Italian submarines in World War Two
CB 6
CB 6
Type | Midget | |
Class | CB (42) | |
Laid down | Caproni-Taliedo, Milan | |
Launched | ||
Commissioned | 10 May 1941 | |
End service | ||
Stricken | ||
Loss date | ||
Loss position | ||
History | Transferred to the Black Sea. Transferred to Romania after the armestice. Scuttled by the Romanians in August 1944. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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S.T.V. Francesco Gallinaro | 10 May 1941 | Oct 1942 | |
G.M. Giovanni Re | Jul 1943 | Aug 1943 | |
S.T.V. Alberto Farolfi | 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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Gallinaro, Francesco | 10 May 1941 | La Spezia | 10 May 1941 | La Spezia | Commissioned. | |||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 30 May 1941 | La Spezia | 30 May 1941 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 15 Jun 1941 | La Spezia | 15 Jun 1941 | La Spezia | Joined MARICOSOM. | |||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 25 Jun 1941 | 1550 | La Spezia | 25 Jun 1941 | 1735 | La Spezia | Exercises. | |||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 26 Jun 1941 | 0840 | La Spezia | 26 Jun 1941 | 1210 | La Spezia | 21 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 27 Jun 1941 | 1445 | La Spezia | 27 Jun 1941 | 1730 | La Spezia | 15,5 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 30 Jun 1941 | 0945 | La Spezia | 30 Jun 1941 | 1435 | La Spezia | 30,6 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 9 Jul 1941 | 0840 | La Spezia | 9 Jul 1941 | 1740 | La Spezia | 27 | Exercises. | ||
1 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 11 Jul 1941 | 1505 | La Spezia | 15 Jul 1941 | 1210 | La Spezia | 318 | Defensive patrol. | |
Gallinaro, Francesco | 1 Aug 1941 | 0830 | La Spezia | 1 Aug 1941 | 1135 | La Spezia | 10,4 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 2 Aug 1941 | 0800 | La Spezia | 2 Aug 1941 | 1830 | La Spezia | 6 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat La Masa. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 14 Aug 1941 | 1020 | La Spezia | 14 Aug 1941 | 1840 | La Spezia | 9 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 15 Aug 1941 | 1555 | La Spezia | 16 Aug 1941 | 1315 | La Spezia | 34 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 16 Aug 1941 | 0850 | La Spezia | 16 Aug 1941 | 1340 | La Spezia | 26,5 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 19 Aug 1941 | 1320 | La Spezia | 19 Aug 1941 | 2145 | La Spezia | 2,8 | Exercises. Then moved to Naples by train. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 24 Aug 1941 | 1240 | Naples | 24 Aug 1941 | 1300 | Naples | 2 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 25 Aug 1941 | 1900 | Naples | 25 Aug 1941 | 1920 | Naples | 0,1 | Diving exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 26 Aug 1941 | 0550 | Naples | 26 Aug 1941 | 1320 | Salerno | 45 | Passage Naples-Salerno. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 20 Sep 1941 | 0930 | Salerno | 20 Sep 1941 | 1030 | Salerno | 1,5 | Exercises. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 23 Sep 1941 | 1545 | Salerno | 23 Sep 1941 | 1715 | Salerno | 7,5 | Exercises. | ||
2 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 25 Sep 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 26 Sep 1941 | 0915 | Salerno | 80 | Antisubmarine patrol off Salerno near Cape D'Orso. Uneventful. | |
3 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 7 Oct 1941 | 1605 | Salerno | 9 Oct 1941 | 0945 | Salerno | 138 | Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful. | |
4 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 25 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 26 Oct 1941 | 0835 | Salerno | 75,5 | Surface antisubmarine patrol with CB 5. Uneventful. | |
Gallinaro, Francesco | 17 Nov 1941 | 0915 | Salerno | 17 Nov 1941 | 1730 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 21 Nov 1941 | 0830 | Salerno | 21 Nov 1941 | 1435 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
5 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 23 Nov 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 24 Nov 1941 | 0915 | Salerno | 75 | Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful. | |
