Italian submarines in World War Two
Sirena (SI)
Sirena
Sirena (USMM)
Type | Coastal / Sea going | |
Class | Sirena (21) | |
Laid down | 1 May 1931 | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone |
Launched | 26 Jan 1933 | |
Commissioned | 2 Oct 1933 | |
End service | ||
Stricken | ||
Loss date | ||
Loss position | ||
History | Scuttled at La Spezia, Italy on 9th September 1943 to prevent her capture by the Germans. | |
Fate |
Commands
Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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T.V. Raul Galletti | 3 Feb 1940 | 27 Oct 1940 | |
T.V. Corrado Dal Pozzo | 28 Oct 1940 | 21 Dec 1940 | |
T.V. Giovanni Celeste | 22 Dec 1940 | 10 Jan 1941 | |
C.C. Rodolfo Scarelli | 11 Jan 1941 | 5 Aug 1942 | |
T.V. Vittorio Savarese | 5 Aug 1942 | 9 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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Galletti, Raul | 10 Jun 1940 | Tobruk | 18 Jun 1940 | Tobruk | At Tobruk. | |||||
12 Jun 1940 | 0340+ | (0) At Tobruk. | At about 0340 hours, Sirena was anchored in Tobruk harbour when she came under air attack. She was near-missed but undamaged. | |||||||
1 | Galletti, Raul | 18 Jun 1940 | 2141 | Tobruk | 22 Jun 1940 | 0856 | Tobruk | 367 | Patrolled in Gulf of Sollum, 20 miles north of Ras Uleima, between 32°00'N and coast of Cyrenaica, and between 25°20'E and 27°20'E. Forced to break off patrol after being depth-charged on 21st June. | |
21 Jun 1940 | 0457 | (0) Probably 20 miles north of Ras Uleima. | At 0457 hours, Sirena was proceeding at a depth of 45 metres when she was badly shaken by a depth charge. She was taken down to 80 metres. Until 1220 hours, 36 depth-charge explosions were heard. | |||||||
Galletti, Raul | 25 Jun 1940 | 2025 | Tobruk | 30 Jun 1940 | 0940 | Crotone | 553 | Passage Tobruk-Taranto via Crotone for repairs. | ||
27 Jun 1940 | 1715 | (0) ? | At 1715 hours, a bomber was seen apparently flying from Malta to Alexandria. Sirena quickly dived to 50 metres. | |||||||
28 Jun 1940 | 1215 | (0) ? | At 1215 hours, a smoke was sighted on the horizon. Sirena dived to listen on her hydrophones, picking up noises. | |||||||
28 Jun 1940 | 1244 | (0) ? | At 1244 hours, two aircraft were observed through the periscope, flying toward the submarine. Sirena was taken down to 50 metres. | |||||||
28 Jun 1940 | 1735 | 37° 03'N, 18° 43'E (0) ? | At 1735 hours, Sirena surfaced, but two minutes later an aircraft was seen. She quickly dived to 50 metres. At 1750 hours, underwater signals were received, emitted from a distance of 4-6,000 metres, but Sirena did not answer. | |||||||
29 Jun 1940 | 0630 0635 (e) | 37° 54'N, 18° 04'E | At 0630 hours, an aircraft was sighted at 3,000 metres, flying at an altitude of 500 metres. At first, it was thought to be Italian. As it closed, it was recognised as enemy and Sirena opened fire with her machine guns. This was Sunderland 'Q' (L.5806) of 228 Squadron, piloted by Wing Commander G.E. Nicholetts. It dropped four A/S bombs, which straddled the submarine at distances of only 5-10 metres, but failed to explode. On a second run, two more A/S bombs were released, which fell 20 yards ahead of the submarine. T.V. Galetti believed that he had been attacked by two aircraft (perhaps not realising that both runs had been made by the same aircraft). He also believed that the first bomber had been repeatedly hit and one of its gunners mortally wounded as her strafing was very wild. He thought the first attacker had then been shot down. This was not the case and Nicholetts described the antiaircraft fire as completely ineffective. At 0633 hours, Sirena crash-dived to 50 metres, as the aircraft was making its second run. She was not damaged and Galetti did not record any explosion on the second attack, so perhaps the last two A/S bombs were dud too. For this action, T.V. Galetti was awarded the Madaglia d'argento. | |||||||
