Italian submarines in World War Two
Otaria (OA, I.25)
Otaria
Type | Ocean going | |
Class | Glauco (9) | |
Laid down | 19 Nov 1932 | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone |
Launched | 20 Mar 1935 | |
Commissioned | 20 Oct 1935 | |
End service | ||
Stricken | 1 Feb 1948 | |
Loss date | ||
Loss position | ||
History | Stricken on 1st February 1948. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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C.C. Giuseppe Vocaturo | 16 Jan 1939 | 7 Sep 1941 | |
C.C. Alfredo Musotto | 7 Sep 1941 | 15 Nov 1941 | |
C.C. Alfredo Musotto | 7 Sep 1941 | 15 Nov 1941 | |
T.V. Alberto Gorini | 15 Nov 1941 | 29 Nov 1941 | |
C.C. Emilio Berengan | 29 Nov 1941 | 9 Jun 1942 | |
T.V. Alberto Gorini | 10 Jun 1942 | 4 Sep 1942 | |
T.V. Giovanni Manunta | 20 Aug 1942 | 21 Aug 1942 | |
T.V. Alberto Gorini | 22 Aug 1942 | 4 Sep 1942 | |
C.F. Emilio Francardi | 5 Sep 1942 | 30 Oct 1942 | |
C.C. Giuseppe Caito | 30 Oct 1942 | 16 Nov 1942 | |
S.T.V. Bruno Gabbrielli | 17 Nov 1942 | 21 Nov 1942 | |
T.V. Mario Violante | 22 Nov 1942 | 24 Feb 1943 | |
T.V. Alberto Galeazzi | 25 Feb 1943 | 12 Apr 1943 | |
S.T.V. Odoardo Burattini | 13 Apr 1943 | 14 Apr 1943 | |
C.C. Teucle Meneghini | 15 Apr 1943 | 8 Sep 1943 | |
T.V. Giovanni Febbraro | 9 Sep 1943 | 31 Aug 1945 |
Ships hit
Date | Commander | Ship hit | Type | GRT | Nat. | Loss type | |
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1. | 20 May 1941 | C.C. Giuseppe Vocaturo | Starcross | Cargo ship | 4,662 | Sunk |
Patrols and events
Commander | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
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Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 10 Jun 1940 | Pola | 10 Jun 1940 | Pola | Refit at Pola. | |||||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 30 Jun 1940 | 0605 | Pola | 30 Jun 1940 | 1710 | Pola | 72 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 9 Jul 1940 | 0610 | Pola | 9 Jul 1940 | 1500 | Pola | 5,5 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 11 Jul 1940 | 0603 | Pola | 11 Jul 1940 | 1416 | Pola | 21,1 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 12 Jul 1940 | 0610 | Pola | 12 Jul 1940 | 1312 | Pola | 12,5 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 15 Jul 1940 | 0551 | Pola | 15 Jul 1940 | 0945 | Pola | 20,4 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 17 Jul 1940 | 0822 | Pola | 17 Jul 1940 | 1323 | Fiume | 69,5 | Passage Pola-Fiume. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 19 Jul 1940 | 0822 | Fiume | 19 Jul 1940 | 1323 | Pola | 69,5 | Passage Fiume-Pola. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 21 Jul 1940 | 0702 | Pola | 21 Jul 1940 | 1515 | Pola | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 23 Jul 1940 | 1305 | Pola | 23 Jul 1940 | 1802 | Pola | 23,8 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 25 Jul 1940 | 1313 | Pola | 25 Jul 1940 | 1615 | Pola | 20,8 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 30 Jul 1940 | 1551 | Pola | 30 Jul 1940 | 1830 | Pola | 11,2 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 31 Jul 1940 | 0013 | Pola | 1 Aug 1940 | 1258 | Brindisi | 378,3 | Passage Pola-Brindisi. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 9 Aug 1940 | 1235 | Brindisi | 10 Aug 1940 | 1940 | Pola | 375 | Passage Brindisi-Pola. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 11 Aug 1940 | 1338 | Pola | 11 Aug 1940 | 1902 | Monfalcone | 76 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 24 Aug 1940 | 0556 | Monfalcone | 24 Aug 1940 | 1205 | Pola | 77 | Passage Monfalcone-Pola. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 25 Aug 1940 | 1045 | Pola | 25 Aug 1940 | 1502 | Pola | 13,5 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 26 Aug 1940 | 0356 | Pola | 30 Aug 1940 | 1505 | La Spezia | 1225,4 | Passage Pola-La Spezia. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 5 Sep 1940 | 1340 | La Spezia | 5 Sep 1940 | 1748 | La Spezia | 25 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 18 Sep 1940 | 0718 | La Spezia | 18 Sep 1940 | 1212 | La Spezia | 27 | Exercises. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 18 Sep 1940 | 1353 | La Spezia | 18 Sep 1940 | 1753 | La Spezia | 20,1 | Exercises. | ||
1 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 23 Sep 1940 | 0734 | La Spezia | 4 Oct 1940 | 1620 | Royan | Passage La Spezia-Bordeaux and patrolled on the 24°25'W meridian. Passed Gibraltar on 28th September 1940 and was met at 1400 hours on 4th October by two German minesweepers and escorted to Royan. Uneventful. | ||
1b | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 5 Oct 1940 | 0734 | Royan | 5 Oct 1940 | 1620 | Pauillac | Passage Royan-Pauillac. | ||
1c | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 6 Oct 1940 | 0636 | Pauillac | 6 Oct 1940 | 1045 | Bordeaux | 2186 | Passage Pauillac-Bordeaux. | |
2 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 14 Oct 1940 | 0713 | Bordeaux | 14 Oct 1940 | 1400 | Le Verdon | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon. | ||
2b | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 14 Oct 1940 | 1900 | Le Verdon | 15 Nov 1940 | 1800 | Bordeaux | 3699,9 | Sailed with Barbarigo for patrol in the Atlantic between 55°20'N, 24°04 W, 55°20'N, 20°04'W and 53°00'N, 24°04'W. Then refit in Bordeaux. | |
17 Oct 1940 | 1005 0950 (e) | 47° 55'N, 11° 32'W (e) 47° 37'N, 10° 52'W | An aircraft, identified as a Sunderland flying boat, was sighted from a distance of 2-3,000 metres on opposite course. This was indeed Sunderland 'D' (N.9050) of 10 Squadron (RAAF), piloted by Squadron Leader C.W. Pearce. At 0926 hours, it had sighted a submarine on the surface 10 miles away in position JBGQ 3706 (later information placed the attack at 47°37' N 10°52' W). Otaria made no attempt to submerge as the aircraft closed. On account of this strange behaviour, it was challenged and it replied with a rocket that emitted a large number of blue stars (and the blue signal was the correct reply for the period). The submarine still made no attempt to submerge although the aircraft was circling 1 mile away. The pilot was still doubtful as to whether he should attack it as even the guns' crews on the submarine were not closed up. Again submarine was challenged and this time the reply was in the nature of a signal emitting numerous yellow stars. (This was the correct colour for the next period). Again being challenged, the reply was the same (yellow stars). Pearce decided to inspect it at closer quarters. As the aircraft flew over the submarine, it was met with a burst of machine gun fire from the conning tower. The Sunderland turned away before returning to attack the submarine. As the aircraft dived to the attack, Otaria submerged. At 0950 hours, a stick of four bombs was dropped 150 yards ahead of swirl of submarine. All that was seen as a result of the attack was that a minute later, a large florescence patch, 120 feet in diameter, came to the surface 100 yards to starboard of last observed track of submarine and bomb burst. The Sunderland remained in vicinity until 1016 hours when it flew away. | |||||||
