Italian submarines in World War Two
CB 1
CB 1
Type | Midget | |
Class | CB (42) | |
Laid down | Caproni-Taliedo, Milan | |
Launched | ||
Commissioned | 27 Jan 1941 | |
End service | ||
Stricken | ||
Loss date | 25 Aug 1944 | |
Loss position | 44° 07'N, 28° 40'E | |
History | Transferred to the Black Sea. Transferred to Romania after the armistice. Scuttled by the Romanians on 25th August 1944. Raised by the Soviets and commissioned as TM-4. Scrapped in 1945. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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T.V. Enrico Lesen d'Aston | 10 May 1941 | 31 Dec 1941 | |
S.T.V. Alberto Farolfi | Aug 1942 | Oct 1942 | |
G.M. Giovanni Re | Aug 1943 | Sep 1943 |
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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19 Oct 1940 | 0910 | La Spezia | 19 Oct 1940 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||||
30 Oct 1940 | 0905 | La Spezia | 30 Oct 1940 | 1000 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
22 Nov 1940 | 0945 | La Spezia | 22 Nov 1940 | 1245 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
23 Nov 1940 | 0955 | La Spezia | 23 Nov 1940 | 1315 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
26 Nov 1940 | 1525 | La Spezia | 26 Nov 1940 | La Spezia | Trials or exercises? | |||||
6 Dec 1940 | 0930 | La Spezia | 6 Dec 1940 | 1035 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
16 Dec 1940 | 1020 | La Spezia | 16 Dec 1940 | 1155 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
20 Dec 1940 | 1055 | La Spezia | 20 Dec 1940 | 1425 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
7 Feb 1941 | 1525 | La Spezia | 7 Feb 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Monzabano. | |||||
19 Feb 1941 | 1450 | La Spezia | 19 Feb 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||||
26 Feb 1941 | 0950 | La Spezia | 26 Feb 1941 | 1130 | La Spezia | Exercises. | ||||
1 Mar 1941 | 1040 | La Spezia | 1 Mar 1941 | 1150 | La Spezia | Trials? | ||||
6 Mar 1941 | 1440 | La Spezia | 6 Mar 1941 | 1530 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | |||
15 Mar 1941 | 1500 or 14/3? | La Spezia | 15 Mar 1941 | 1605 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | |||
20 Mar 1941 | 1430 | La Spezia | 20 Mar 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | |||
21 Mar 1941 | 1550 | La Spezia | 21 Mar 1941 | Date? | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | |||
27 Mar 1941 | 1530 | La Spezia | 27 Mar 1941 | 1645 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | |||
11 Apr 1941 | 1527 | La Spezia | 11 Apr 1941 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | ||||
22 Apr 1941 | 0830 | La Spezia | 22 Apr 1941 | 1815 | La Spezia | Exercises with the submarine Scirè and the tugs Torre Annunziata, Capodistria and Crotone. | ||||
23 Apr 1941 | 0750 | La Spezia | 23 Apr 1941 | 1825 | La Spezia | Exercises with the tug Meloria. | ||||
6 May 1941 | 1820 | La Spezia | 7 May 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||||
8 May 1941 | 0725 | La Spezia | 8 May 1941 | 1155 | La Spezia | 12 | Exercises. | |||
10 May 1941 | La Spezia | 10 May 1941 | 1155 | La Spezia | Entered service. | |||||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 12 May 1941 | 0725 | La Spezia | 12 May 1941 | 0945 | La Spezia | 7 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 16 May 1941 | 0800 | La Spezia | 16 May 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 27 May 1941 | 1330 | La Spezia | 27 May 1941 | 1900 | La Spezia | 28 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 28 May 1941 | 1330 | La Spezia | 28 May 1941 | 1800 | La Spezia | 22 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 29 May 1941 | 1330 | La Spezia | 29 May 1941 | 1900 | La Spezia | 24 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 30 May 1941 | 1400 | La Spezia | 30 May 1941 | 1900 | La Spezia | 23 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 4 Jun 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 4 Jun 1941 | 1200 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 4 Jun 1941 | 1400 | La Spezia | 4 Jun 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 10 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 20 Jun 1941 | 1500 | La Spezia | 20 Jun 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 9 | Exercises. | ||