Galletti, Raul | 1 Jul 1940 | 0518 | Crotone | 1 Jul 1940 | 1655 | Taranto | 110 | Passage Crotone-Taranto. | ||
Galletti, Raul | 15 Aug 1940 | 0807 | Taranto | 15 Aug 1940 | 1822 | Taranto | 41,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galletti, Raul | 17 Aug 1940 | 0738 | Taranto | 17 Aug 1940 | 1800 | Taranto | 50,7 | Exercises. | ||
Galletti, Raul | 19 Aug 1940 | 0734 | Taranto | 19 Aug 1940 | 1915 | Taranto | 81 | Exercises. | ||
Galletti, Raul | 21 Aug 1940 | 1321 | Taranto | 21 Aug 1940 | 1600 | Taranto | 3 | Exercises. | ||
2 | Galletti, Raul | 29 Aug 1940 | 0540 | Taranto | 21 Sep 1940 | 1732 | Taranto | 1843,5 | Patrolled southeast of Crete through (1) 33°12'N, 25°46'E (2) 32°40'N, 26°24'E (3) 34°34'N, 27°26'E (4) 34°04'N, 28°04'E. | |
30 Aug 1940 | 0150 | 38° 06'N, 18° 02'E | At 0150 hours, Sirena was proceeding on the surface when a submarine was sighted at 1,200 metres. She closed to 700 metres, but the attack was aborted as Ruggiero Settimo was known to be in the area. Afterwards, it was concluded that the submarine was enemy, but no British or Hellenic submarines operated in the vicinity. | |||||||
Galletti, Raul | 23 Oct 1940 | 1300 | Taranto | 23 Oct 1940 | 1635 | Taranto | 18,7 | Trials. | ||
Galletti, Raul | 24 Oct 1940 | 1300 | Taranto | 24 Oct 1940 | 1655 | Taranto | 23,5 | Exercises. | ||
Galletti, Raul | 26 Oct 1940 | 1300 | Taranto | 26 Oct 1940 | 1725 | Taranto | 26,8 | Exercises. | ||
Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 5 Nov 1940 | 0835 | Taranto | 5 Nov 1940 | 1510 | Taranto | 31,7 | Exercises. | ||
Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 7 Nov 1940 | 0830 | Taranto | 7 Nov 1940 | 1552 | Taranto | 52,2 | Exercises. | ||
Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 9 Nov 1940 | 0835 | Taranto | 9 Nov 1940 | 1620 | Taranto | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 14 Nov 1940 | 0805 | Taranto | 14 Nov 1940 | 1247 | Taranto | 24,5 | Exercises. | ||
Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 16 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Taranto | 16 Nov 1940 | 1200 | Taranto | 23,5 | Exercises. | ||
Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 18 Nov 1940 | 0800 | Taranto | 18 Nov 1940 | 1400 | Taranto | 33 | Exercises. | ||
3 | Dal Pozzo, Corrado | 22 Nov 1940 | 0923 | Taranto | 1 Dec 1940 | 1620 | Taranto | 886 | Patrolled off Corfu, within 10 miles from 39°40'N, 19°10'E on the parallel with Nereide. Uneventful. | |
Celeste, Giovanni | 22 Dec 1940 | Taranto | 10 Jan 1941 | Taranto | Refit at Taranto. Change in command. | |||||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 11 Jan 1941 | 1030 | Taranto | 11 Jan 1941 | 1725 | Taranto | 35 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 15 Jan 1941 | 0835 | Taranto | 15 Jan 1941 | 1320 | Taranto | 35,5 | Exercises, escorted by minesweeper R.D.6. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 19 Jan 1941 | 0815 | Taranto | 19 Jan 1941 | 1240 | Taranto | 29,5 | Exercises, escorted by minesweeper R.D.6. | ||
4 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 23 Jan 1941 | 1800 | Taranto | 24 Jan 1941 | 1405 | Taranto | 49 | Defensive patrol in Gulf of Taranto. | |
5 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 25 Jan 1941 | 0945 | Taranto | 30 Jan 1941 | 0835 | Leros | 694 | Passage Taranto-Leros. Uneventful. | |
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 7 Feb 1941 | 0030 | Leros | 7 Feb 1941 | 1420 | Leros | 15 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 13 Feb 1941 | 0808 | Leros | 13 Feb 1941 | 1404 | Leros | 31 | Exercises. | ||
