Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Armando Sibille
| Born | 22 Nov 1918 | Esile (?) |
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Career information
ALAGI (Aspirante G.M. officer): from 20.05.1942 to July 1942+.Promoted G.M. on ?
Promoted S"t.V. on ?
C.B.4 (S.T.V. C.O.): August 1943?-09.09.1943?
Commands listed for Armando Sibille
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB 4 () | G.M. | Aug 1943 | Sep 1943 |
Ships hit by Armando Sibille
| Date | Submarine | Ship hit | Type | GRT | Nat. | Loss type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26 Aug 1943 | CB 4 | SC-203 | Submarine | 577 |  | Sunk |
War patrols listed for Armando Sibille
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CB 4 () | 5 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1800 | Sevastopol | Patrol? | ||
| 2. | CB 4 () | 17 Aug 1943 | Sevastopol | 18 Aug 1943 | Sevastopol | A/S patrol South of Cape Tarkhankutsi to Evpatoria Bay. | ||||
| 3. | CB 4 () | 19 Aug 1943 | 0840? | Sevastopol | 22 Aug 1943 | Sevastopol | Patrolled between (a) 44°15'N, 34°15'E (b) 44°00'N, 34°15'E (c) 44°30'N, 34°45'E (d) 44°15'N, 34°45'E. | |||
| 4. | CB 4 () | 25 Aug 1943 | 0500 (s.o.) | Sevastopol | 26 Aug 1943 | Sevastopol | Patrolled off Cape Tarkhankut, between 45°00'N and 45°30'N, and between 32°30'E and 33°30'E. | |||
| 26 Aug 1943 | 0114 0115 (e) | (0) 18 miles west of Eupatoria. | At 0114 hours, a Soviet submarine was sighted and attacked with two torpedoes (450mm) fired at a range of 400 metres. One hit under the conning tower and the submarine sank. This was the Soviet submarine SC-203 (Captain 3rd rank Vladimir Innokentyevich Nemchinov). There were no survivors and forty-five victims. Her wreck was found in 1949. She was probably the submarine which attacked CB 1 on 23 August 1943, as tubes 1 and 4 were found empty. | |||||||
| 5. | CB 4 () | 27 Aug 1943 | Sevastopol | 29 Aug 1943 | Sevastopol | Carried out a patrol? | ||||
| CB 4 () | 9 Sep 1943 | Yalta | 9 Sep 1943 | Yalta | Seized at Yalta. | |||||
6 entries. 6 total patrol entries (5 marked as war patrols) and 1 events.