1 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 25 Jun 1941 | 0600 | La Spezia | 27 Jun 1941 | 0831 | La Spezia | 153 | Patrol to test the possibilities of the CB-boats. Uneventful. Sighted only Italian vessels. | |
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 15 Jul 1941 | 1535 | La Spezia | 15 Jul 1941 | 1815 | La Spezia | 9,8 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 19 Jul 1941 | 0820 | La Spezia | 19 Jul 1941 | 1215 | La Spezia | 19 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 22 Jul 1941 | 1430 | La Spezia | 22 Jul 1941 | 1800 | La Spezia | 19,3 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 26 Jul 1941 | 2045 | La Spezia | 27 Jul 1941 | 0230 | La Spezia | 23 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 28 Jul 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 28 Jul 1941 | 1830 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 29 Jul 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 29 Jul 1941 | 1130 | La Spezia | 5 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 4 Aug 1941 | 0930 | La Spezia | 4 Aug 1941 | 1150 | La Spezia | 14 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 7 Aug 1941 | 0925 | La Spezia | 7 Aug 1941 | 1110 | La Spezia | 9 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 9 Aug 1941 | 2135 | La Spezia | 10 Aug 1941 | 0145 | La Spezia | 14 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 11 Aug 1941 | 0912 | La Spezia | 11 Aug 1941 | 1350 | La Spezia | 13 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 12 Aug 1941 | 2025 | La Spezia | 12 Aug 1941 | 2400 | La Spezia | 14 | Exercises, escorted by the tug Porto Sdoba. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 2 Sep 1941 | 1020 | La Spezia | 2 Sep 1941 | 1210 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises or changed anchorage. | ||
2 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 9 Sep 1941 | 0525 | Naples | 9 Sep 1941 | 1300 | Salerno | 40 | Antisubmarine patrol. | |
3 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 20 Sep 1941 | 1600 | Salerno | 21 Sep 1941 | 1545 | Salerno | 106 | Antisubmarine patrol. Sighted only Italian fishing vessels. | |
4 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 14 Oct 1941 | 1710 | Salerno | 15 Oct 1941 | 1200 | Salerno | 77,5 | Antisubmarine patrol with CB 5 Uneventful. | |
14 Oct 1941 | 2006 | (0) Off Salerno. | At 2006 hours, the midget submarine CB 5 was sighted at a distance of 300-400 metres. | |||||||
5 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 22 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 23 Oct 1941 | 0700 | Salerno | 57,5 | Antisubmarine surface patrol. Uneventful. | |
6 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 26 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 27 Oct 1941 | 0841 | Salerno | 66 | Antisubmarine patrol on the surface with CB 5. Uneventful. | |
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 17 Nov 1941 | 0915 | Salerno | 17 Nov 1941 | 1518 | Salerno | 20 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 18 Nov 1941 | 0830 | Salerno | 18 Nov 1941 | 1535 | Salerno | 25 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 19 Nov 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 19 Nov 1941 | 1255 | La Spezia | ? | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 23 Dec 1941 | 1030 | Salerno | 23 Dec 1941 | 1200 | Salerno | ? | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 4 Jan 1942 | 0825 | Salernoa | 4 Jan 1942 | 1440 | Naples | 40 | Passage Salerno-Naples on the surface at 6 knots, then to La Spezia by train (the date of the transfer by train is not known). | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 24 Feb 1942 | 1300 | La Spezia | 24 Feb 1942 | 1705 | La Spezia | 20 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Carini. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 26 Feb 1942 | 0955 | La Spezia | 26 Feb 1942 | 1415 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises with the submarine H 4, escorted by MAS 505 and MAS 525. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 16 Mar 1942 | 0920 | La Spezia | 16 Mar 1942 | 1420 | La Spezia | 18 | Exercises. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 21 Mar 1942 | 1430 | La Spezia | 21 Mar 1942 | 1900 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries San Marco and Santantioco. In April 1942, moved by train from La Spezia to Costanza. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 22 May 1942 | 0945 | Costanza | 22 May 1942 | 1400 | Costanza | Exercises. | |||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 2 Jun 1942 | 2330 | Costanza | 5 Jun 1942 | 1055 | Yalta | 280 | Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 2 and CB 3. | ||