6 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 16 Feb 1941 | 2020 | Leros | 19 Feb 1941 | 0740 | Leros | 385 | Patrolled off Kupho Nisi, Crete, in 34°59'N, 26°25'E. Patrol interrupted because of defects. | |
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 6 Mar 1941 | 0935 | Portolago (Leros) | 6 Mar 1941 | 1646 | Portolago (Leros) | 37,5 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 15 Mar 1941 | 1325 | Portolago (Leros) | 15 Mar 1941 | 1720 | Portolago (Leros) | 28 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 16 Mar 1941 | 0910 | Portolago (Leros) | 16 Mar 1941 | 1158 | Portolago (Leros) | 19 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 17 Mar 1941 | 0854 | Portolago (Leros) | 17 Mar 1941 | 1753 | Portolago (Leros) | 59,5 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 20 Mar 1941 | 2330 | Portolago (Leros) | 21 Mar 1941 | 0430 | Portolago (Leros) | 38 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 30 Mar 1941 | 0848 | Portolago (Leros) | 30 Mar 1941 | 1548 | Portolago (Leros) | 39 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 4 Apr 1941 | 0920 | Portolago (Leros) | 4 Apr 1941 | 1630 | Portolago (Leros) | 50,5 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 8 Apr 1941 | 0805 | Portolago (Leros) | 8 Apr 1941 | 1644 | Portolago (Leros) | 37 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 12 Apr 1941 | 0648 | Portolago (Leros) | 12 Apr 1941 | 1208 | Portolago (Leros) | 33 | Exercises. | ||
7 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 13 Apr 1941 | 1812 | Leros | 19 Apr 1941 | 1610 | Leros | 601 | Patrolled north of Crete in 35°50'N, 24°15'E. | |
14 Apr 1941 | 2327 | 36° 07'N, 24° 15'E | At 2324 hours, a destroyer of the AFRIDI class was sighted at 4-5,000 metres, steering 130° at 22 knots. At 2327 hours, Sirena had closed on the surface to a distance of 2,300-2,500 metres and fired two torpedoes from bow tubes. No visible result was observed, but inside the submarine a hit was heard and it was believed the destroyer had been damaged. In fact, no British destroyer reported any damage at this time. | |||||||
16 Apr 1941 | 1919 | (0) Near Cape Malea. | At 1919 hours, information was received of an escorted convoy of three merchant ships, which had left Piraeus at 18 knots and of another convoy of thirteen ships from Alexandria, which was proceeding toward Cerigotto. Sirena proceeded to a position 15 miles west of Cape Malea to intercept them, but only heard H.E. at a distance without sighting anything. | |||||||
8 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 3 May 1941 | 1918 | Leros | 10 May 1941 | 0635 | Leros | 505 | Patrolled between 36°00'N and 36°32'N, and between 24°50'E and 25°10'E. Off Polykandro and Santorini and between Santorini and Suda. | |
8 May 1941 | 2230 | (0) North of Crete. | At 2230 hours, information was received of a convoy proceeding through Kaso Straits toward Suda and Sirena moved south to intercept. At 0010 hours on 9th May, she received another signal from MARICOSOM ordering her to a new position to intercept this convoy. Only distant noises were heard and no visual contact was made. | |||||||
9 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 26 May 1941 | 2320 | Leros | 6 Jun 1941 | 1210 | Leros | 591 | Patrolled in Aegean near Crete in Grid 6016/3 or 35°08'N, 26°47'E. | |
28 May 1941 | 1900 | 35° 08'N, 26° 47'E (0) Approximately. | At 1835 hours, noises of two vessels were heard as Sirena was proceeding at a depth of 45 metres. At 1900 hours, suddenly four depth charges exploded at a distance estimated at about 40 metres. A second pattern of eight depth-charges followed shortly after and more explosions were heard at 1931 hours, but they were about 300 meters away. | |||||||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 9 Jun 1941 | 0828 | Leros | 9 Jun 1941 | 1103 | Leros | 20 | Exercises. | ||
