Italian submarines in World War Two

Italian Commanders


Vittorio Savarese

Born  13 Jan 1916

Ranks

  T.V.Tenente di Vascello

Decorations

21 Nov 1948 Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare
21 Nov 1948 Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare

Career information

CIRO MENOTTI (T.V. First Officer): from 01.08.1941 to June 1942+.
SIRENA (T.V. C.O.): from 05.08.1942 to 09.09.1943.

Commands listed for Vittorio Savarese


Submarine Type Rank From To
Sirena (SI)Coastal / Sea goingT.V.5 Aug 19429 Sep 1943

Ships hit by Vittorio Savarese

No ships hit by this Commander.

War patrols listed for Vittorio Savarese

 SubmarineDateTimePortArr. dateArr. timeArr. portMilesDescription
Sirena (SI)5 Aug 19420703Portolago (Leros)5 Aug 19421203Portolago (Leros)20,3Exercises.

Sirena (SI)11 Aug 19420804Portolago (Leros)11 Aug 19421209Portolago (Leros)19,8Exercises.

Sirena (SI)24 Aug 19420630Portolago (Leros)24 Aug 19420951Portolago (Leros)23,6Exercises.

Sirena (SI)31 Aug 19420732Portolago (Leros)31 Aug 19421140Portolago (Leros)13,1Exercises.

Sirena (SI)2 Sep 19420810Portolago (Leros)2 Sep 19420940Portolago (Leros)5,2Trials.

Sirena (SI)4 Sep 19420800Portolago (Leros)4 Sep 19421123Portolago (Leros)12,3Exercises.

Sirena (SI)15 Sep 19420800Portolago (Leros)15 Sep 19421105Portolago (Leros)11,9Exercises.

1.Sirena (SI)16 Sep 19420145Leros24 Sep 19421030Leros811,7Patrolled in 36°10' N, 28°30' E following enemy submarine reports (HHMS Papanicolis and HMS Traveller carrying operation ANGLO). Uneventul.

Sirena (SI)12 Oct 19420750Leros12 Oct 19421100Leros17,2Trials.

Sirena (SI)15 Oct 19420745Leros15 Oct 19421053Leros16,2Trials.

2.Sirena (SI)31 Oct 19420650Leros14 Nov 19421345Leros1459,6Sailed escorted by MS.26 and patrolled near Rhodes between 34°20'N and 36°00'N, and between 30°00'E and 30°40'E. Uneventful.

3.Sirena (SI)21 Nov 19421355Leros26 Nov 19421600Pola1140Patrolled in Aegean and passage Leros-Pola around the Peloponnese. Uneventful.

Sirena (SI)30 Nov 19420700Pola30 Nov 19421353Monfalcone83Passage Pola-Monfalcone. Then long refit.

Sirena (SI)2 Feb 19430840Monfalcone2 Feb 19431530Monfalcone35,3Trials.

Sirena (SI)6 Feb 19430835Monfalcone6 Feb 19431503Venice63,6Passage Monfalcone-Venice to collect G7e torpedoes.

Sirena (SI)11 Feb 19430855Venice11 Feb 19431125Venice8,5Trials.

Sirena (SI)12 Feb 19430830Venice12 Feb 19431610Pola65,3Passage Venice-Pola.

Sirena (SI)14 Feb 19430807Pola14 Feb 19431125Pola10,3Trials.

Sirena (SI)16 Feb 19430830Pola16 Feb 19431130Pola2,5Trials.

Sirena (SI)17 Feb 19432338Pola18 Feb 19430550Fiume57Passage Pola-Fiume.

Sirena (SI)19 Feb 19430840Fiume19 Feb 19431632Fiume23,2Exercises.

Sirena (SI)20 Feb 19430854Fiume20 Feb 19431830Fiume30,5Exercises.

Sirena (SI)22 Feb 19430854Fiume22 Feb 19432325Fiume37,3Exercises.

Sirena (SI)23 Feb 19430830Fiume23 Feb 19431615Fiume28,5Exercises.

Sirena (SI)25 Feb 19430905Fiume25 Feb 19431402Fiume25,4Exercises.

Sirena (SI)1 Mar 19431000Fiume1 Mar 19431210FiumeExercises.

Sirena (SI)2 Mar 19431948Fiume7 Mar 19430810Augusta706Passage Fiume-Augusta, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso and briefly reinforced off Pola by the torpedo boat T.3.
  3 Mar 19431545At 1545 hours, the periscope of an enemy submarine was sighted steering 185°. C.C. Scarelli lost sight of the periscope before he could mount an attack. No allied submarine operated in the area.

4.Sirena (SI)13 Mar 19432030Augusta15 Mar 19430655Augusta245Sailed for patrol between 31°40'N and 32°20'N, and between 16°00'E and 17°00'E but was then ordered back.

Sirena (SI)15 Mar 19431507Augusta16 Mar 19431804Naples273,9Passage Augusta-Naples. Uneventful.