3 Jun 1942 | 0558 | At 0558 hours, a German aircraft was sighted and exchanged recognition signals. | ||||||||
5 Jun 1942 | 0310 | (0) 191° - Cape Sarytch - 25 miles. | At 0310 hours, a Soviet destroyer was sighted at a distance of 7,000 metres, steering 140° at 18 knots. The midget submarine CB 2 was within voice range and was informed, but neither submarine was in a position to intercept. | |||||||
7 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 7 Jun 1942 | 1900 | Yalta | 8 Jun 1942 | 0710 | Yalta | 68 | Patrolled south of Sevastopol between 44°10'N and 43°50'N, and between 33°10'E and 33°24'E. Uneventful. | |
8 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 12 Jun 1942 | 1400 | Yalta | 14 Jun 1942 | 0920 | Yalta | 111 | Patrolled south of Sevastopol, on the meridian of Cape Sarych, 25 miles from the cape, then at dawn of the 13th 173° - Cape Chersonese - 23 miles. Uneventful. | |
13 Jun 1942 | 0640 | (0) Off Yalta. | At 0640 hours, the midget submarine CB 3 was sighted returning to Yalta. | |||||||
9 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 16 Jun 1942 | 1800 | Yalta | 18 Jun 1942 | 1110 | Yalta | 191 | Patrolled south of Cape Sarych and south of Sevastopol. According to sailing orders, was to have patrolled in 43°44'N, 33°33'E and 44°15'N, 33°33'E (probably patrolled only latter position as she sailed one day later than ordered). | |
17 Jun 1942 | 1020 | (0) South of Sevastopol. | At 1020 hours, the midget submarine CB 2. was sighted. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 1505 | (0) South of Sevastopol. | At 1505 hours, a Soviet submarine was seen emerging from the fog at a distance of 5,000 metres. CB 1 attempted to attack, but closed only to 4,000 meters before the enemy submarine turned away and disappeared into the fog. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 1843 | (0) About 12 miles east of Cape Chersonese. | At 1843 hours, two Soviet bombers were sighted at a distance of 2,000 metres. CB 1 dived. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 2025 | (0) South of Cape Chersonese. | At 2025 hours, three Soviet MTBs exchanging signals were sighted at distances of 400, 800 and 2,000 metres. CB 1 dived. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 2105 | (0) South of Cape Chersonese. | At 2105 hours, a small Soviet torpedo boat was sighted at a distance of 1,000 metres. CB 1 could not attack as its two torpedoes were set for a depth of three meters. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 2231-0100/18 | (0) South of Cape Chersonese. | From 2231 hours on 17th June to 0100 hours on the 18th, CB 1 was subject to a depth charge attack, apparently by two MTBs. The submarine could not dive below 30 meters because of a leak and counted 17 depth-charges, but was not damaged. The submarine surfaced at 0120 hours on the 18th and sighted nothing but, at 0335 hours, the two MTBS were seen again at a distance of 3,000 meters. | |||||||
10 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 24 Jun 1942 | 1800 | Yalta | 26 Jun 1942 | 1000 | Yalta | 120 | Patrolled south of Cape Sarych and south of Sevastopol in 44°05'N, 34°00'E. | |
24 Jun 1942 | 2210 | (0) Near Yalta. | At 2210 hours, two Soviet MTBs exchanging signals, were sighted at a distance of 3,000 metres. | |||||||
25 Jun 1942 | 0822 | At 0822 hours, an aircraft was seen at a distance of 2,000 metres and CB 1dived. At 1943 hours, information was received of an enemy destroyer 14 miles to the south of midget position. Because of the heavy seas, CB 1 was unable to intercept. | ||||||||
11 | Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 29 Jun 1942 | 1800 | Yalta | 1 Jul 1942 | 1123 | Yalta | 93 | Patrolled south of Cape Sarych or 30 miles south of Yalta. | |
29 Jun 1942 | 2105 | (0) Near Yalta. | At 2105, a Soviet MTB was sighted. | |||||||