10 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 23 Jul 1941 | 2100 | Leros | 1 Aug 1941 | 0220 | Leros | 310 | Patrolled in 37°20'N, 27°40'E near Mykoni and Naxos. Uneventful, except for H.E. At 0530/28, was informed by Marina Rodi of the probable presence of an enemy submarine in the area, but sighted nothing. | |
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 28 Aug 1941 | Leros | 28 Aug 1941 | Leros | 15 | Exercises. | ||||
11 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 30 Aug 1941 | 2020 | Leros | 5 Sep 1941 | 1327 | Brindisi | 538 | Patrolled in Aegean and passage Leros-Brindisi through (1) 36°07'N, 26°07'E (2) 36°05'N, 24°11'E (3) 35°45'N, 23°28'E (4) 35°45'N, 22°28'E (5) 36°40'N, 20°30'E then via Santa Maria Leuca to Brindisi. Uneventful. | |
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 9 Sep 1941 | 1315 | Brindisi | 11 Sep 1941 | 0707 | Pola | 395 | Passage Brindisi-Pola. | ||
10 Sep 1941 | 0710 | At 0710 hours, the submarine Ammiraglio Saint Bon was sighted. | ||||||||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 12 Sep 1941 | 0520 | Pola | 12 Sep 1941 | 1200 | Monfalcone | 70 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. Then refit. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 31 Dec 1941 | 0930 | Monfalcone | 31 Dec 1941 | 1740 | Monfalcone | 22 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 3 Jan 1942 | 1420 | Monfalcone | 3 Jan 1942 | 1722 | Monfalcone | 17 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 6 Jan 1942 | 1200 | Monfalcone | 6 Jan 1942 | 1600 | Monfalcone | 20 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 9 Jan 1942 | 0950 | Monfalcone | 9 Jan 1942 | 1510 | Monfalcone | 21 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 12 Jan 1942 | 1025 | Monfalcone | 12 Jan 1942 | 1600 | Monfalcone | 22 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 15 Jan 1942 | 1115 | Monfalcone | 15 Jan 1942 | 1305 | Monfalcone | 3 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 17 Jan 1942 | 1055 | Monfalcone | 17 Jan 1942 | 1736 | Pola | 66,4 | Passage Monfalcone-Pola. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 20 Jan 1942 | 0834 | Pola | 20 Jan 1942 | 1655 | Pola | 57 | Trials, escorted by the auxiliary Trau. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 21 Jan 1942 | 0907 | Pola | 22 Jan 1942 | 0045 | Pola | 45,2 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 24 Jan 1942 | 1442 | Pola | 24 Jan 1942 | 1800 | Pola | 26 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 27 Jan 1942 | 1039 | Pola | 27 Jan 1942 | 1838 | Pola | 21,6 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 29 Jan 1942 | 1015 | Pola | 29 Jan 1942 | 2245 | Pola | 67,5 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 1 Feb 1942 | 1033 | Pola | 1 Feb 1942 | 1228 | Pola | 5 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 3 Feb 1942 | 0935 | Pola | 3 Feb 1942 | 1230 | Pola | 16,08 | Exercises. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 7 Feb 1942 | 0848 | Pola | 7 Feb 1942 | 1615 | Pola | 8,7 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 7 Feb 1942 | 2205 | Pola | 9 Feb 1942 | 1415 | Brindisi | 446,2 | Passage Pola-Brindisi. | ||
12 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 10 Feb 1942 | 1130 | Brindisi | 16 Feb 1942 | 2002 | Taranto | 1395,7 | Patrolled north of Cyrenaica within 8 miles from 34°50'N, 21°20'E on the meridian with Ondina. | |
