Italian submarines in World War Two
Medusa (MU)
Medusa
Type | Coastal / Sea going | |
Class | Argonauta (20) | |
Laid down | 30 Nov 1929 | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone |
Launched | 10 Dec 1931 | |
Commissioned | 25 Sep 1932 | |
End service | ||
Stricken | ||
Loss date | 30 Jan 1942 | |
Loss position | 44° 45'N, 13° 56'E | |
History | ||
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 30th January 1942 in the Adriatic near Promontore, Istria, in position 44°45'45"N, 13°56'45"E by the submarine HMS Thorn. |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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T.V. Enzo Grossi | 28 Nov 1939 | 9 Aug 1941 | |
T.V. Angelo Parodi | 9 Aug 1941 | 25 Aug 1941 | |
C.C. Enrico Bertarelli | 25 Aug 1941 | 30 Jan 1942 |
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 | Grossi, Enzo | 8 Jun 1940 | 2045 | Cagliari | 15 Jun 1940 | 0504 | Cagliari | 590 | Patrolled off Ajaccio (Corsica). Uneventful. | |
2 | Grossi, Enzo | 22 Jun 1940 | 1830 | Cagliari | 24 Jun 1940 | 1735 | Cagliari | 242 | Patrolled 40 miles north-east of La Galite Island, in 37°40'N, 09°40'E. | |
Grossi, Enzo | 6 Jul 1940 | 1407 | Cagliari | 6 Jul 1940 | 1638 | Cagliari | 22 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 8 Jul 1940 | 0800 | Cagliari | 8 Jul 1940 | 1644 | Cagliari | 20,5 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 16 Jul 1940 | 0800 | Cagliari | 16 Jul 1940 | 1045 | Cagliari | 25 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 21 Jul 1940 | 0925 | Cagliari | 21 Jul 1940 | 1137 | Cagliari | 1,5 | Exercises? | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 22 Jul 1940 | 0800 | Cagliari | 22 Jul 1940 | 1135 | Cagliari | 23,5 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 31 Jul 1940 | 0850 | Cagliari | 31 Jul 1940 | 1000 | Cagliari | 6 | Exercises. | ||
3 | Grossi, Enzo | 1 Aug 1940 | 0100 | Cagliari | 4 Aug 1940 | 1500 | La Maddalena | 674 | Patrolled south of Balearic Islands, in 37°40'N, 06°30'E, on a patrol line with Diaspro, Axum and Turchese, | |
1 Aug 1940 | 1000 | (0) West of Sardinia. | At 1000 hours, a convoy was sighted. It was a French and was late according to its timetable. These were the steamers Rabelais (4,999 GRT, built 1921), Procida (1,191 GRT, built 1921) and Île Mousse (?). | |||||||
Grossi, Enzo | 15 Aug 1940 | 0745 | La Maddalena | 15 Aug 1940 | 1300 | La Maddalena | 38 | Exercises. | ||
4 | Grossi, Enzo | 30 Aug 1940 | 2255 | La Maddalena | 4 Sep 1940 | 1835 | La Maddalena | 582,5 | Patrolled between Cape Spartivento and La Galite in 38°40'N, 09°00'E, on a patrol line with Axum, Alagi and Diaspro. Uneventful. | |
Grossi, Enzo | 10 Sep 1940 | 1830 | La Maddalena | 11 Sep 1940 | 1245 | Cagliari | 171 | Passage La Maddalena-Cagliari with Alagi. | ||
5 | Grossi, Enzo | 23 Sep 1940 | 2330 | Cagliari | 1 Oct 1940 | 1148 | Cagliari | 772 | Sailed with Alagi, preceded by the magnetic minesweeper Balear. Patrolled southwest of Sardinia and 30 miles north of Bizerta between 37°40'N and 38°00'N, and between 09°00'E and 10°00'E. | |
24 Sep 1940 | 1144 | 38° 05'N, 10° 00'E | At 1144 hours, an aircraft, believed to be a Sunderland, was sighted and engaged with machine guns. Medusa opened fire, but fired only 60 rounds before the aircraft was seen to crash in the water raising a big column of water. There is no confirmation of a Sunderland attacking a submarine or being lost on that day. | |||||||
30 Sep 1940 | 1425 | (0) Near Bizerta? | At 1425 hours, two torpedo-bombers described as Armstrong Whitworth type (Swordfish) were sighted. They circled around the submarine but refrained from attack and proceeded on a westward course. Medusa remained on the surface ready to repulse the attack with her machine guns. | |||||||
Grossi, Enzo | 1 Oct 1940 | 2400 | Cagliari | 1 Oct 1940 | 1148 | Cagliari | 53 | Exercises or hydrophone watch? | ||
6 | Grossi, Enzo | 9 Nov 1940 | 1830 | Cagliari | 12 Nov 1940 | 2105 | Cagliari | 440,2 | Patrolled southwest of Sardinia in 315° - La Galite - 50 miles, on a patrol line with Diaspro, Aradam, Axum and Alagi. Uneventful. | |
