 Apr 1945 | 0825 | Taranto | 11 Apr 1945 | 1610 | Taranto | 32,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 14 Apr 1945 | 0630 | Taranto | 14 Apr 1945 | 1414 | Taranto | 30,4 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 19 Apr 1945 | 0829 | Taranto | 19 Apr 1945 | 1558 | Taranto | 57 | Trials. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 20 Apr 1945 | 0820 | Taranto | 20 Apr 1945 | 1518 | Taranto | 55 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 21 Apr 1945 | 0620 | Taranto | 21 Apr 1945 | 1318 | Taranto | 33,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 23 Apr 1945 | 1301 | Taranto | 23 Apr 1945 | 1955 | Taranto | 24,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 24 Apr 1945 | 0620 | Taranto | 24 Apr 1945 | 1310 | Taranto | 31,2 | Exercises with the destroyer Fuciliere, the torpedo boats Animoso and Mosto, the corvette Minerva and the auxiliary Regia Elena. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 8 May 1945 | 0630 | Taranto | 8 May 1945 | 2047 | Taranto | 62,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 12 May 1945 | 0635 | Taranto | 12 May 1945 | 1340 | Taranto | 38,7 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 24 May 1945 | 1322 | Taranto | 24 May 1945 | 2034 | Taranto | 40,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 28 May 1945 | 0730 | Taranto | 28 May 1945 | 1536 | Taranto | 44,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 30 May 1945 | 1328 | Taranto | 30 May 1945 | 2135 | Taranto | 47,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 4 Jun 1945 | 1239 | Taranto | 4 Jun 1945 | 1941 | Taranto | 53 | Trials. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 6 Jun 1945 | 1105 | Taranto | 6 Jun 1945 | 2024 | Taranto | 47 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 8 Jun 1945 | 0811 | Taranto | 8 Jun 1945 | 1550 | Taranto | 35 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 11 Jun 1945 | 0800 | Taranto | 11 Jun 1945 | 1600 | Taranto | 42 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 15 Jun 1945 | 1326 | Taranto | 15 Jun 1945 | 2355 | Taranto | 85 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 20 Jun 1945 | 1152 | Taranto | 20 Jun 1945 | 2040 | Taranto | 43 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 22 Jun 1945 | 0800 | Taranto | 22 Jun 1945 | 1558 | Taranto | 58 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 6 Jul 1945 | 0610 | Taranto | 6 Jul 1945 | 1553 | Taranto | 28 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 9 Jul 1945 | 0350 | Taranto | 9 Jul 1945 | 1203 | Taranto | 48 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 11 Jul 1945 | 1438 | Taranto | 11 Jul 1945 | 2238 | Taranto | 48,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 15 Jul 1945 | 1840 | Taranto | 16 Jul 1945 | 0152 | Taranto | 39 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 17 Jul 1945 | 1239 | Taranto | 17 Jul 1945 | 1935 | Taranto | 39 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 26 Jul 1945 | 0610 | Taranto | 26 Jul 1945 | 1325 | Taranto | 32,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 28 Jul 1945 | 1114 | Taranto | 28 Jul 1945 | 1535 | Taranto | 32,8 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 8 Aug 1945 | 0655 | Taranto | 8 Aug 1945 | 1333 | Taranto | 30,7 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 9 Aug 1945 | 0802 | Taranto | 9 Aug 1945 | 1356 | Taranto | 46,3 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 10 Aug 1945 | 0635 | Taranto | 10 Aug 1945 | 1606 | Taranto | 44,1 | Exercises. | ||
| Platino (PT) | 29 Aug 1945 | 0749 | Taranto | 29 Aug 1945 | 1637 | Taranto | 52,4 | Exercises. | ||
74 entries. 74 total patrol entries (5 marked as war patrols) and 3 events.