14 Feb 1942 | 1045 | 34° 38'N, 21° 16'E | At 1045 hours, a Wellington bomber was sighted at 1,000 metres. Sirena dived immediately. Later, distant explosions were heard and C.C. Scarelli assumed that Ondina was being hunted in the adjacent area. | |||||||
14 Feb 1942 | 1445 1245 (e) | 34° 38'N, 21° 16'E | At 1445 hours, Sirena was shaken by an explosion. This was Hudson 'Y' f 203 RAF/459 RAAF Squadron piloted by Flight Lieutenant Campbell with Wing Commander Johnson) of 203 RAF/459 RAAF Squadron. It attacked a U-boat with four 250 lb A/S bombs when the feather of a periscope was sighted. Two bombs failed to explode, the 1st and 4th fell at about 10 and 50 yards respectively, from the periscope. The 459 RAAF squadron was being formed and it is not certain to which squadron she belonged at the time. | |||||||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 5 Mar 1942 | 0855 | Taranto | 5 Mar 1942 | 1330 | Taranto | 38,7 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 6 Mar 1942 | 0844 | Taranto | 6 Mar 1942 | 1626 | Taranto | 67,2 | Trials. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 11 Mar 1942 | 1108 | Taranto | 15 Mar 1942 | 1145 | Leros | 968,7 | Passage Taranto-Leros. | ||
12 Mar 1942 | 1315 | 36° 50'N, 20° 00'E | At 1315 hours, a derelict mine was sighted and sunk by machine gun fire. | |||||||
13 Mar 1942 | 1905 | 34° 10'N, 23° 44'E | At 1905 hours, a derelict mine was sighted. The mine could not be destroyed as it was quickly lost from view in the near darkness. | |||||||
13 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 24 Mar 1942 | 1335 | Leros | 27 Mar 1942 | 0712 | Rhodes | Sailed to rescue the crew of an Italian bomber, which had ditched in the sea in 33°40'N, 29°00'E, near Prassonisi, and then went to Rhodes. The search was carried out on 25-26th March but was unsuccessful. | ||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 29 Mar 1942 | 2107 | Rhodes | 30 Mar 1942 | 0637 | Portolago (Leros) | 513,8 | Passage Rhodes-Leros. | ||
14 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 17 Apr 1942 | 0126 | Portolago (Leros) | 5 May 1942 | 0500 | Portolago (Leros) | 1701,8 | Sailed through Kasos Strait for a patrol between 34°00'N and 34°20'N, and between 20°20'E and 21°20'E in Grids 1282, 1217, 1236, about 100 miles NW of Ras Hilal (ca. 34°14'N, 20°46'E) and then in Grids 3144, 3117 and 3112. . Uneventful. Returned via 34°40'N, 21°20'E and 34°40'N, 26°20'E. | |
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 3 Jun 1942 | 0806 | Portolago (Leros) | 3 Jun 1942 | 1121 | Portolago (Leros) | 17,5 | Trials. | ||
15 | Scarelli, Rodolfo | 4 Jun 1942 | 1607 | Portolago (Leros) | 21 Jun 1942 | 0430 | Portolago (Leros) | 1306,6 | Sailed with the submarine Nereide and patrolled between 31°50'N and 33°05'N, and between 26°50'E and 27°30'E. | |
13 Jun 1942 | 2330 | 31° 54'N, 26° 52'E | At 2330 hours, a destroyer was sighted at a distance of 4,000 metres, but she turned away before an attack could be carried out. | |||||||
Scarelli, Rodolfo | 10 Jul 1942 | 0915 | Portolago (Leros) | 10 Jul 1942 | 1100 | Portolago (Leros) | 13,2 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 5 Aug 1942 | 0703 | Portolago (Leros) | 5 Aug 1942 | 1203 | Portolago (Leros) | 20,3 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 11 Aug 1942 | 0804 | Portolago (Leros) | 11 Aug 1942 | 1209 | Portolago (Leros) | 19,8 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 24 Aug 1942 | 0630 | Portolago (Leros) | 24 Aug 1942 | 0951 | Portolago (Leros) | 23,6 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 31 Aug 1942 | 0732 | Portolago (Leros) | 31 Aug 1942 | 1140 | Portolago (Leros) | 13,1 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 2 Sep 1942 | 0810 | Portolago (Leros) | 2 Sep 1942 | 0940 | Portolago (Leros) | 5,2 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 4 Sep 1942 | 0800 | Portolago (Leros) | 4 Sep 1942 | 1123 | Portolago (Leros) | 12,3 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 15 Sep 1942 | 0800 | Portolago (Leros) | 15 Sep 1942 | 1105 | Portolago (Leros) | 11,9 | Exercises. | ||