Grossi, Enzo | 14 Nov 1940 | 0914 | Cagliari | 15 Nov 1940 | 1900 | Messina | 344,6 | Passage Cagliari-Messina. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 19 Nov 1940 | 0420 | Messina | 22 Nov 1940 | 1225 | Pola | 707,8 | Passage Messina-Pola. | ||
20 Nov 1940 | 2220 | (0) 060° - San Cataldo (Bari) - 10 miles. | At 2220 hours, two torpedo tracks were sighted and avoided. Probably a case of porpoises, as no submarine reported a torpedo attack in this area on that day. | |||||||
20 Nov 1940 | 2340 | (0) Off Bari. | At 2340 hours, an Italian convoy proceeding to Bari, was sighted. Medusa alerted them to the presence of an enemy submarine (bogus) and the convoy reverted course. | |||||||
Grossi, Enzo | 25 Nov 1940 | 0751 | Pola | 25 Nov 1940 | 1340 | Monfalcone | 64 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 24 Feb 1941 | 0900 | Pola | 24 Feb 1941 | 1530 | Pola | 40 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 27 Feb 1941 | 0950 | Pola | 27 Feb 1941 | 1702 | Pola | 64 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 1 Mar 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 1 Mar 1941 | 1815 | Pola | 28,8 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 3 Mar 1941 | 0632 | Pola | 3 Mar 1941 | 1725 | Pola | 103,5 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliaries San Giorgio, Jadera and Laurana. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 6 Mar 1941 | 0815 | Pola | 6 Mar 1941 | 1756 | Pola | 48,8 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and Tenace. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 7 Mar 1941 | 0824 | Pola | 7 Mar 1941 | 1810 | Pola | 52,5 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 10 Mar 1941 | 0915 | Pola | 11 Mar 1941 | 0110 | Pola | 76,5 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 13 Mar 1941 | 0817 | Pola | 13 Mar 1941 | 1645 | Pola | 50,5 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 14 Mar 1941 | 0822 | Pola | 15 Mar 1941 | 0129 | Pola | 92,1 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 18 Mar 1941 | 1225 | Pola | 18 Mar 1941 | 1315 | Pola | Exercises, escorted by the tug Tenace, but early return (due to defects?). | |||
Grossi, Enzo | 27 Mar 1941 | 0812 | Pola | 27 Mar 1941 | 1340 | Pola | 41,5 | Exercises with the submarines Jalea, Bragadino and Des Geneys, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 28 Mar 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 28 Mar 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 65 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 31 Mar 1941 | 1250 | Pola | 1 Apr 1941 | 0510 | Pola | 54,1 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 1 Apr 1941 | 0813 | Pola | 1 Apr 1941 | 1619 | Pola | 52 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Laurana and San Giorgio. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 2 Apr 1941 | 0910 | Pola | 2 Apr 1941 | 1423 | Monfalcone | 66 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 3 Apr 1941 | 0716 | Monfalcone | 3 Apr 1941 | 1330 | Pola | 62 | Passage Monfalcone- Pola. | ||
7 | Grossi, Enzo | 4 Apr 1941 | 0015 | Pola | 4 Apr 1941 | 1131 | Pola | 123 | Patrolled off Pola within 15 miles from 43°24'N, 15°48'E on a NW-SE axis. Early return due to defects. | |
Grossi, Enzo | 4 Apr 1941 | 1410 | Pola | 4 Apr 1941 | 1915 | Monfalcone | 60 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 6 Apr 1941 | 0800 | Monfalcone | 6 Apr 1941 | 1403 | Pola | 60 | Passage Monfalcone-Pola. | ||
8 | Grossi, Enzo | 11 Apr 1941 | 1810 | Pola | 20 Apr 1941 | 0250 | Pola | 993,5 | Patrolled south of Cattaro within 10 miles from 41°50'N, 18°25'E on a NW-SE axis. Uneventful. Heard only H.E. | |