30 Jun 1942 | 0755 | At 0755 hours, a Soviet submarine was sighted at a distance of 4 miles and dived shortly after. CB 1 attempted to close using her hydrophones, but lost contact at 1105 hours. | ||||||||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 7 Jul 1942 | 1400 | Yalta | 9 Jul 1942 | 2000 | Costanza | 289 | Passage Yalta-Costanza with CB 4. Marred by defects. | ||
Lesen d'Aston, Enrico | 20 Aug 1942 | Time? | Costanza | 20 Aug 1942 | Time? | Costanza | 10 | Exercises?. | ||
Farolfi, Alberto | 29 Aug 1942 | 1830 | Costanza | 30 Aug 1942 | 1330 | Sulina | 30 | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 6. | ||
12 | Farolfi, Alberto | 31 Aug 1942 | 1315 | Sulina | 2 Sep 1942 | 1020 | Costanza | Patrolled north of Sulina between (a) 45°42'15'N, 30°09'E (b) 45°34'N, 30°18'E (C) 45°33'N, 29°54'E (D) 45°25'N, 30°03.5'E. Uneventful. | ||
Farolfi, Alberto | 4 Sep 1942 | 1400 | Sulina | 5 Sep 1942 | 0715 | Costanza | 248 | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 6. | ||
Farolfi, Alberto | 13 Sep 1942 | 1835 | Costanza | 14 Sep 1942 | 1330 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
Farolfi, Alberto | 16 Sep 1942 | 1900 | Sulina | 17 Sep 1942 | 0900 | Sulina | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 4 and CB 6 and a convoy led by a Rumanian gunboat, but then all vessels turned back on account of the bad weather. | |||
Farolfi, Alberto | 19 Sep 1942 | 1810 | Sulina | 20 Sep 1942 | 1640 | Costanza | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 4 and CB 6 and a convoy led by a Rumanian gunboat. | |||
Farolfi, Alberto | 25 Sep 1942 | 1210 | Costanza | 26 Sep 1942 | 1720 | Ak Metschet | Passage Costanza-Ak Metschet, part of the time in tow of the German lighter F-534, with CB 4 and CB 6 and a convoy. | |||
Farolfi, Alberto | 28 Sep 1942 | 1000 | Ak Metschet | 28 Sep 1942 | 1822 | Skadowsk | Passage Ak Metschet-Skadowsk with with CB 4 and CB 6. Uneventful. | |||
Farolfi, Alberto | 15 Oct 1942 | 0907 | Skadowsk | 15 Oct 1942 | 1745 | Ak Metschet | Passage Skadowsk-Ak Metschet with with CB 4 and CB 6. | |||
Farolfi, Alberto | 15 Oct 1942 | 2045 | Ak Metschet | 16 Oct 1942 | 1455 | Sevastopol | 608,85 | Passage Ak Metschet-Sevastopol with with CB 4 and CB 6 [mileage from 13th September 1942]. | ||
24 Oct 1942 | 0700 | Sevastopol | 24 Oct 1942 | 1630 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 4. | ||||
13 | 27 Oct 1942 | 1500 | Yalta | 29 Oct 1942 | 0900 | Yalta | Antisubmarine patrol off Yalta with CB 4. | |||
14 | 30 Oct 1942 | 1900 | Yalta | 31 Oct 1942 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Passage Yalta-Sevastopol and antisubmarine patrol with CB 4. | |||
15 | 22 Nov 1942 | 0630 | Sevastopol | 23 Nov 1942 | 1400 | C. Tendra (anchored) | Passage Sevastopol-Costanza with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6 including antisubmarine patrol and stops at Cape Tendra (due to bad weather), Odessa, Bugaz and Sulina. | |||
24 Nov 1942 | 0600 | C. Tendra | 24 Nov 1942 | 1630 | Otchakov | Passage Cape Tendra-Otchakov with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | ||||
26 Nov 1942 | 0630 | Otchakov | 26 Nov 1942 | 1200 | Otchakov | Passage Otchakov-Odessa with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6 but then turned back because of the bad weather. | ||||
27 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Otchakov | 27 Nov 1942 | 1400 | Odessa | Passage Otchakov-Odessa with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | ||||
28 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Odessa | 28 Nov 1942 | 1500 | Bugaz | Passage Odessa-Bugaz with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | ||||
30 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Bugaz | 30 Nov 1942 | 2000 | Sulina | Passage Bugaz-Sulina with CB 2, CB 4 and CB 6. | ||||
1 Dec 1942 | 1100 | Sulina | 1 Dec 1942 | Time? | Sulina | Trials. CB 1 and CB 6 remained in Sulina, while CB 2 and CB 4 were ordered to Costanza. | ||||
15 Jun 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 15 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
16 Jun 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 16 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
17 Jun 1943 | 0730 | Costanza | 17 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
19 Jun 1943 | 0730 | Costanza | 19 Jun 1943 | 1130 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
23 Jun 1943 | 0730 | Costanza | 23 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