30 Oct 1940 | 0802 | A vessel was sighted at 25,000 meters and when the submarine closed to 10,000 meters, it was identified as a tanker but contact was lost in heavy seas (Force 5-6). | ||||||||
30 Oct 1940 | 1720 1730 GMT or 1830 (e) | (e) 54° 30'N, 23° 26'W | A vessel was sighted at a distance of 10,000 metres. When the submarine closed and to 6-7,000 meters, the vessel opened fire on the submarine with a small gun and made an enemy report. This was the British Baltrover (3,966 GRT, built 1913) on passage Liverpool to St. Johns (NFLD), she fired three rounds at the submarine. Otaria maneuvered to intercept after dark, but had difficulty in keeping contact in heavy weather. As water penetrated in the conning tower, the chase was abandoned. | |||||||
2 Nov 1940 | 0830 | A vessel was sighted at a distance of 11,000 metres. The submarine dived and went on an intercept course, but could not get closer than 4,000 metres, so the chase had to be abandoned. | ||||||||
3 Nov 1940 | 1018 | (0) Near Italian Grid 5506/25. | A vessel was sighted at a distance of 11,000 metres. and The submarine went on an intercept course and dived at 1207 hours, when range was down to 7,000 meters. Due to heavy seas, the vessel could not be seen though the periscope and the submarine surfaced again but contact was lost. | |||||||
3 Nov 1940 | 1900 | (0) Italian Grid 5506/25. | A convoy of six or seven vessels, apparently unescorted, was observed steering 090°, 10 knots. This information comes solely from a signal from Otaria and is not mentioned by her patrol report. After surfacing, the submarine lost contact. | |||||||
5 Nov 1940 | 0028 | 53° 55'N, 23° 27'W | A 15-2000-ton steamer was sighted at 0020 hours from a distance of 4,000 metres. The submarine closed to about 500-700 metres and at 0028 hours turned to fire two stern shots (533mm, W G type), but missed. | |||||||
9 Nov 1940 | 1730 | 53° 05'N, 17° 55'W (0) Italian Grid 0315/16. | The submarine sighted an aircraft carrier escorted by three destroyers, at a distance of 20,000 metres, proceeding on a 360° course at 13 knots. Otaria could not close to attack but made an enemy report. Barbarigo and Marconi attempted to intercept. | |||||||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 18 Jan 1941 | 0940 | Bordeaux | 18 Jan 1941 | 1520 | Le Verdon | 48,5 | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon and trials off Le Verdon, delayed because of defects. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 20 Jan 1941 | 0720 | Le Verdon | 20 Jan 1941 | 1250 | Le Verdon | 52 | Sailed for patrol, escorted by M-9 and M-6, but turned back because of battery defects and leaks. Her sailing had already been delayed by defects and bad weather (her escort could not sail). | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 21 Jan 1941 | 1507 | Le Verdon | 21 Jan 1941 | 1830 | Le Verdon | 34 | Sailed for patrol escorted by M-6 and UJ-D but returned because the overload of fuel has affected her stability. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 22 Jan 1941 | 0850 | Le Verdon | 22 Jan 1941 | 1042 | Pauillac | 25 | Passage Le Verdon-Pauillac. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 23 Jan 1941 | 1115 | Pauillac | 23 Jan 1941 | 1403 | Le Verdon | 25 | Passage Pauillac-Le Verdon. | ||
3 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 24 Jan 1941 | 1455 | Le Verdon | 1 Feb 1941 | 1314 | Pauillac | 1161 | Sailed, escorted by M-6 and M-12 for patrol between 56°00'N and 57°00'N and between 17°00'W and 21°00'W. Patrol cut short because of defects. Escorted on her return by M-6 and M-21. | |
3b | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 2 Feb 1941 | 0937 | Pauillac | 2 Feb 1941 | 1150 | Bordeaux | 18,5 | Passage Pauillac-Bordeaux. | |
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 6 Feb 1941 | 1300 | Bordeaux | 6 Feb 1941 | 1702 | Le Verdon | 48,5 | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon. | ||
4 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 6 Feb 1941 | 1725 | Le Verdon | 2 Mar 1941 | 1155 | Pauillac | 3489,9 | Sailed with Marcello, escorted by M-9, M-21 and Sperrbrecher 16, for Atlantic patrol between 53°00'N and 54°00'N and 14°00'W and 17°00'W. Met on her return by M-10, M-13, M-25 and Sperrbrecher 34. | |
19 Feb 1941 | The submarine was ordered (with Marcello, Barbarigo and Bianchi) to intercept a convoy reported in about 59° or 60° N, 11° W on a 270° course. Otaria was short of fuel and could not comply. | |||||||||
19 Feb 1941 | 2311 | Otaria was ordered to intercept a damaged freighter in 53°55' N, 16°45' W. The submarine arrived in the area at 0320 hours on the 20th and searched until 1100 hours, without sighting anything. | ||||||||
4b | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 3 Mar 1941 | 0810 | Pauillac | 3 Mar 1941 | 0956 | Bordeaux | 23,5 | Passage Pauillac-Bordeaux. | |
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 4 May 1941 | 1230 | Bordeaux | 4 May 1941 | 1941 | Le Verdon | 62 | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 5 May 1941 | 0730 | Le Verdon | 5 May 1941 | 1550 | La Pallice | 60 | Passage Le Verdon-La Pallice. | ||
5 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 8 May 1941 | 1858 | La Pallice | 24 May 1941 | 1835 | Bordeaux | 3284 | Atlantic patrol between 58°00'N and 59°00'N, and between 25°00'W and 33°00'W. | |
13 May 1941 | 0200 | 49° 00'N, 17° 15'W | An Italian submarine was sighted but not identified. | |||||||
14 May 1941 | 1430 | 53° 30'N, 24° 45'W | A Motorship zigzagging on 120° course, 16 knots was sighted at a distance of 15,000 metres. The submarine very quickly lost sight of the vessel. | |||||||
15 May 1941 | 0900 | 53° 12'N, 20° 25'W | An unidentified aircraft was seen forcing the submarine to dive. | |||||||
17 May 1941 | 1353 | The Italian submarine Morosini was encountered and they exchanged recognition signals. | ||||||||
19 May 1941 | 0830 | 51° 37'N, 22° 28'W | Otaria sighted a convoy of about twenty-four merchant ships in three columns (two large ships but the remainder of about 2-3,000 tons), escorted by three destroyers and three corvettes, steering 060°, 8 knots at a distance of 18,000 metres. The submarine trailed it with the intention of attacking during the night. This would occur at 0420 hours on the 20th. | |||||||
19 May 1941 | 2210 | 50° 12'N, 22° 53'W | The submarine sighted a biplane (Swordfish?) flying toward her. Otaria dived and heard three distant explosions. | |||||||