Gallinaro, Francesco | 25 Nov 1941 | 0830 | Salerno | 25 Nov 1941 | 1230 | Salerno | Exercises, escorted by the motorboats A.S.65 and A.S.83. | |||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 27 Nov 1941 | 0850 | Salerno | 27 Nov 1941 | 1400 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 28 Nov 1941 | 0925 | Salerno | 28 Nov 1941 | 1230 | Salerno | Exercises. | |||
6 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 15 Dec 1941 | 1630 | Salerno | 16 Dec 1941 | 1130 | Salerno | 102 | Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful. | |
Gallinaro, Francesco | 19 Dec 1941 | 1010 | Salerno | 19 Dec 1941 | 1616 | Salerno | 40 | Passage Salerno-Naples. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 21 Dec 1941 | 0825 | Naples | 21 Dec 1941 | 1420 | Salerno | 40 | Passage Naples-Salerno. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 14 Jan 1942 | 0945 | Salerno | 14 Jan 1942 | 1500 | Naples | 40 | Passage Salerno-Naples. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 7 Mar 1942 | Date??? | Naples | 9 Mar 1942 | La Spezia | Transported to La Spezia (by train?). | ||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 5 May 1942 | Galatz | 7 May 1942 | 1945 | Costanza | Passage Galatz-Costanza. | ||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 22 May 1942 | 0945 | Costanza | 22 May 1942 | 1400 | Costanza | Exercises. | |||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 9 Jun 1942 | 0030 | Costanza | 11 Jun 1942 | 1030 | Yalta | 298,5 | Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 4 and CB 5. | ||
11 Jun 1942 | 0130 | At 0130 hours, a Soviet MTB was sighted at 700 metres, steering 270°. Possibly one of three MO-cutters escorting the steamer Belostok (2,034 GRT, built 1933) to Sevastopol. No action was taken as the boat very quickly disappeared at high speed. | ||||||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 13 Jun 1942 | Yalta | 13 Jun 1942 | Yalta | 16 | Exercises. | ||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 14 Jun 1942 | Yalta | 14 Jun 1942 | Yalta | 15 | Exercises. | ||||
7 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 18 Jun 1942 | 2000 | Yalta | 19 Jun 1942 | 0700 | Yalta | 36 | Patrolled south of Yalta. uneventful. Heard only H.E. | |
8 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 19 Jun 1942 | 1710 | Yalta | 21 Jun 1942 | 1000 | Yalta | 130 | Patrolled south of Sevastopol and southwest of Cape Sarych. Uneventful. Probably sighted by Soviet submarine S-31 at 1400 hours on the 20th in 43°54.6'N, 34°14.5'E. | |
Gallinaro, Francesco | 28 Jun 1942 | 1415 | Yalta | 30 Jun 1942 | 1945 | Balcic | Passage Yalta-Balcic in rough weather. | |||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 1 Jul 1942 | 0900 | Balcic | 1 Jul 1942 | 2215 | Costanza | 303 | Passage Balcic-Costanza. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 15 Aug 1942 | 1215 | Costanza | 18 Aug 1942 | 0130 | Costanza | 230 | Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 2 and CB 3, but all returned because of heavy seas and defects. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 29 Aug 1942 | 1830 | Costanza | 30 Aug 1942 | 1335 | Sulina | 171 | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 1. Uneventful. | ||
9 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 31 Aug 1942 | 1230 | Sulina | 2 Sep 1942 | 1230 | Sulina | Patrolled north of Sulina between (a) 45°51'30'N, 30°24'E (b) 45°43.5'N, 30°33.5'E (C) 45°34.5'N, 30°18'E (D) 45°42'15'N, 30°09'E. Uneventful. | ||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 4 Sep 1942 | 1400 | Sulina | 5 Sep 1942 | 0720 | Costanza | 315 | Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 1 [mileage from 29th August]. | ||
4 Sep 1942 | 1800 | At 1800 hours, a Rumanian convoy was sighted and exchanged recognition signals. | ||||||||
Gallinaro, Francesco | 13 Sep 1942 | 1835 | Costanza | 14 Sep 1942 | 1330 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 1 and CB 4. Uneventful. | |||
10 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 16 Sep 1942 | 1900 | Sulina | 17 Sep 1942 | 0725 | Sulina | Sailed toward the north with CB 1 and CB 4 and a Rumanian convoy (also reported as convoy of German F-lighters) but the bad weather forced them back at 0100 hours on the 17th. | ||
10b | Gallinaro, Francesco | 19 Sep 1942 | 1810 | Sulina | 20 Sep 1942 | 1630 | Otschakov | Passage Sulina-Otschakov with CB 1 and CB 4 and a convoy. Uneventful. | ||
10c | Gallinaro, Francesco | 25 Sep 1942 | 1215 | Otschakov | 26 Sep 1942 | 1650 | Ak Metchet | Passage Otschakov-Ak Metchet with CB 1 and CB 4 and a convoy, CB 6 was towed by the lighter F-342 for part of the trip. | ||