25 Jun 1943 | 0800 | Costanza | 25 Jun 1943 | 1130 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
16 | 3 Jul 1943 | 0900 | Costanza | 5 Jul 1943 | 1500 | Costanza | Sailed with CB 4 and patrolled 20 miles West of Kaliakra. Uneventful. | |||
17 | 10 Jul 1943 | 0800 (s.o.) | Costanza | 12 Jul 1943 | 1430 | Costanza | Sailed with CB 4 for exercises and A/S patrol via Point CS 4 and CS 1 to point "Hamburg" (eastward of Kaliakra). Uneventul. | |||
17 Jul 1943 | 0730 | Costanza | 17 Jul 1943 | 1100 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
17 Jul 1943 | 0730 | Costanza | 17 Jul 1943 | 1100 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
22 Jul 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 23 Jul 1943 | 0000 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 6 towed by the German tug Stralsund. Escorted by the submarine chaser UJ-2305 as far as 31°30'E, proceeded alone to SN 3 (Sevastopol) to escort two F-lighters and two HS-boats. | ||||
24 Jul 1943 | 2225 | Sulina | 26 Jul 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Passage Sulina-Sevastopol with CB 6, the German submarine chaser UJ-2305 and the tugs Gastein and Stralsund; then escorted the lighters F-301 and F-304. | ||||
18 | 2 Aug 1943 | 0610 | Sevastopol | 4 Aug 1943 | 1900 | Sevastopol | 172 | Antisubmarine patrol. | ||
Re, Giovanni | 7 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1500 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 6. | |||
Re, Giovanni | 7 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1500 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 6. | |||
19 | Re, Giovanni | 7 Aug 1943 | 1800 | Yalta | 10 Aug 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | 248 | Hydrophone patrol off Yalta with CB 6. | |
20 | Re, Giovanni | 16 Aug 1943 | 0600 | Sevastopol | 18 Aug 1943 | 1445 | Sevastopol | A/S patrol between (a) 44°15'N, 33°45'E (b) 44°00N, 33°45'E (c) 44°15'N, 34°15'E (d) 44°15'N, 34°45'E. Only sailing orders have survived. | ||
21 | Re, Giovanni | 22 Aug 1943 | 0510 | Sevastopol | 23 Aug 1943 | 2230 | Sevastopol | Patrolled between 45°00'N and 45°30'N, and between 32°00'E and 32°30'E. | ||
23 Aug 1943 | 0300 | 45° 12'N, 32° 30'E (0) Approximately. | At 0300 hours, a torpedo missed CB 1. It was probably fired by the same submarine (SC-203) attacked and sunk by CB 4 a half hour later. In 1949, the wreck of SC-203 was located. Her no. 1 and no. 4 tubes were found empty and speculation was made that she fired them at CB 1. | |||||||
23 Aug 1943 | 0326 0328 (e) | (0) 35 miles west of Eupatoria or near Luft Quadrat 2681. | At 0326 hours, CB 1 fired two torpedoes at a Soviet submarine. The torpedoes deviated from their course and missed. The target was probably SC-203 (Captain 3rd rank Vladimir Innokentyevich Nemchinov) who would be sunk three days later by CB 4. | |||||||
22 | Re, Giovanni | 30 Aug 1943 | 0645 | Sevastopol | 1 Sep 1943 | 1545 | Sevastopol | Patrolled in Evapatoria Bay. | ||
Re, Giovanni | 9 Sep 1943 | Yalta | 9 Sep 1943 | Yalta | Seized at Yalta. | |||||
23 | Re, Giovanni | 15 Sep 1943 | Yalta or Sevastopol (DEU)? | 16 Sep 1943 | 0045 | Yalta | Participated in Operation MAINTLAND. | |||
15 Sep 1943 | 2145 (e) | (0) South of Cape Sarych. | At 2145 hours, three enemy vessels were sighted at a range of about 1,000 meters, steering west, speed 6-7 knots. One was a barge or very flat vessel, about 20 metres in length without any superstructure and believed to be carrying ammunition. Four men in rubber suits could be observed on board. The other two vessels seemed to be escorting gunboats. CB 1 fired a single torpedo at a very close range aimed at the barge. It was claimed sunk but the proximity of the explosion of the midget's own torpedo damaged her, causing the breakdown of the engine and a leak aft. Both the gunboats made off, dropping a few depth charges. Apparently the purpose of the Soviet operation was to land agents behind enemy lines. | |||||||
3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal, she flew the Rumanian flag on 3 December 1943. | ||||||||
30 Jan 1944 | 30 Jan 1944 | Returned to the Italian Fascist Republic. | ||||||||
25 Aug 1944 | Costanza | 25 Aug 1944 | Scuttled | Sunk to avoid falling into Soviet hands. |
121 entries. 112 total patrol entries (23 marked as war patrols) and 17 events.