20 May 1941 | 0420 0438 (e) | 51° 36'N, 20° 50'W (e) 51° 45'N, 20° 45'W (0) Italian Grid 6820/14. | A 12,000-ton steamer of NORFOLK class in convoy course 070° at 8 knots. This was British Starcross (4,662 GRT, built 1936) in convoy SL. 73, on a voyage from Lagos and Freetown to Hull. The convoy had first been sighted at 0830 hours on the 19th and Otaria had trailed it since, waiting for darkness to attack. At 0420 hours, two torpedoes (533mm) were fired from bow tubes at a range of 450 metres and claimed that both hit. In fact, the freighter had observed the first torpedo to miss but shortly after, the second torpedo struck the ship and she sank. The crew of forty was rescued by the destroyer HMCS St.Francis. The submarine had been seen to move on the opposite course of the convoy at 0415 hours by a lookout from the 12-pdr gun of HMCS St Francis. The submarine was observed to turn to the attack when she had reached a position at the rear of the convoy. The lookout tried to alert the bridge, by telephone, but the rating at the other end had just arrived for the change of the watch and had not yet put his earphones on. Thus the personnel on the bridge of St Francis were not informed before the torpedo hit. | |||||||
23 May 1941 | 1520 | 45° 30'N, 7° 05'W | Two men in a lifeboat were seen and were rescued. These were survivors from the French Notre Dame Du Châtelet, sunk by U-43 (KL Wolfgang Lüth, the second highest ranking U-boat ace) on 15 May 1941. | |||||||
6 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 11 Jul 1941 | 0908 | Bordeaux | 11 Jul 1941 | 1105 | Bordeaux | 20 | Sailed from Bordeaux, but returned because of defects. | |
6b | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 11 Jul 1941 | 1852 | Bordeaux | 11 Jul 1941 | 2127 | Bordeaux | 23,5 | Carried out a test to verify that the defect had been eliminated. | |
6c | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 12 Jul 1941 | 1003 | Bordeaux | 12 Jul 1941 | 1541 | Le Verdon | 48,5 | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon. | |
6d | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 13 Jul 1941 | 2115 | Le Verdon | 19 Jul 1941 | 0945 | Le Verdon | 898,5 | Sailed for patrol northwest of Madeira within 15 miles of 34°22'N, 20°20'W, but turned back because of defects when off Cape Finisterre. | |
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 19 Jul 1941 | 0945 | Le Verdon | 19 Jul 1941 | 1620 | Bordeaux | Passage Le Verdon-Bordeaux. | |||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 16 Aug 1941 | 1400 | Bordeaux | 16 Aug 1941 | 1930 | Le Verdon | 63 | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon and trials off Le Verdon. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 17 Aug 1941 | 0720 | Le Verdon | 17 Aug 1941 | 1510 | La Pallice | 59,5 | Passage Le Verdon-La Pallice and exercises at Le Pertuis d'Antioche. | ||
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 20 Aug 1941 | 1444 | La Pallice | 20 Aug 1941 | 1930 | La Pallice | 4 | Trials. | ||
7 | Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 21 Aug 1941 | 1835 | La Pallice | 27 Aug 1941 | 1303 | Bordeaux | 1242,5 | Sailed for Atlantic patrol near 45°00'N, 11°00'W. The patrol was cut short because C.V. Vocaturo was sick. The submarine turned back when off Cape Finisterre. | |
Vocaturo, Giuseppe | 27 Aug 1941 | 1905 | Bordeaux | 27 Aug 1941 | 2005 | Bordeaux | 0,5 | Changed moorings? | ||
8 | Musotto, Alfredo | 7 Sep 1941 | 0820 | Bordeaux | 7 Sep 1941 | 1400 | Le Verdon | Passage Bordeaux-Le Verdon and trials off Le Verdon. | ||
8b | Musotto, Alfredo | 7 Sep 1941 | 1400 | Le Verdon | 7 Sep 1941 | 2000 | La Pallice | 112 | Passage Le Verdon-La Pallice and trials at Le Pertuis d'Antioche. Escorted by V-414 and another patrol boat. | |
8c | Musotto, Alfredo | 7 Sep 1941 | 2337 | La Pallice | 19 Sep 1941 | 1025 | Naples | 2483 | Passage La Pallice-Naples. Passed Gibraltar on 14th September 1941 [Note: C.C. Musotto replaced C.C. Vocaturo who was still sick]. Refit in Naples from 24th September to 4th November. | |
12 Sep 1941 | 0632 0540-0555 (e) | (e) 36° 28'N, 9° 09'W | A submarine chaser or destroyer, was observed proceeding toward the submarine at 2,500 metres. This was HMS Vimy proceeding independently who attacked a contact with a full pattern. The submarine dived immediately to 90 meters; she heard depth-charges exploding less than 150 meters away, but escaped. | |||||||
12 Sep 1941 | 1010 0903 (e) | (e) 36° 28'N, 9° 09'W | HMS Vimy obtained another contact and attacked with fourteen depth-charges set at 100 to 225 feet. The submarine heard a depth-charge followed by six to eight more exploding less than 150 meters away but escaped. | |||||||
Gorini, Alberto | 22 Nov 1941 | 0943 | Naples | 22 Nov 1941 | 1725 | Naples | 32,3 | Exercises. T.V. Pasquale Terra of the submarine Velella was on board as an observer. | ||
Gorini, Alberto | 24 Nov 1941 | 0920 | Naples | 24 Nov 1941 | 1633 | Naples | 42,9 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 1 Dec 1941 | 1005 | Naples | 1 Dec 1941 | 1505 | Naples | 20 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 5 Dec 1941 | 1000 | Naples | 5 Dec 1941 | 1038 | Naples | 1,2 | Trials. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 6 Dec 1941 | 1000 | Naples | 6 Dec 1941 | 1530 | Naples | 22,3 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 9 Dec 1941 | 0913 | Naples | 9 Dec 1941 | 1320 | Naples | 24,7 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 11 Dec 1941 | 0900 | Naples | 11 Dec 1941 | 1228 | Naples | 19,7 | Exercises. | ||
9 | Berengan, Emilio | 14 Dec 1941 | 1407 | Naples | 19 Dec 1941 | 1830 | Bardia | Supply mission to Bardia (11.3 tons of food supplies) by coastal route via Cape Peloro (at 0945 hours on the 15th later corrected to 0730 hours) and Messina (0800 hours on the 15th) and Point S.1 (Capo Dell'Armi) then course 120°. | ||
16 Dec 1941 | 1025 | An enemy aircraft was seen and the submarine dived immediately. | ||||||||
19 Dec 1941 | 0140 | (0) 60 miles from Ras Azzaz. | An unknown vessel was sighted on opposite course. It was believed to be the submarine Dandolo but C.C. Berengan took no chance and took his submarine down. | |||||||
9b | Berengan, Emilio | 19 Dec 1941 | 2120 | Bardia | 24 Dec 1941 | 1512 | Taranto | 1873,8 | Return trip from supply mission to Bardia with fifteen PoWs and eight Italian soldiers. | |
19 Dec 1941 | 0140 | (0) 60 miles from Ras Azzaz. | An unknown vessel was sighted on opposite course. It was believed to be the submarine Dandolo but C.C. Berengan took no chance and took his submarine down. | |||||||
Berengan, Emilio | 4 Jan 1942 | 0840 | Taranto | 4 Jan 1942 | 1325 | Taranto | 20 | Trials. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 6 Jan 1942 | 0855 | Taranto | 6 Jan 1942 | 1236 | Taranto | 1,2 | Trials. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 7 Jan 1942 | 0950 | Taranto | 9 Jan 1942 | 1105 | Pola | 519 | Passage Taranto-Pola. | ||
7 Jan 1942 | 1325 | (0) 126° - Cape San Vito - 13 miles. | A derelict mine was observed but could not be destroyed because of the heavy seas. | |||||||