Grossi, Enzo | 27 Apr 1941 | 0825 | Pola | 27 Apr 1941 | 1350 | Monfalcone | 64 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 7 May 1941 | 0945 | Pola | 7 May 1941 | 1525 | Pola | 64 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 14 May 1941 | 1037 | Pola | 14 May 1941 | 0350 | Pola | 58 | Exercises with the submarine Alagi, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio, then torpedo firing using the torpedo boat Cantore as target (also escorted by the tug Tenace) in zone 4. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 17 May 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 17 May 1941 | 1644 | Pola | 48 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. Her battery suffered damage and she had to be repaired. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 21 Jul 1941 | 0623 | Pola | 21 Jul 1941 | 1825 | Pola | 95,1 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 23 Jul 1941 | 0705 | Pola | 23 Jul 1941 | 1545 | Pola | 58 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 24 Jul 1941 | 1052 | Pola | 24 Jul 1941 | 1600 | Pola | 28 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 26 Jul 1941 | 0741 | Pola | 27 Jul 1941 | 1010 | Pola | 97 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 29 Jul 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 30 Jul 1941 | 0347 | Pola | 54 | Exercises with the submarine Pisani, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 31 Jul 1941 | 0745 | Pola | 31 Jul 1941 | 1400 | Pola | 52,1 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 6 Aug 1941 | 0647 | Pola | 6 Aug 1941 | 1824 | Pola | 57 | Exercises. | ||
Grossi, Enzo | 9 Aug 1941 | 0750 | Pola | 9 Aug 1941 | 1735 | Pola | 55 | Exercises. | ||
Parodi, Angelo | 11 Aug 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 11 Aug 1941 | 1806 | Pola | 57,2 | Exercises. | ||
Parodi, Angelo | 16 Aug 1941 | 0653 | Pola | 16 Aug 1941 | 1724 | Pola | 62 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Parodi, Angelo | 20 Aug 1941 | 0735 | Pola | 20 Aug 1941 | 1631 | Pola | 58,5 | Exercises. | ||
Parodi, Angelo | 22 Aug 1941 | 0705 | Pola | 22 Aug 1941 | 1630 | Pola | 60 | Sailed with the submarine Tito Speri, escorted by the auxiliary Morrhua, for torpedo firing exercises with the torpedo boat Insidioso. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 25 Aug 1941 | 0746 | Pola | 26 Aug 1941 | 1750 | Pola | 59,2 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 28 Aug 1941 | 0730 | Pola | 28 Aug 1941 | 1645 | Pola | 54 | Sailed with the submarine Bausan for exercises with the auxiliary Morrhua and the torpedo boat Insidioso. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 30 Aug 1941 | 1030 | Pola | 31 Aug 1941 | 0300 | Pola | 72 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 2 Sep 1941 | 0747 | Pola | 2 Sep 1941 | 1910 | Pola | 55 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 3 Sep 1941 | 2211 | Pola | 4 Sep 1941 | 0645 | Pola | 48 | Exercises with the light cruiser Da Barbiano and the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 6 Sep 1941 | 1908 | Pola | 7 Sep 1941 | 0245 | Pola | 50 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 10 Sep 1941 | 0745 | Pola | 10 Sep 1941 | 1740 | Pola | 54 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 11 Sep 1941 | 1035 | Pola | 11 Sep 1941 | 1906 | Pola | 54,5 | Exercises with the submarine Speri, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera and torpedo firing exercise on the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 13 Sep 1941 | 0745 | Pola | 13 Sep 1941 | 1700 | Pola | 51 | Exercises with the submarines Bausan, Jalea and Pisani, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso and the auxiliaries Morrhua and Jadera. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 15 Sep 1941 | 0742 | Pola | 15 Sep 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 59 | Exercises with the submarine Jalea, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
9 | Bertarelli, Enrico | 25 Sep 1941 | 1800 | Pola | 28 Sep 1941 | 1140 | Pola | 310 | A/S patrol between 43°54.5'N and 44°47'N and 13°32'E and the Western Adriatic coast. Uneventful. | |
Bertarelli, Enrico | 1 Oct 1941 | 1320 | Pola | 1 Oct 1941 | 0007 | Pola | 51 | Exercises with the submarine Jalea, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 3 Oct 1941 | 1017 | Pola | 3 Oct 1941 | 1830 | Pola | 47 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 4 Oct 1941 | 1000 | Pola | 4 Oct 1941 | 1805 | Pola | 51 | Exercises. | ||