10d | Gallinaro, Francesco | 28 Sep 1942 | 1000 | Ak Metchet | 28 Sep 1942 | 1830 | Skadowsk | Passage Ak Metchet-Skadowsk with CB 1 and CB 4. Uneventful. | ||
11 | Gallinaro, Francesco | 15 Oct 1942 | 0900 | Skadowsk | 15 Oct 1942 | 1805 | Ak Metchet | Passage Skadowsk-Ak Metchet with CB 1 and CB 4 and a convoy. Uneventful. | ||
11b | Gallinaro, Francesco | 15 Oct 1942 | 2100 | Ak Metchet | 16 Oct 1942 | 1500 | Sevastopol | 608,85 | Passage Ak Metchet-Sevastopol. Uneventful. | |
22 Nov 1942 | 0800 | Sevastopol | 22 Nov 1942 | 1956 | Ostchakov | Sailed for Costanza but then diverted to Ostchakov. Was towed by a tug. | ||||
27 Nov 1942 | 0600? | Ostchakov | 27 Nov 1942 | 1400? | Odessa | Passage Ostchakov-Odessa, towed by a German tug, escorting a German convoy with CB 1, CB 2 and CB 4. | ||||
28 Nov 1942 | 0600 | Odessa | 28 Nov 1942 | 1500 | Bugaz | Passage Odessa-Bugaz with CB 1, CB 2 and CB 4. | ||||
30 Nov 1942 | 0600? | Bugaz | 30 Nov 1942 | 2000? | Sulina | Passage Bugaz-Sulina with CB 1, CB 2 and CB 4. | ||||
3 Dec 1942 | Date? | Sulina | 3 Dec 1942 | 0900 | Costanza | 440 | Passage Sulina-Costanza [mileage from 22nd November]. | |||
16 Jun 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 16 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
23 Jun 1943 | 0730 | Costanza | 23 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
12 | 27 Jun 1943 | 0800 | Costanza | 29 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Costanza | Carried out a patrol? | |||
10 Jul 1943 | 0500 | Costanza | 10 Jul 1943 | 0930 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||
22 Jul 1943 | Costanza | 22 Jul 1943 | Costanza | Exercises. | ||||||
22 Jul 1943 | 0700 | Costanza | 23 Jul 1943 | 0000 | Sulina | Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 1. She was towed by the German tug Stralsund and escorted by the submarine chaser UJ-2305 as far as 31°30'E then proceeded alone to SN 3 (Sevastopol) to escort two F-lighters and 2 HS-boats. | ||||
24 Jul 1943 | 2225 | Sulina | 26 Jul 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | Passage Sulina-Sevastopol with CB 1, submarine chaser UJ-2305 and tugs Gastein and Stralsund; then escorted the lighters F-301 and F-304. | ||||
13 | Re, Giovanni | 2 Aug 1943 | 0610 | Sevastopol | 4 Aug 1943 | 1900 | Sevastopol | 172 | Antisubmarine patrol with CB 1 off Crimean coast. Uneventful. Sighted only German aircraft. | |
Farolfi, Alberto | 7 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1500 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 1. Uneventful. | |||
14 | Farolfi, Alberto | 7 Aug 1943 | 1800 | Yalta | 10 Aug 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | 320 | Patrolled south of Crimea with CB 1. Uneventful. | |
15 | Farolfi, Alberto | 16 Aug 1943 | 0600 | Sevastopol | 18 Aug 1943 | 1445 | Sevastopol | Antisubmarine patrol between (a) 44°15'N, 34°15'E (b) 44°00N, 34°15'E (c) 44°30'N, 34°45'E (d) 44°15'N, 34°45'E. | ||
16 | Farolfi, Alberto | 22 Aug 1943 | 0510 | Sevastopol | 23 Aug 1943 | 2230 | Sevastopol | Patrolled between 45°00'N and 45°30'N, and between 32°30'E and 33°30'E. | ||
23 Aug 1943 | 0430 | (0) 19 miles WNW of Eupatoria or Luft Quadrat 2669. | At 0430 hours, a Soviet submarine was sighted and attacked with two torpedoes (450mm) at a range of 800 metres. They missed as both torpedoes apparently hit a shoal after a run of 100 metres. This was probably SC-203 sunk three days later by CB 4. | |||||||
17 | Farolfi, Alberto | 27 Aug 1943 | 0600 | Sevastopol | 30 Aug 1943 | 1230 | 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. | ||
Farolfi, Alberto | 9 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | 9 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | Seized by the Germans at Sevastopol. Later ceded to Rumania and subsequently returned to the Italian Fascist Republic. Scuttled off Costanza at the Rumanian armistice. | |||||
18 | Farolfi, Alberto | 15 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | 16 Sep 1943 | Sevastopol | Patrolled during operation MAINLAND. | ||||
3 Dec 1943 | 3 Dec 1943 | According to an ULTRA signal, she flew the Rumanian flag on 3rd December 1943. | ||||||||
20 Jun 1944 | Costanza | 20 Jun 1944 | Costanza | In port. | ||||||
1 Jul 1944 | Date approx. | 1 Jul 1944 | Possible sortie with another CB (?) |
77 entries. 77 total patrol entries (18 marked as war patrols) and 3 events.