7 Jan 1942 | 1410 | An Italian convoy escorted by the torpedo boat Carini , was encountered. Actually, these were the freighter Ariosto, the tanker Nettuno screened by the torpedo boats Aretusa and Carini on passage from Brindisi to Taranto. | ||||||||
7 Jan 1942 | 1740 | The submarine Rismondi was encountered. | ||||||||
8 Jan 1942 | 1100 | An Italian steamer (this was the freighter Cesco) escorted by the torpedo-boat Missori were sighted. | ||||||||
Berengan, Emilio | 13 Jan 1942 | 1612 | Pola | 13 Jan 1942 | 2400 | Pola | 63 | Exercises with the submarine Ondina, escorted by San Giorgio and Jadera. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 15 Jan 1942 | 0825 | Pola | 15 Jan 1942 | 1710 | Pola | 54,5 | Exercises with the submarine Toti, escorted by the auxiliary Trau. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 16 Jan 1942 | 0815 | Pola | 16 Jan 1942 | 1830 | Pola | 64 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 22 Jan 1942 | 1408 | Pola | 23 Jan 1942 | 1227 | Pola | 115 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 27 Jan 1942 | 0832 | Pola | 27 Jan 1942 | 1656 | Pola | 54,5 | Exercises with the submarine Toti, escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 28 Jan 1942 | 0832 | Pola | 28 Jan 1942 | 1708 | Pola | 59 | Exercises with the submarine Toti, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso and the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 30 Jan 1942 | 0840 | Pola | 30 Jan 1942 | 1612 | Pola | 56,5 | Exercises escorted by auxiliary Trau. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 30 Jan 1942 | 1739 | Pola | 2 Feb 1942 | 2200 | Pola | 27,5 | Sailed to bring equipment to rescue men trapped in the submarine Medusa which had just been sunk by HMS Thorn. No survivors could be recovered. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 11 Feb 1942 | 0840 | Pola | 11 Feb 1942 | 1430 | Pola | 24,3 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 13 Feb 1942 | 0840 | Pola | 13 Feb 1942 | 1440 | Pola | 23,9 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 15 Feb 1942 | 0827 | Pola | 15 Feb 1942 | 1405 | Pola | 24,8 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 17 Feb 1942 | 0840 | Pola | 17 Feb 1942 | 1335 | Pola | 24 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 19 Feb 1942 | 1215 | Pola | 19 Feb 1942 | 1800 | Pola | 25,2 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 21 Feb 1942 | 1320 | Pola | 21 Feb 1942 | 1835 | Pola | 24,2 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 26 Mar 1942 | 1510 | Pola | 26 Mar 1942 | 1845 | Pola | 30 | Trials. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 1 Apr 1942 | 0815 | Pola | 1 Apr 1942 | 1440 | Pola | 28 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 2 Apr 1942 | 0705 | Pola | 2 Apr 1942 | 1628 | Pola | 102 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 9 Apr 1942 | 0815 | Pola | 9 Apr 1942 | 1415 | Pola | 29 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 10 Apr 1942 | 0907 | Pola | 10 Apr 1942 | 1723 | Pola | 8 | Exercises. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 16 Apr 1942 | 1956 | Pola | 20 Apr 1942 | 1550 | Messina | 867 | Passage to Pola-Messina, escorted first by the auxiliary Rovigno, then, in the last leg, by torpedo boat Abba. Exercised her 100/47 gun at 1013 hours on the 17th. Uneventful. | ||
Berengan, Emilio | 24 Apr 1942 | 2150 | Messina | 26 Apr 1942 | 0800 | Cagliari | 357 | Passage Messina-Cagliari. Uneventful. | ||
10 | Berengan, Emilio | 2 May 1942 | 2100 | Cagliari | 22 May 1942 | 0920 | Cagliari | 2180 | Patrolled off Algerian coast, south of Formentore and northwest of Cape Tenes, between 37°00'N and 37°40'N, and between 02°40'E and 03°00'E. On 17th May, was ordered to the SW and by 19th May was in 37°24'N, 01°19'E. Uneventful. | |
Gorini, Alberto | 11 Jun 1942 | 1620 | Cagliari | 11 Jun 1942 | 1910 | Cagliari | Exercises. | |||
11 | Gorini, Alberto | 12 Jun 1942 | 1420 | Cagliari | 18 Jun 1942 | 0815 | Cagliari | 584 | Patrolled in western Mediterranean in Grid 4060. On 14th June, she was ordered to Grid 5854, between 37°40'N and 38°00'N, and between 05°40'E and 06°00'E, on a patrol line with Bronzo, Giada, Acciaio and Uarsciek. | |
13 Jun 1942 | 0833 0832 (e) | (e) 39° 17'N, 6° 02'E | The submarine sighted a Sunderland flying boat at a distance of 3,000 metres and opened fire with her machine guns. This was indeed Sunderland 'O' of 202 Squadron piloted by Squadron Leader R.B. Burrage and it dropped seven 250-lb depth-charges which straddled the submarine. The attack was repulsed but one crew member was seriously wounded in the leg by fragments from near-misses and the submarine submerged and escaped. | |||||||
16 Jun 1942 | 0510 | An unidentified ship was seen at a distance of 8,000 metres but drew away before the submarine could intercept. | ||||||||
12 | Gorini, Alberto | 22 Jun 1942 | 0557 | Cagliari | 23 Jun 1942 | 0030 | Cagliari | 179 | Sailed for patrol off Cape Blanc, but a defect prevented her from being able to use her radio underwater and she was ordered at 1500 hours on the 22nd to turn back. | |
Gorini, Alberto | 24 Jun 1942 | 1450 | Cagliari | 24 Jun 1942 | 1927 | Cagliari | 30 | Trials. | ||
13 | Gorini, Alberto | 27 Jun 1942 | 0800 | Cagliari | 21 Jul 1942 | 0810 | Cagliari | 2114 | Patrolled in Western Mediterranean north of Cape Bengut between 37°00'N and 37°40'N, and between 03°40'E and 04°00'E. On 14th July, was moved to an area between 37°00'N and 37°20'N, and between 02°20'E and 02°40'E. | |
15 Jul 1942 | 1025 | 37° 04'N, 2° 27'E | Hydrophone effect on a 347° bearing were heard from a long distance. Otaria had been informed of a naval force sailing from Gibraltar. This was probably the presumed force, but at 1105 hours Otaria was informed that the enemy had reverted course and was returning to Gibraltar. | |||||||
17 Jul 1942 | 1414 | 37° 00'N, 2° 30'E (0) Approximately. | An unknown aircraft was sighted at a distance of 7,000 metres and the submarine dived. | |||||||
19 Jul 1942 | 1630-1700 | 37° 00'N, 2° 36'E | H.E. on a 50° bearing was heard. Otaria had been informed at 1111 hours, of an enemy cruiser, sighted at 0920 hours on the 19th, some 200 miles east of her position on a westward course and she altered course at full speed. The presumed enemy vessel passed to the northward and at 1700 hours contact was lost. | |||||||
14 | Gorini, Alberto | 11 Aug 1942 | 1759 | Cagliari | 15 Aug 1942 | 0950 | Cagliari | 399 | Patrolled north of Tunisia, between 37°20'N and 38°00'N, 09°20'E and 09°40'E, on a patrol line with Emo and Dandolo to intercept a convoy to Malta. | |
12 Aug 1942 | 0533 | An unknown submarine was sighted to the west and Otaria turned away. | ||||||||
12 Aug 1942 | 1628 | 37° 46'N, 9° 30'E | An enemy squadron consisting of an aircraft carrier, several cruisers and destroyers was observed at 15-20,000 metres, but Otaria was unable to close and they disappeared over the horizon. | |||||||