Sirena (SI)18 Mar 19431130Naples18 Mar 19431430Naples16,5Trials.

Sirena (SI)26 Mar 19431425Naples26 Mar 19431705Pozzuoli13,2Passage Naples-Pozzuoli.

Sirena (SI)5 Apr 19430538Pozzuoli6 Apr 19430840La Maddalena204Passage Pozzuoli-La Maddalena.

Sirena (SI)13 Apr 19430720La Maddalena13 Apr 19431130La Maddalena7Exercises.

Sirena (SI)20 Apr 19430710La Maddalena20 Apr 19431132La Maddalena8Exercises.

Sirena (SI)24 Apr 19431230La Maddalena24 Apr 19431350Mezzo Schifo2,8Passage La Maddalena-Mezzo Schifo.

Sirena (SI)27 Apr 19430715Mezzo Schifo27 Apr 19431140Porto Palma8,2Passage Mezzo Schifo-Porto Palma.

Sirena (SI)10 May 19430715Porto Palma10 May 19431140La Maddalena8,5Passage Porto Palma-La Maddalena.

Sirena (SI)14 May 19430715La Maddalena14 May 19431140Mezzo Schifo2,5Passage La Maddalena-Mezzo Schifo.

Sirena (SI)15 May 19430047La Maddalena19 May 19430604Taranto668Passage La Maddalena-Taranto. Uneventful.

Sirena (SI)29 May 19430550Taranto29 May 19431000Taranto15,5Exercises.

Sirena (SI)6 Jun 19430800Taranto6 Jun 19431135Taranto18Trials and exercises.

5.Sirena (SI)7 Jun 19432033Taranto12 Jun 19431520Portolago (Leros)905,8Storing trip Taranto-Leros (3.6 tons: 2.8 tons of ammunition, 0.8 ton of light weapons). Uneventful.

Sirena (SI)17 Jun 19430800Portolago (Leros)17 Jun 19431024Portolago (Leros)7Exercises.

Sirena (SI)23 Jun 19430806Portolago (Leros)23 Jun 19431030Portolago (Leros)8,5Exercises.

Sirena (SI)14 Jul 19430756Portolago (Leros)14 Jul 19431002Portolago (Leros)6,3Exercises.

Sirena (SI)19 Jul 19430810Portolago (Leros)19 Jul 19431035Portolago (Leros)7,1Exercises.

Sirena (SI)26 Jul 19430800Portolago (Leros)26 Jul 19431049Portolago (Leros)10,3Exercises.

6.Sirena (SI)3 Aug 19431300Leros20 Aug 19430930Naples1624Passage Leros-Taranto including a patrol off Cyrenaica, between 34°00'N and the African coast, and between 24°00'E and 26°00'E, on a patrol line with Galatea. She was then ordered to proceed to Naples instead around Sicily through Point A (35°20'N, 16°00'E), Point B (35°20'N, 14°00'E) and Point C (36°46'N, 12°20'E).
  13 Aug 1943214535° 19'N, 14° 49'EAt 2145 hours, a hospital ship was sighted at a range of 8,000 metres. She had not been announced.
  14 Aug 1943201035° 20'N, 14° 06'EAt 2010 hours, an unidentified vessel was sighted at a range of 10,000 metres. Sirena dived.
  14 Aug 1943212835° 25'N, 13° 57'EAt 2128 hours, a small fast torpedo-boat was sighted at 8,000 metres. Sirena dived.
  15 Aug 1943184036° 16'N, 12° 51'EAt 1840 hours, two MTBs were sighted at 3-4,000 metres. Sirena dived to 70 metres.
  16 Aug 19430407-041236° 38'N, 12° 15'EAt 0407 hours, a destroyer was sighted at 10,000 metres. The submarine closed but at 0412 hours, the vessel turned toward her. Sirena dived and later identified her as a corvette.
  16 Aug 19432310
(0) 0° - Punta Tracino (Pantelleria) - 4 miles.
At 2310 hours, a patrol vessel was sighted at a range of 6,000 metres. Sirena dived.

Sirena (SI)21 Aug 19432335Naples23 Aug 19432141PortoferraioPassage Naples-Porto Ferraio.
  22 Aug 1943233041° 06'N, 11° 37'E
(0) Approximately.
At 2330 hours, a flare was dropped by an unseen aircraft about 100 metres astern the submarine. Sirena dived.
  23 Aug 1943094042° 14'N, 9° 40'EAt 0940 hours, an enemy torpedo bomber was sighted at a distance of 4,000 metres. Sirena dived.

Sirena (SI)24 Aug 19432050Portoferraio25 Aug 19430750La Spezia401Passage Portoferraio-La Spezia on the surface at 9 knots through (1) 42°57'N, 10°10'E (2) 43°25'N, 09°44'E [mileage is from 21st August]

Sirena (SI)9 Sep 1943La Spezia9 Sep 1943La SpeziaScuttled after armistice.

57 entries. 51 total patrol entries (6 marked as war patrols) and 9 events.

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