Italian submarines in World War Two
Ettore Fieramosca (FM)
Fieramosca
Type | Ocean going | |
Class | Ettore Fieramosca (2) | |
Laid down | 17 Jul 1926 | Cantieri Navale Tosi di Taranto, Taranto |
Launched | 14 Apr 1929 | |
Commissioned | 5 Dec 1931 | |
End service | 10 Apr 1941 | |
Stricken | ||
Loss date | ||
Loss position | ||
History | Disarmed on 10th April 1941. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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C.C. Peppino Manca | 1 Mar 1940 | 25 Aug 1940 | |
C.C. Cristiano Masi | 26 Sep 1940 | 10 Mar 1941 |
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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1 | Manca, Peppino | 9 Jun 1940 | 1415 | La Spezia | 14 Jun 1940 | 0600 | La Spezia | 508 | Patrolled off Imperia 122° - Capo d'Arma - 17 miles or 43°38'N, 08°02'E on a patrol line in with Mocenigo and Gondar. Sighted submarines several times, in some instances these were probably Mocenigo or Gondar, in adjacent areas, but their identities could not be determined in order to carry out an attack. | |
2 | Manca, Peppino | 20 Jun 1940 | 2300 | La Spezia | 25 Jun 1940 | 1145 | La Spezia | 587 | Patrolled offf Hyères (Toulon) between 42°20'N and 42°50'N, and between 06°00 and 06°40'E. An explosion of her battery (ten casualties) forced an early return. | |
24 Jun 1940 | 2135 | (0) Off Hyères (Toulon). | Ettore Fieramosca had a battery explosion as she was surfacing. Two officers and eight ratings were wounded, but none severely. The submarine had to abort her mission and return to base. After repairs she was relegated to training duty only. | |||||||
19 Sep 1940 | 0840 | La Spezia | 19 Sep 1940 | 1910 | La Spezia | 49,5 | Trials. | |||
25 Sep 1940 | 0835 | La Spezia | 25 Sep 1940 | 1730 | La Spezia | 73 | Trials. | |||
Masi, Cristiano | 30 Sep 1940 | 0930 | La Spezia | 1 Oct 1940 | 1505 | Naples | 330,7 | Passage La Spezia-Naples. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 2 Oct 1940 | 0807 | Naples | 5 Oct 1940 | 1700 | Pola | 880 | Passage Naples-Pola, assigned to Submarine School. Encountered Italian convoys twice. | ||
3 Oct 1940 | 1800 | (0) Off Cape Colonne. | The submarine sighted a convoy of six ships escorted by the armed merchant cruiser Città Di Palermo. They exchanged signals, but the convoy did not interpret them correctly and they turned back. Shortly after, this was cleared up and they resumed their course. | |||||||
4 Oct 1940 | 0446 | (0) Off Cape Colonne. | The submarine sighted a convoy (Beppe, Caucaso, Petrarca and Veloce) escorted by the armed merchant cruiser Città Di Genova. They exchanged signals, but again the convoy did not interpret them correctly and they turned back; shortly after this was cleared up, they resumed their course. Later during the night, Veloce collided with Rina Bianchi which sank (only five saved, twenty-one lost). | |||||||
Masi, Cristiano | 17 Oct 1940 | 0758 | Pola | 17 Oct 1940 | 1720 | Pola | 56,2 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 25 Oct 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 25 Oct 1940 | 0956 | Pola | 14 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 29 Oct 1940 | 0754 | Pola | 29 Oct 1940 | 1220 | Pola | 44,8 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 8 Nov 1940 | 0755 | Pola | 8 Nov 1940 | 1740 | Pola | 37,5 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 14 Nov 1940 | 0802 | Pola | 14 Nov 1940 | 1755 | Pola | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 15 Nov 1940 | 0810 | Pola | 15 Nov 1940 | 1740 | Pola | 14 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 20 Nov 1940 | 0820 | Pola | 20 Nov 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 62,9 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 22 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 22 Nov 1940 | 1730 | Pola | 43 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 26 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 26 Nov 1940 | 1430 | Pola | 13,8 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 29 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 29 Nov 1940 | 1815 | Pola | 53,6 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 7 Dec 1940 | 0752 | Pola | 7 Dec 1940 | 1717 | Pola | 61 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 10 Dec 1940 | 0757 | Pola | 10 Dec 1940 | 1734 | Pola | 75 | Exercises escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 12 Dec 1940 | 0707 | Pola | 12 Dec 1940 | 1714 | Pola | 62 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 13 Dec 1940 | 0915 | Pola | 13 Dec 1940 | 1632 | Pola | 59,9 | Sailed with the submarine Turchese, escorted by the tug Tenace, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 17 Dec 1940 | 0813 | Pola | 18 Dec 1940 | 0130 | Pola | 88,4 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 20 Dec 1940 | 0800 | Pola | 20 Dec 1940 | 1907 | Pola | 69 | Sailed for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 23 Dec 1940 | 0813 | Pola | 23 Dec 1940 | 0913 | Pola | 1,5 | Exercises or changed moorings? | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 13 Jan 1941 | 0817 | Pola | 13 Jan 1941 | 1805 | Leme Channel | 54,5 | Passage Pola-Leme Channel with the submarines Adua, Fisalia and Pisani, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliaries Jadera and Volta and exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 14 Jan 1941 | 0855 | Leme Channel (Rovigno) | 15 Jan 1941 | 0055 | Pola | 95,2 | Exercises with the torpedo boat Audace and submarines Pisani, Adua and Fisalia. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 17 Jan 1941 | 0812 | Pola | 17 Jan 1941 | 1120 | Pola | 30,4 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Laurana. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 21 Jan 1941 | 0930 | Pola | 21 Jan 1941 | 1811 | Pola | 58 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 23 Jan 1941 | 0801 | Pola | 23 Jan 1941 | 1759 | Pola | 61,1 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 25 Jan 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 25 Jan 1941 | 1730 | Pola | 59,6 | Attack exercises on the torpedo boat Audace, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 3 Feb 1941 | 0840 | Pola | 3 Feb 1941 | 1754 | Pola | 48 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 6 Feb 1941 | 0816 | Pola | 6 Feb 1941 | 1711 | Pola | 46,5 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 10 Feb 1941 | 0840 | Pola | 10 Feb 1941 | 1920 | Pola | 66,2 | Exercises with the submarine Pisani, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 14 Feb 1941 | 0822 | Pola | 14 Feb 1941 | 1705 | Pola | 53 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 15 Feb 1941 | 0920 | Pola | 16 Feb 1941 | 0045 | Pola | 96,9 | Exercises. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 17 Feb 1941 | 0831 | Pola | 17 Feb 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 74,5 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 19 Feb 1941 | 1155 | Pola | 19 Feb 1941 | 1229 | Pola | 6,5 | Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the tug Tenace. | ||
Masi, Cristiano | 24 Feb 1941 | 0834 | Pola | 25 Feb 1941 | 0030 | Pola | 94,5 | Exercises with the submarine Bragadino, escorted by the tug Tenace. | ||
10 Apr 1941 | Pola | 10 Apr 1941 | Pola | Disarmed due to poor state of the submarine, following the damage to her battery in June 1940. |
39 entries. 38 total patrol entries (2 marked as war patrols) and 3 events.