12 Aug 1942 | 2045 | 37° 44'N, 9° 30'E | Steamers with escorts on westerly course were observed at a distance of 20,000 metres. Otaria could not close to attack. One of the escorts turned toward her and she submerged. | |||||||
14 Aug 1942 | 1930 | 38° 06'N, 9° 42'E | An unknown ship was sighted on the horizon. The submarine attempted to close but was hampered by engine defects and the chase was abandoned. | |||||||
Manunta, Giovanni | 20 Aug 1942 | 1957 | Cagliari | 21 Aug 1942 | 2052 | Naples | 273,5 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
Gorini, Alberto | 22 Aug 1942 | Naples | 4 Sep 1942 | Naples | 399 | Refit in Naples. T.V. Gorini resumed command. | ||||
Francardi, Emilio | 5 Sep 1942 | Naples | 30 Oct 1942 | Naples | Refit in Naples. Change in command (from 1st April 1942, C.F. Emilio Francardi was head of GRUPSOM NAPOLI (2° Gruppo). | |||||
Caito, Giuseppe | 2 Nov 1942 | 0857 | Naples | 2 Nov 1942 | 1900 | Naples | 82,43 | Trials. | ||
Caito, Giuseppe | 4 Nov 1942 | 0818 | Naples | 4 Nov 1942 | 1649 | Naples | 27 | Gyrocompass test. | ||
Caito, Giuseppe | 6 Nov 1942 | 1516 | Naples | 8 Nov 1942 | 1555 | Taranto | 480 | Passage Naples-Taranto. | ||
7 Nov 1942 | 1247 1241 (e) | (e) 37° 52'N, 15° 46'E (0) 145° - Cape Dell\'Armi - 7 miles. | ||||||||
7 Nov 1942 | 1247 1241 (e) | (e) 37° 52'N, 15° 46'E (0) 145° - Cape Dell\'Armi - 7 miles. | A torpedo wake was sighted and the submarine took evading action. The torpedo passed either under her stern or very close to it. Four explosions were heard which were probably of torpedoes at the end of their run. The attack had been carried out by HMS Utmost (Lt. J.W.D. Coombe, RN). The British submarine had fired four torpedoes from a range of only 400 yards. | |||||||
Caito, Giuseppe | 16 Nov 1942 | 1231 | Taranto | 16 Nov 1942 | 1610 | Taranto | 78,5 | Exercises. | ||
Gabbrielli, Bruno | 17 Nov 1942 | Taranto | 21 Nov 1942 | Taranto | At Taranto. Change in command. | |||||
Violante, Mario | 29 Nov 1942 | 0721 | Taranto | 29 Nov 1942 | 1530 | Taranto | 36,5 | Trials. | ||
15 | Violante, Mario | 1 Dec 1942 | 1105 | Taranto | 3 Dec 1942 | 0805 | Taranto | 263 | Supply mission to Tripoli with 25 tons of German ammunition, but turned back because of defects. | |
Violante, Mario | 21 Dec 1942 | 1132 | Taranto | 21 Dec 1942 | 1945 | Taranto | 43 | Exercises. | ||
16 | Violante, Mario | 23 Dec 1942 | 1240 | Taranto | 27 Dec 1942 | 1215 | Tripoli | 727,1 | Supply mission to Tripoli (23.3 tons of Italian ammunition and 63 tons of lubricating oil). | |
26 Dec 1942 | 1110 | 33° 31'N, 16° 28'E | An unknown aircraft was sighted from periscope depth at a distance of 3,000 metres. The submarine was taken down to a depth of 40 metres. | |||||||
27 Dec 1942 | 1044 | 32° 56'N, 13° 21'E | A German aircraft came into view and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
16b | Violante, Mario | 27 Dec 1942 | 1820 | Tripoli | 30 Dec 1942 | 1550 | Taranto | 635 | Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli with ten PoWs [three officers and seven other ranks], one Italian officer and two carabinieri. | |
27 Dec 1942 | 1044 | 32° 56'N, 13° 21'E | A German aircraft came into view and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
28 Dec 1942 | 1420 | 34° 17'N, 16° 16'E | Five aircraft was sighted at a distance of 8,000 metres, They could not be identified and the submarine dived. | |||||||
28 Dec 1942 | 1713 | 34° 50'N, 16° 10'E | A derelict mine was sighted and the submarine just reported it. | |||||||
28 Dec 1942 | 1720 | 34° 30'N, 16° 58'E | An aircraft, which could not be identified, was sighted and the submarine dived. The position recorded appears to be an error [see 1713/28 entry]. | |||||||
17 | Violante, Mario | 12 Jan 1943 | 1143 | Taranto | 16 Jan 1943 | 1134 | Tripoli | 727,7 | Supply mission to Tripoli (22 tons of Italian ammunition). | |
16 Jan 1943 | 1920 | (0) Near Tripoli. | Shortly after departing harbour, the submarine observed flares during a bombing raid on Tripoli and dived. | |||||||
16 Jan 1943 | 2130 | (0) Near Tripoli. | The submarine had just surfaced when two more flares were sighted and she dived again. | |||||||
17b | Violante, Mario | 16 Jan 1943 | 1634 | Tripoli | 19 Jan 1943 | 1540 | Taranto | 621,3 | Return trip from supply mission to Tripoli. Brought back eight PoWs and four guards. | |
16 Jan 1943 | 1920 | (0) Near Tripoli. | Shortly after departing harbour, the submarine observed flares during a bombing raid on Tripoli and dived. | |||||||
16 Jan 1943 | 2130 | (0) Near Tripoli. | The submarine had just surfaced when two more flares were sighted and she dived again. | |||||||
Violante, Mario | 2 Feb 1943 | 0839 | Taranto | 2 Feb 1943 | 1756 | Taranto | 40,5 | Exercises. | ||
Violante, Mario | 9 Feb 1943 | 1612 | Taranto | 11 Feb 1943 | 2100 | Pola | 601,3 | Passage Taranto-Pola. Uneventful. | ||
Violante, Mario | 14 Feb 1943 | 0710 | Pola | 14 Feb 1943 | 1200 | Pola | 21 | Exercises. | ||
Violante, Mario | 17 Feb 1943 | 2332 | Pola | 18 Feb 1943 | 0614 | Fiume | 61 | Passage Pola-Fiume with the submarine Sirena and the torpedo boat Insidioso. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 26 Feb 1943 | 0845 | Fiume | 26 Feb 1943 | 2235 | Fiume | 43,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 27 Feb 1943 | 1252 | Fiume | 27 Feb 1943 | 2203 | Fiume | 37,2 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 2 Mar 1943 | 0928 | Fiume | 2 Mar 1943 | 2224 | Fiume | 50 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 4 Mar 1943 | 1013 | Fiume | 4 Mar 1943 | 2155 | Fiume | 48,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 6 Mar 1943 | 1020 | Fiume | 6 Mar 1943 | 2230 | Fiume | 57,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 9 Mar 1943 | 0947 | Fiume | 9 Mar 1943 | 2320 | Fiume | 65,6 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 11 Mar 1943 | 0958 | Fiume | 11 Mar 1943 | 2140 | Fiume | 57,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 13 Mar 1943 | 0910 | Fiume | 13 Mar 1943 | 2130 | Fiume | 60 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 15 Mar 1943 | 0759 | Fiume | 15 Mar 1943 | 1316 | Fiume | 27,6 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 16 Mar 1943 | 1035 | Fiume | 16 Mar 1943 | 2255 | Fiume | 56,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 18 Mar 1943 | 1055 | Fiume | 18 Mar 1943 | 2240 | Fiume | 54 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 20 Mar 1943 | 1120 | Fiume | 20 Mar 1943 | 2140 | Fiume | 51 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 23 Mar 1943 | 1310 | Fiume | 23 Mar 1943 | 2225 | Fiume | 32,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 30 Mar 1943 | 1018 | Fiume | 30 Mar 1943 | 1220 | Fiume | 15,3 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 30 Mar 1943 | 1627 | Fiume | 30 Mar 1943 | 2315 | Fiume | 47 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 1 Apr 1943 | 1245 | Fiume | 1 Apr 1943 | 2312 | Fiume | 55 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 3 Apr 1943 | 1015 | Fiume | 3 Apr 1943 | 2250 | Fiume | 57,8 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 6 Apr 1943 | 1135 | Fiume | 7 Apr 1943 | 2355 | Fiume | 67 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 8 Apr 1943 | 1243 | Fiume | 8 Apr 1943 | 2255 | Fiume | 58 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 10 Apr 1943 | 1002 | Fiume | 10 Apr 1943 | 1340 | Fiume | 19 | Exercises. | ||
