CB 5
CB 5

Type	Midget
Class	CB (42)
Laid down		Caproni-Taliedo, Milan
Launched
Commissioned	10 May 1941
End service
Stricken
Loss date	13 Jun 1942
Loss position
History	Transferred to the Black Sea. Sunk by the Soviets off Yalta on 13 June 1942
Fate

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
S.T.V. Alberto Farolfi	27 Jun 1941	13 Jun 1942

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
		4 Jan 1941		La Spezia	4 Jan 1941		La Spezia		Trials.
		7 Jan 1941		La Spezia	7 Jan 1941		La Spezia		Trials.
		24 Mar 1941		La Spezia	24 Mar 1941		La Spezia		Trials.
		27 Mar 1941		La Spezia	27 Mar 1941		La Spezia		Trials.
	Farolfi, Alberto	10 May 1941		La Spezia	10 May 1941		La Spezia		Commissioned.
	Farolfi, Alberto	30 May 1941		La Spezia	30 May 1941		La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	15 Jun 1941		La Spezia	15 Jun 1941		La Spezia		Joined MARICOSOM.
	Farolfi, Alberto	25 Jun 1941	0910	La Spezia	25 Jun 1941	1140	La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	25 Jun 1941	1550	La Spezia	25 Jun 1941	1735	La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	26 Jun 1941	0840	La Spezia	26 Jun 1941	1210	La Spezia	21,5	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	27 Jun 1941	1445	La Spezia	27 Jun 1941	1700	La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	28 Jun 1941	1430	La Spezia	28 Jun 1941	1610	La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	30 Jun 1941	0945	La Spezia	30 Jun 1941	1645	La Spezia	32	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	3 Jul 1941	1450	La Spezia	3 Jul 1941	1800	La Spezia	9	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	9 Jul 1941	0840	La Spezia	9 Jul 1941	1740	La Spezia	27	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	11 Jul 1941	1550	La Spezia	15 Jul 1941	1200	La Spezia	215	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	19 Jul 1941	0845	La Spezia	19 Jul 1941	1150	La Spezia	21	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	26 Jul 1941	2120	La Spezia	27 Jul 1941	0200	La Spezia	23	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	28 Jul 1941	0900	La Spezia	28 Jul 1941	1215	La Spezia	3	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	29 Jul 1941	1100	La Spezia	29 Jul 1941	1315	La Spezia	3	Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	31 Aug 1941	1510	La Spezia	1 Sep 1941	1315	Naples		Transferred via rail.
	Farolfi, Alberto	3 Sep 1941	0605	Naples	3 Sep 1941	1205	Salerno		Passage Naples-Salerno.
	Farolfi, Alberto	3 Sep 1941	Time?	Salerno	3 Sep 1941	1630	Salerno		Exercises.
1	Farolfi, Alberto	24 Sep 1941	1740	Salerno	25 Sep 1941	1150	Salerno	74	Antisubmarine patrol on surface off Cape d'Orso, near Salerno. Uneventful.
2	Farolfi, Alberto	29 Sep 1941	1700	Salerno	30 Sep 1941	1300	Salerno	99	Antisubmarine patrol with CB 3. Uneventful.
	Russo, Attilio Mario	11 Oct 1941	1600	Salerno	11 Oct 1941	1725	Salerno	8	Exercises.
3	Russo, Attilio Mario	14 Oct 1941	1725	Salerno	15 Oct 1941	1310	Salerno	98	Antisubmarine patrol with CB 1. Uneventful.
		14 Oct 1941	2008	(0) Off Salerno.	At 2008 hours, the midget CB 1 was sighted at a distance of 400 metres.
4	Farolfi, Alberto	17 Oct 1941	1800	Salerno	18 Oct 1941	0820	Salerno	76	Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.