10 | Bertarelli, Enrico | 9 Oct 1941 | 1622 | Pola | 11 Oct 1941 | 0355 | Pola | 307,5 | Defensive patrol. | |
Bertarelli, Enrico | 14 Oct 1941 | 1030 | Pola | 14 Oct 1941 | 1902 | Pola | 54 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 17 Oct 1941 | 1300 | Pola | 17 Oct 1941 | 2335 | Pola | 64 | Exercises with the submarine Bausan, escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 21 Oct 1941 | 1300 | Pola | 22 Oct 1941 | 0112 | Pola | 57 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Salvatore. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 23 Oct 1941 | 0735 | Pola | 24 Oct 1941 | 1755 | Pola | 64 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 25 Oct 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 25 Oct 1941 | 1644 | Pola | 51 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Morrhua. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 28 Oct 1941 | 1310 | Pola | 28 Oct 1941 | 2356 | Pola | 67 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 30 Oct 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 30 Oct 1941 | 1735 | Pola | 52 | Exercises with the submarine Mameli, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 1 Nov 1941 | 0842 | Pola | 1 Nov 1941 | 1652 | Pola | 46 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 17 Nov 1941 | 0810 | Pola | 17 Nov 1941 | 1701 | Pola | 53,5 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 21 Nov 1941 | 0803 | Pola | 21 Nov 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 53,5 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 24 Nov 1941 | 0803 | Pola | 24 Nov 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 52 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 26 Nov 1941 | 0803 | Pola | 26 Nov 1941 | 1652 | Pola | 54,5 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 29 Nov 1941 | 0803 | Pola | 29 Nov 1941 | 1723 | Pola | 53 | Exercises with the submarines Pisani, Toti and Emo, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and Trau. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 1 Dec 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 1 Dec 1941 | 1650 | Pola | 53 | Exercise, escorted by the auxiliaries San Giorgio and Jadera. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 3 Dec 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 3 Dec 1941 | 1640 | Pola | 55,5 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliaries Trau, Jadera and San Giorgio. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 9 Dec 1941 | 1620 | Pola | 9 Dec 1941 | 2343 | Pola | 70 | Exercises with the submarine Jalea, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 15 Dec 1941 | 0800 | Pola | 15 Dec 1941 | 1609 | Pola | 55 | Exercises with the submarine Speri, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 16 Dec 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 16 Dec 1941 | 1720 | Pola | 57,5 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 20 Dec 1941 | 0828 | Pola | 20 Dec 1941 | 1720 | Pola | 58 | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 23 Dec 1941 | 0826 | Pola | 23 Dec 1941 | 1725 | Pola | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
11 | Bertarelli, Enrico | 26 Dec 1941 | 1655 | Pola | 27 Dec 1941 | 1415 | Pola | 146 | Hydrophone watch and exercises with the destroyer Mitragliere, in 044° - Ancona Light - 17 miles and then 040°- Cape Pesaro - 23 miles. Uneventful. | |