Galeazzi, Alberto | 10 Apr 1943 | 1502 | Fiume | 10 Apr 1943 | 2325 | Fiume | 55,5 | Exercises. | ||
Burattini, Odoardo | 13 Apr 1943 | 1410 | Fiume | 13 Apr 1943 | 2316 | Fiume | 63 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 15 Apr 1943 | 1420 | Fiume | 15 Apr 1943 | 2320 | Fiume | 62,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 17 Apr 1943 | 1414 | Fiume | 17 Apr 1943 | 2000 | Fiume | 42 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 20 Apr 1943 | 1306 | Fiume | 20 Apr 1943 | 2345 | Fiume | 60,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 22 Apr 1943 | 1436 | Fiume | 22 Apr 1943 | 2312 | Fiume | 46,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 26 Apr 1943 | 1158 | Fiume | 26 Apr 1943 | 1636 | Fiume | 26,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 27 Apr 1943 | 1417 | Fiume | 28 Apr 1943 | 0030 | Fiume | 61,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 29 Apr 1943 | 1408 | Fiume | 30 Apr 1943 | 0010 | Fiume | 60 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 1 May 1943 | 1305 | Fiume | 2 May 1943 | 2353 | Fiume | 58 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 4 May 1943 | 1402 | Fiume | 4 May 1943 | 2315 | Fiume | 50,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 6 May 1943 | 1410 | Fiume | 6 May 1943 | 2340 | Fiume | 48 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 8 May 1943 | 1410 | Fiume | 8 May 1943 | 2332 | Fiume | 56 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 11 May 1943 | 1302 | Fiume | 12 May 1943 | 0118 | Fiume | 41,2 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 13 May 1943 | 1330 | Fiume | 14 May 1943 | 0036 | Fiume | 40,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 15 May 1943 | 1310 | Fiume | 16 May 1943 | 0030 | Fiume | 43,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 16 May 1943 | 1000 | Fiume | 16 May 1943 | 1050 | Fiume | 2,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 31 May 1943 | 1105 | Fiume | 31 May 1943 | 1150 | Fiume | 2,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 1 Jun 1943 | 1243 | Fiume | 2 Jun 1943 | 0050 | Fiume | 13 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 3 Jun 1943 | 1107 | Fiume | 3 Jun 1943 | 1622 | Fiume | 34,2 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 4 Jun 1943 | 1015 | Fiume | 5 Jun 1943 | 1155 | Fiume | 52 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 7 Jun 1943 | 1106 | Fiume | 8 Jun 1943 | 0234 | Fiume | 52 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 9 Jun 1943 | 1000 | Fiume | 9 Jun 1943 | 1720 | Fiume | 8 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 12 Jun 1943 | 1245 | Fiume | 13 Jun 1943 | 0215 | Fiume | 54 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 14 Jun 1943 | 1200 | Fiume | 15 Jun 1943 | 0120 | Fiume | 62 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 16 Jun 1943 | 1132 | Fiume | 17 Jun 1943 | 0135 | Fiume | 65 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 18 Jun 1943 | 0700 | Fiume | 19 Jun 1943 | 0115 | Fiume | 67 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 21 Jun 1943 | 0655 | Fiume | 22 Jun 1943 | 0142 | Fiume | 67,6 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 23 Jun 1943 | 1222 | Fiume | 24 Jun 1943 | 0130 | Fiume | 70 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 25 Jun 1943 | 1154 | Fiume | 26 Jun 1943 | 0120 | Fiume | 67,7 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 28 Jun 1943 | 1115 | Fiume | 29 Jun 1943 | 0450 | Fiume | 64,8 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 30 Jun 1943 | 1224 | Fiume | 1 Jul 1943 | 0120 | Fiume | 47,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 2 Jul 1943 | 1225 | Fiume | 3 Jul 1943 | 0300 | Fiume | 67,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 5 Jul 1943 | 1226 | Fiume | 6 Jul 1943 | 0050 | Fiume | 62 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 7 Jul 1943 | 1245 | Fiume | 8 Jul 1943 | 0126 | Fiume | 61,2 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 9 Jul 1943 | 1515 | Fiume | 10 Jul 1943 | 0045 | Fiume | 49,8 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 10 Jul 1943 | 1116 | Fiume | 10 Jul 1943 | 1440 | Fiume | 18,2 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 12 Jul 1943 | 1218 | Fiume | 12 Jul 1943 | 2415 | Fiume | 58,7 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 14 Jul 1943 | 2232 | Fiume | 15 Jul 1943 | 0420 | Pola | 64 | Passage Fiume-Pola. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 30 Jul 1943 | 0856 | Pola | 30 Jul 1943 | 1945 | Pola | 43,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 30 Jul 1943 | 2234 | Pola | 31 Jul 1943 | 0420 | Fiume | 65 | Passage Pola-Fiume. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 31 Jul 1943 | 1644 | Fiume | 31 Jul 1943 | 1852 | Fiume | Exercises. | |||
Meneghini, Teucle | 31 Jul 1943 | 2115 | Fiume | 1 Aug 1943 | 0140 | Fiume | 42 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 3 Aug 1943 | 1024 | Fiume | 4 Aug 1943 | 0040 | Fiume | 52 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 4 Aug 1943 | 1012 | Fiume | 5 Aug 1943 | 0148 | Fiume | 72,6 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 6 Aug 1943 | 1017 | Fiume | 7 Aug 1943 | 0130 | Fiume | 62,5 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 7 Aug 1943 | 1245 | Fiume | 7 Aug 1943 | 1715 | Fiume | 19,9 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 9 Aug 1943 | 1015 | Fiume | 10 Aug 1943 | 0030 | Fiume | 37,2 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 11 Aug 1943 | 1030 | Fiume | 12 Aug 1943 | 0020 | Fiume | 41 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 13 Aug 1943 | 0610 | Fiume | 14 Aug 1943 | 0235 | Fiume | 75 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 14 Aug 1943 | 1240 | Fiume | 14 Aug 1943 | 1922 | Fiume | 13,8 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 16 Aug 1943 | 1025 | Fiume | 17 Aug 1943 | 0350 | Fiume | 51,7 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 18 Aug 1943 | 1025 | Fiume | 19 Aug 1943 | 0110 | Fiume | 34,7 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 20 Aug 1943 | 0545 | Fiume | 21 Aug 1943 | 0100 | Fiume | 35,6 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 23 Aug 1943 | 1424 | Fiume | 24 Aug 1943 | 0010 | Fiume | 22,8 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 25 Aug 1943 | 1007 | Fiume | 26 Aug 1943 | 0004 | Fiume | 45 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 27 Aug 1943 | 0724 | Fiume | 27 Aug 1943 | 1050 | Fiume | 48,3 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 28 Aug 1943 | 1030 | Fiume | 28 Aug 1943 | 1525 | Fiume | 15 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 30 Aug 1943 | 1012 | Fiume | 30 Aug 1943 | 1535 | Fiume | 51,4 | Exercises. | ||