5	Farolfi, Alberto	22 Oct 1941	1800	Salerno	23 Oct 1941	0710	Salerno	67	Antisubmarine surface patrol with CB 1 in 40°22.5'N, 14°40'E. Uneventful.
6	Farolfi, Alberto	25 Oct 1941	1800	Salerno	26 Oct 1941	0810	Salerno	75	Surfaced antisubmarine patrol with CB 6. Uneventful.
7	Farolfi, Alberto	26 Oct 1941	1800	Salerno	27 Oct 1941	0800	Salerno	68	Surfaced antisubmarine patrol with CB 1. Uneventful.
8	Russo, Attilio Mario	28 Oct 1941	1800	Salerno	29 Oct 1941	0735	Salerno	68	Surfaced antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.
	Farolfi, Alberto	12 Nov 1941	0425	Salerno	12 Nov 1941	1410	Naples	56	Passage Salerno-Naples with CB 4.
	Farolfi, Alberto	14 Nov 1941	0844	Naples	14 Nov 1941	1440	Salerno		Passage Naples-Salerno.
	Farolfi, Alberto	22 Nov 1941	0830	Salerno	22 Nov 1941	1425	Salerno		Exercises.
9	Farolfi, Alberto	22 Nov 1941	1800	Salerno	23 Nov 1941	0930	Salerno	85,25	Surfaced antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.
10	Farolfi, Alberto	28 Nov 1941	0900	Salerno	30 Nov 1941	1230	Salerno	183,5	Antisubmarine patrol with CB 2. Uneventful.
	Farolfi, Alberto	2 Dec 1941	0850	Salerno	2 Dec 1941	1300	Salerno		Exercises escorted by the motorboat A.S.85.
	Farolfi, Alberto	6 Dec 1941	1000	Salerno	6 Dec 1941	1200	Salerno		Exercises.
11	Farolfi, Alberto	11 Dec 1941	1650	Salerno	12 Dec 1941	1330	Salerno		Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.
	Farolfi, Alberto	19 Dec 1941	Time?	Salerno	19 Dec 1941	1110	Naples	40	Passage Salerno-Naples.
	Farolfi, Alberto	8 Jan 1942	0750	Naples	8 Jan 1942	0830	Salerno		Passage Naples-Salerno (by train?).
	Farolfi, Alberto	13 Jan 1942	0920	Salerno	13 Jan 1942	1510	Naples	40	Passage Salerno-Naples. Then transported by train to La Spezia ca. 9th March 1942.
	Farolfi, Alberto	16 Mar 1942	0920	La Spezia	16 Mar 1942	1420	La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	28 Mar 1942	1100	La Spezia	28 Mar 1942	1540	La Spezia		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	15 Apr 1942	Date?	La Spezia	5 May 1942		Galatz		Passage La Spezia-Galatz (by train or by road?).
	Farolfi, Alberto	6 May 1942	Date?	Galatz	7 May 1942	1945	Costanza		Passage Galatz-Costanza.
	Farolfi, Alberto	25 May 1942	0730	Costanza	25 May 1942	1200	Costanza		Exercises?
	Farolfi, Alberto	29 May 1942	0730	Costanza	29 May 1942	1200	Costanza		Exercises.
	Farolfi, Alberto	9 Jun 1942	0045	Costanza	11 Jun 1942	1000	Yalta	298	Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 4 and CB 6.
	Farolfi, Alberto	13 Jun 1942		Yalta	13 Jun 1942	0400	Sunk		Torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet MTB D-3 who managed to close the harbour entrance. No casualties.
		13 Jun 1942	0400	(0) Yalta harbour.	At 0300 hours, CB 5 was moored in Yalta harbour when a lone Soviet bomber raided the harbour. At 0400 hours, the Soviet MTB D-3 (Senior Lieutenant Konstantin Georgievitch Kotchiev) managed to close to about 200 meters from the breakwater and fire a torpedo through the opening. It hit and sank CB 5. There were no casualties.

51 entries. 51 total patrol entries (11 marked as war patrols) and 2 events.

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