Italian submarines in World War Two
S 4
S 4
Type | Sea going | |
Class | S (Type VII C) (28) | |
Laid down | 14 Sep 1942 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig, Germany |
Launched | 30 Mar 1943 | |
Commissioned | 14 Jul 1943 | |
End service | 10 Sep 1943 | |
Stricken | ||
Loss date | ||
Loss position | ||
History | Taken over by the Germans on 10th September 1943 after Italian armistice. Commissioned as U-429 on 27th October 1943. Sunk at Wilhelmshaven on 30th March 1945 during an US air raid. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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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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Amendolia, Angelo | 17 Jul 1943 | Danzig | 17 Jul 1943 | Danzig | Started trials. | |||||
Amendolia, Angelo | 3 Aug 1943 | Danzig | 3 Aug 1943 | Danzig | Completed trials. | |||||
Amendolia, Angelo | 11 Aug 1943 | Danzig | 11 Aug 1943 | Danzig | Exercises. | |||||
11 Aug 1943 | 1239 (e) | (0) Off Danzig. | At 1239 hours, S.4 collided with S.1 while exercising. Both submarines were slightly damaged. C.C. Fraternale (CO of S.1) was blamed for the incident. | |||||||
Amendolia, Angelo | 9 Sep 1943 | Danzig | 9 Sep 1943 | Danzig | Seized by the Germans at the armistice. No patrols carried out. |
4 entries. 4 total patrol entries (0 marked as war patrols) and 1 events.