Meneghini, Teucle | 1 Sep 1943 | 1030 | Fiume | 2 Sep 1943 | 0200 | Fiume | Exercises. | |||
Meneghini, Teucle | 3 Sep 1943 | 1030 | Fiume | 4 Sep 1943 | 0010 | Fiume | Exercises. | |||
Meneghini, Teucle | 6 Sep 1943 | 0830 | Fiume | 7 Sep 1943 | 0005 | Fiume | Exercises. | |||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 9 Sep 1943 | 1815 | Fiume | 12 Sep 1943 | 1245 | Taranto | 556 | Passage Fiume-Taranto. | ||
10 Sep 1943 | 0900 | 42° 50'N, 15° 58'E | A German aircraft was sighted and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
10 Sep 1943 | 1620 | 42° 40'N, 16° 55'E | A German aircraft was sighted and exchanged recognition signals. | |||||||
11 Sep 1943 | 2352 | (0) Off Otranto. | A British submarine was sighted and ordered her to proceed to Taranto. This was actually ORP Sokol (Kpt.mar. (Lt.Cdr.) J.K. Koziolkowski, DSC, K.W.) who directed her to Taranto. The Polish submarine had also stopped Vettor Pisani just a few hours before. | |||||||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 11 Oct 1943 | 1500 | Naples | 11 Oct 1943 | 1620 | Castellammare di Stabia | 11,3 | Passage Naples-Castellammare di Stabia. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 17 Nov 1943 | 1330 | Castellammare di Stabia | 18 Nov 1943 | 1630 | Augusta | 240 | Passage Naples-Augusta with the submarine Mameli and convoy NV 8B. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 19 Nov 1943 | 0630 | Augusta | 20 Nov 1943 | 1700 | Taranto | 295 | Passage Augusta-Taranto for refit. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 22 Nov 1943 | 0720 | Taranto | 22 Nov 1943 | 1335 | Taranto | 27,2 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 27 Nov 1943 | 0630 | Taranto | 27 Nov 1943 | 1500 | Taranto | 23,3 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 1 Dec 1943 | 0635 | Taranto | 1 Dec 1943 | 1252 | Taranto | 29,3 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 2 Dec 1943 | 0710 | Taranto | 2 Dec 1943 | 1352 | Taranto | 26,3 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 9 Dec 1943 | 0645 | Taranto | 9 Dec 1943 | 1535 | Taranto | 30,4 | Exercises with one British and one Polish destroyer. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Dec 1943 | 0642 | Taranto | 15 Dec 1943 | 1425 | Taranto | 18,6 | Exercises with the corvettes Gabbiano and Pellicano. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 21 Dec 1943 | ? | Taranto | 21 Dec 1943 | ? | Taranto | According to the torpedo boat Ardimentoso, she carried out exercises with Otaria on that date, but this is not confirmed by the "Specchio" (Movement table) of the submarine. | |||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 17 Jan 1944 | 0831 | Taranto | 17 Jan 1944 | 1700 | Taranto | 49,8 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 21 Jan 1944 | 0810 | Taranto | 21 Jan 1944 | 1700 | Taranto | 45,9 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Abba. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 24 Jan 1944 | 0830 | Taranto | 24 Jan 1944 | 1650 | Taranto | 33,7 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 25 Jan 1944 | 0708 | Taranto | 25 Jan 1944 | 1637 | Taranto | 35,9 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 31 Jan 1944 | 0820 | Taranto | 31 Jan 1944 | 1638 | Taranto | 18,3 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Abba and the submarine Settimo. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 3 Feb 1944 | 0635 | Taranto | 3 Feb 1944 | 1351 | Taranto | 22,2 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 8 Feb 1944 | 0711 | Taranto | 8 Feb 1944 | 1525 | Taranto | 28,6 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 14 Feb 1944 | 0800 | Taranto | 14 Feb 1944 | 1735 | Taranto | 40,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Feb 1944 | 0630 | Taranto | 15 Feb 1944 | 1605 | Taranto | 44,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 21 Feb 1944 | 0815 | Taranto | 21 Feb 1944 | 1700 | Taranto | 34,3 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Abba. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 28 Feb 1944 | 0646 | Taranto | 28 Feb 1944 | 0800 | Taranto | 7,5 | Sailed for exercises but recalled at 0715 hours. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 1 Mar 1944 | 0635 | Taranto | 1 Mar 1944 | 1226 | Taranto | 29,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 3 Mar 1944 | 0803 | Taranto | 3 Mar 1944 | 1700 | Taranto | 36,9 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 7 Mar 1944 | 0645 | Taranto | 7 Mar 1944 | 1522 | Taranto | 26,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 10 Mar 1944 | 0809 | Taranto | 10 Mar 1944 | 1654 | Taranto | 34,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Mar 1944 | 0845 | Taranto | 15 Mar 1944 | 1305 | Taranto | 2 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 16 Mar 1944 | 0800 | Taranto | 16 Mar 1944 | 0855 | Taranto | 2,3 | Exercises. Early return due to bad weather. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 18 Mar 1944 | 0730 | Taranto | 18 Mar 1944 | 1530 | Taranto | 34,8 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 20 Mar 1944 | 0705 | Taranto | 20 Mar 1944 | 1250 | Taranto | 22,8 | Exercises with torpedo boat Indomito. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 22 Mar 1944 | 0650 | Taranto | 22 Mar 1944 | 1300 | Taranto | 20,7 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 24 Mar 1944 | 1602 | Taranto | 26 Mar 1944 | 0942 | Augusta | 298 | Passage Taranto-Augusta with convoy HA.32, escorted by the torpedo boats Calliope, Indomito and Libra and corvettes Flore and Pomona. