Italian submarines in World War Two
Grongo (GG)
Grongo
Type | Sea going | |
Class | Tritone (type I) (26) | |
Laid down | 1 Apr 1942 | Odero-Terni-Orlando, Muggiano |
Launched | 6 May 1943 | |
Commissioned | ||
End service | ||
Stricken | ||
Loss date | 9 Sep 1943 | |
Loss position | 44° 05'N, 9° 50'E | |
History | Scuttled at La Spezia on 9th September 1943 to prevent her capture by the Germans. Raised and renamed UIT-20 but never completed. Destroyed in an air raid on Genoa on 4th September 1944. | |
Fate |
Commands
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Ships hit
No ships hit by this submarine.Patrols and events
Commander | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
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6 May 1943 | La Spezia | 6 May 1943 | La Spezia | Launched at La Spezia. Had been assigned to X.Mas since 30 March 1943. | ||||||
Ferrini, Renato | 11 Aug 1943 | 0915 | La Spezia | 11 Aug 1943 | 1820 | La Spezia | Trials. | |||
Ferrini, Renato | 19 Aug 1943 | La Spezia | 19 Aug 1943 | La Spezia | Trials escorted by MAS 525. | |||||
Ferrini, Renato | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1943 | Scuttled | Scuttled (incomplete) after armistice. refloated by Germans and became UIT-20. | |||||
9 Sep 1943 | (0) La Spezia harbour. | At the Armistice, Grongo was unable to sail to join the Allies and was scuttled by her crew. She was later raised and became incorporated in the German Navy as UIT-20. | ||||||||
16 Mar 1944 | 16 Mar 1944 | Reported operational. | ||||||||
7 Aug 1944 | La Spezia | 9 Aug 1944 | Genoa | Passage La Spezia-Genoa (Note: it is not clear why the passage took so long, dates may be incorrect?). | ||||||
4 Sep 1944 | Genoa | 4 Sep 1944 | Sunk | Sunk by RAF raid. The wreck was later broken up. On 23 August 1944, the Germans had requested training crews for Grongo, Murena and Sparide. | ||||||
4 Sep 1944 | (0) Genoa harbour. | During an Allied air raid, UIT-20 (ex-Grongo) was sunk by bombs. |
7 entries. 7 total patrol entries (0 marked as war patrols) and 2 events.