Bertarelli, Enrico | 30 Dec 1941 | 0805 | Pola | 30 Dec 1941 | 1730 | Pola | 61,5 | Gunfire exercises with the submarines Speri and Toti, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera, Grado and Trau. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 4 Jan 1942 | 0910 | Pola | 4 Jan 1942 | 1650 | Pola | ? | Exercises with the submarines Jalea, Des Geneys and Toti, escorted by the auxiliaries Jadera and San Giorgio and the torpedo boat Audace. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 5 Jan 1942 | 0835 | Pola | 5 Jan 1942 | 1825 | Pola | ? | Exercises with the submarines Jalea, Des Geneys, Speri and Ondina, escorted by the torpedo boat Audace and the auxiliaries Jadera, San Giorgio and Trau. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 7 Jan 1942 | 0920 | Pola | 7 Jan 1942 | 1120 | Pola | ? | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 13 Jan 1942 | 0850 | Pola | 13 Jan 1942 | 1620 | Pola | ? | Exercises with the submarine Pisani, escorted by the auxiliary Grado. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 16 Jan 1942 | 0825 | Pola | 16 Jan 1942 | 1815 | Pola | ? | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 21 Jan 1942 | 1635 | Pola | 22 Jan 1942 | 0120 | Pola | ? | Exercises with the submarine Pisani, escorted by the auxiliary Jadera. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 24 Jan 1942 | 0950 | Pola | 24 Jan 1942 | 1830 | Pola | ? | Exercises. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 28 Jan 1942 | 1625 | Pola | 28 Jan 1942 | 1835 | Pola | ? | Exercises with the submarine Jalea, escorted by the auxiliary San Giorgio. | ||
Bertarelli, Enrico | 30 Jan 1942 | Time? | Pola | 30 Jan 1942 | 1410 | Sunk | Exercising off Pola. Sunk by the British submarine HMS Thorn. Fifty-eight killed (including her commanding officer), two survivors. | |||
30 Jan 1942 | 1520 1402 (e) | 44° 45'N, 13° 56'E | At 0955 hours, the submarine HMS Thorn (Lieutenant Commander R.G. Norfolk, RN) sighted a SIRENA class submarine, steering 080°, 8 knots. This was Medusa or perhaps Mameli, exercising but the British submarine could not intercept. At 1354 hours, HMS Thorn again sighted a SIRENA class submarine at a distance of 5,000 yards, steering 240° at 13 knots. At 1402 hours, she fired four torpedoes at a range of 3,500 yards. One explosion was heard after 165 seconds, giving a running range of 3,600 yards. This again was Medusa returning from exercises. One torpedo track coming from the port side was sighted by the First Officer T.V. Gastone Guida, followed by two more and they missed ahead. C.C. Bertarelli had immediately put the helm full to port but it was too late. She was hit by a fourth torpedo and sank in 35 metres of water. There were also four men on the bridge: the navigation officer G.M. Arturo Fei and three students of MARISCUOLASOM (Submarine School), T.V. Gaetano Arezzo Della Targia, S.T.V. Luigi del Monte and G.M. G. Batta Firpo. All six men were thrown in the water and were now struggling to stay afloat. The steamer Carlo Zeno (Master Umberto Curci) was following her a mile behind and observed the explosion. She rushed to the scene and found only three wounded survivors. They were Arezzo Della Targia, Firpo and Fei. Fei, who had two broken legs, testified that he had survived thanks to CC Bertarelli who had grabbed him by the hairs to keep him afloat and had whispered to him words of encouragement. Fei died in the hospital. Bertarelli, himself with a head wound and bleeding profusely, drowned. Help was immediately organised by XII GRUPPOSOM. Three MAS boats sailed from Pola, followed in quick succession by the torpedo boat Insidioso and the auxiliary Grado. They were joined by the submarine Mameli, returning from exercises in the same area and then the torpedo boats Audace and Calatafimi and the submarine Otaria. Guida was picked up by Insidioso but expired shortly after. Later, the body of rating Alberto Cusenza was recovered. The wreck was located and eight divers were used. At one point, it was considered to attempt raising the submarine with the help of the pontoons G.A. 141 and G.A. 146 but finally they were not used. The divers managed to communicate with fourteen men trapped in the aft compartment. It was hoped that they could be rescued but the bad weather would finally force the rescue operation to be given up on 3rd February. In all there were fifty-eight victims (seven officers and fifty-one ratings). T.V. Gaetano Arezzo Della Targia would go on to take command of the submarine Uarsciek and would be lost with her in December 1942. |
102 entries. 100 total patrol entries (11 marked as war patrols) and 6 events.