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 29 Mar 1944 | 0710 | Augusta | 29 Mar 1944 | 1535 | Augusta | 33 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 31 Mar 1944 | 0604 | Augusta | 31 Mar 1944 | 1325 | Augusta | 35,1 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 4 Apr 1944 | 0900 | Augusta | 4 Apr 1944 | 1952 | Augusta | 44,7 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 8 Apr 1944 | 0743 | Augusta | 8 Apr 1944 | 1418 | Augusta | 29,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 14 Apr 1944 | 0850 | Augusta | 14 Apr 1944 | 1550 | Augusta | 31 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 16 Apr 1944 | 0830 | Augusta | 16 Apr 1944 | 1840 | Augusta | 32 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 18 Apr 1944 | 0700 | Augusta | 18 Apr 1944 | 1413 | Augusta | 37,7 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 20 Apr 1944 | 0805 | Augusta | 20 Apr 1944 | 1430 | Augusta | 33,6 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 26 Apr 1944 | 0700 | Augusta | 26 Apr 1944 | 1337 | Augusta | 28 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 28 Apr 1944 | 0720 | Augusta | 28 Apr 1944 | 1430 | Augusta | 34 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 23 May 1944 | 0800 | Augusta | 23 May 1944 | 1507 | Augusta | 36,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 28 May 1944 | 0800 | Augusta | 28 May 1944 | 1407 | Augusta | 31,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 31 May 1944 | 0900 | Augusta | 31 May 1944 | 1215 | Augusta | Refuelled. | |||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 1 Jun 1944 | 0725 | Augusta | 1 Jun 1944 | 1410 | Augusta | 30,2 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 26 Jun 1944 | 0730 | Augusta | 26 Jun 1944 | 1507 | Augusta | 22,7 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 12 Jul 1944 | 1950 | Augusta | 13 Jul 1944 | 0818 | Malta | 94 | Passage Augusta-Malta, escorted by British warship. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Jul 1944 | 0840 | Malta | 15 Jul 1944 | 1800 | Malta | 42,8 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 23 Jul 1944 | 0828 | Malta | 23 Jul 1944 | 1855 | Malta | 56,3 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 24 Jul 1944 | 0830 | Malta | 24 Jul 1944 | 1655 | Malta | 49,1 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 27 Jul 1944 | 0855 | Malta | 28 Jul 1944 | 0030 | Malta | 68,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 29 Jul 1944 | 1150 | Malta | 29 Jul 1944 | 1725 | Malta | 37,6 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 30 Jul 1944 | 0745 | Malta | 30 Jul 1944 | 1905 | Malta | 52,3 | Exercises with the destroyers USS Niblack (DD-424) and USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427). | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 31 Jul 1944 | 0812 | Malta | 31 Jul 1944 | 1655 | Malta | 44,3 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 3 Aug 1944 | 0723 | Malta | 3 Aug 1944 | 1545 | Malta | 38,4 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 4 Aug 1944 | 0819 | Malta | 4 Aug 1944 | 1825 | Malta | 38,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 5 Aug 1944 | 0800 | Malta | 5 Aug 1944 | 1830 | Malta | 40,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 9 Aug 1944 | 2000 | Malta | 10 Aug 1944 | 1035 | Augusta | 112 | Passage Malta-Augusta with the torpedo boat Abba towing the submarine H.4. The other two continued to Taranto. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 16 Aug 1944 | 0700 | Augusta | 17 Aug 1944 | 1350 | Naples | 242,7 | Passage Augusta-Naples with Gabbiano, Driade, Sirio, Folaga and Allied convoy. Then long refit. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 1 Jan 1945 | Naples | 2 Mar 1945 | Naples | Long refit in Naples. | |||||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 3 Mar 1945 | 0920 | Naples | 3 Mar 1945 | 1615 | Naples | 26 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 23 Mar 1945 | 0903 | Naples | 23 Mar 1945 | 1435 | Naples | 26 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 3 Apr 1945 | 0910 | Naples | 3 Apr 1945 | 1445 | Naples | 6 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 5 Apr 1945 | 0915 | Naples | 5 Apr 1945 | 1413 | Naples | 2 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 6 Apr 1945 | 0920 | Naples | 6 Apr 1945 | 1458 | Naples | 27 | Trials. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Apr 1945 | 0903 | Naples | 15 Apr 1945 | 1310 | Naples | 22 | Trials. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 18 Apr 1945 | 1859 | Naples | 20 Apr 1945 | 0820 | Taranto | 418 | Passage Naples-Taranto. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 23 Apr 1945 | 1325 | Taranto | 23 Apr 1945 | 1903 | Taranto | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 30 Apr 1945 | 0820 | Taranto | 30 Apr 1945 | 1920 | Taranto | 69 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 4 May 1945 | 0600 | Taranto | 4 May 1945 | 1325 | Taranto | 44,9 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 5 May 1945 | 1500 | Taranto | 5 May 1945 | 1945 | Taranto | 38,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 8 May 1945 | 1018 | Taranto | 8 May 1945 | 1956 | Taranto | 55 | Exercises with the destroyer escorts USS Jacob Jones (DE-130), USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336) and USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337). | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 11 May 1945 | 0804 | Taranto | 11 May 1945 | 1612 | Taranto | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 14 May 1945 | 0808 | Taranto | 14 May 1945 | 1655 | Taranto | 42 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 16 May 1945 | 0735 | Taranto | 16 May 1945 | 1730 | Taranto | 54,3 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 21 May 1945 | 0740 | Taranto | 21 May 1945 | 1705 | Taranto | 60 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 30 May 1945 | 0850 | Taranto | 30 May 1945 | 1210 | Taranto | 20 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 2 Jun 1945 | 0738 | Taranto | 2 Jun 1945 | 1710 | Taranto | 85 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 4 Jun 1945 | 0805 | Taranto | 4 Jun 1945 | 1652 | Taranto | 39 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 8 Jun 1945 | 0801 | Taranto | 8 Jun 1945 | 1540 | Taranto | 36,5 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 13 Jun 1945 | 1433 | Taranto | 13 Jun 1945 | 2150 | Taranto | 53 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Jun 1945 | 1334 | Taranto | 15 Jun 1945 | 2356 | Taranto | 52 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 18 Jun 1945 | 0804 | Taranto | 18 Jun 1945 | 1555 | Taranto | 42 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 11 Jul 1945 | 1443 | Taranto | 11 Jul 1945 | 2300 | Taranto | 45 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 13 Jul 1945 | 0824 | Taranto | 13 Jul 1945 | 1700 | Taranto | 50 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 15 Jul 1945 | 1945 | Taranto | 16 Jul 1945 | 0300 | Taranto | 51 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 18 Jul 1945 | 1130 | Taranto | 18 Jul 1945 | 1600 | Taranto | 32 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 20 Jul 1945 | 0357 | Taranto | 20 Jul 1945 | 0845 | Taranto | 47 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 21 Jul 1945 | 0817 | Taranto | 21 Jul 1945 | 1520 | Taranto | 66 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 24 Jul 1945 | 0823 | Taranto | 24 Jul 1945 | 1535 | Taranto | 62 | Exercises. | ||
Febbraro, Giovanni | 26 Jul 1945 | 0840 | Taranto | 26 Jul 1945 | 1555 | Taranto | 39 | Exercises. Then at Taranto until the end of the war. |
320 entries. 285 total patrol entries (17 marked as war patrols) and 51 events.