16 | Savarese, Vittorio | 16 Sep 1942 | 0145 | Leros | 24 Sep 1942 | 1030 | Leros | 811,7 | Patrolled in 36°10' N, 28°30' E following enemy submarine reports (HHMS Papanicolis and HMS Traveller carrying operation ANGLO). Uneventul. | |
Savarese, Vittorio | 12 Oct 1942 | 0750 | Leros | 12 Oct 1942 | 1100 | Leros | 17,2 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 15 Oct 1942 | 0745 | Leros | 15 Oct 1942 | 1053 | Leros | 16,2 | Trials. | ||
17 | Savarese, Vittorio | 31 Oct 1942 | 0650 | Leros | 14 Nov 1942 | 1345 | Leros | 1459,6 | Sailed escorted by MS.26 and patrolled near Rhodes between 34°20'N and 36°00'N, and between 30°00'E and 30°40'E. Uneventful. | |
18 | Savarese, Vittorio | 21 Nov 1942 | 1355 | Leros | 26 Nov 1942 | 1600 | Pola | 1140 | Patrolled in Aegean and passage Leros-Pola around the Peloponnese. Uneventful. | |
Savarese, Vittorio | 30 Nov 1942 | 0700 | Pola | 30 Nov 1942 | 1353 | Monfalcone | 83 | Passage Pola-Monfalcone. Then long refit. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 2 Feb 1943 | 0840 | Monfalcone | 2 Feb 1943 | 1530 | Monfalcone | 35,3 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 6 Feb 1943 | 0835 | Monfalcone | 6 Feb 1943 | 1503 | Venice | 63,6 | Passage Monfalcone-Venice to collect G7e torpedoes. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 11 Feb 1943 | 0855 | Venice | 11 Feb 1943 | 1125 | Venice | 8,5 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 12 Feb 1943 | 0830 | Venice | 12 Feb 1943 | 1610 | Pola | 65,3 | Passage Venice-Pola. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 14 Feb 1943 | 0807 | Pola | 14 Feb 1943 | 1125 | Pola | 10,3 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 16 Feb 1943 | 0830 | Pola | 16 Feb 1943 | 1130 | Pola | 2,5 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 17 Feb 1943 | 2338 | Pola | 18 Feb 1943 | 0550 | Fiume | 57 | Passage Pola-Fiume. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 19 Feb 1943 | 0840 | Fiume | 19 Feb 1943 | 1632 | Fiume | 23,2 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 20 Feb 1943 | 0854 | Fiume | 20 Feb 1943 | 1830 | Fiume | 30,5 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 22 Feb 1943 | 0854 | Fiume | 22 Feb 1943 | 2325 | Fiume | 37,3 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 23 Feb 1943 | 0830 | Fiume | 23 Feb 1943 | 1615 | Fiume | 28,5 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 25 Feb 1943 | 0905 | Fiume | 25 Feb 1943 | 1402 | Fiume | 25,4 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 1 Mar 1943 | 1000 | Fiume | 1 Mar 1943 | 1210 | Fiume | Exercises. | |||
Savarese, Vittorio | 2 Mar 1943 | 1948 | Fiume | 7 Mar 1943 | 0810 | Augusta | 706 | Passage Fiume-Augusta, escorted by the torpedo boat Insidioso and briefly reinforced off Pola by the torpedo boat T.3. | ||
3 Mar 1943 | 1545 | At 1545 hours, the periscope of an enemy submarine was sighted steering 185°. C.C. Scarelli lost sight of the periscope before he could mount an attack. No allied submarine operated in the area. | ||||||||
19 | Savarese, Vittorio | 13 Mar 1943 | 2030 | Augusta | 15 Mar 1943 | 0655 | Augusta | 245 | Sailed for patrol between 31°40'N and 32°20'N, and between 16°00'E and 17°00'E but was then ordered back. | |
Savarese, Vittorio | 15 Mar 1943 | 1507 | Augusta | 16 Mar 1943 | 1804 | Naples | 273,9 | Passage Augusta-Naples. Uneventful. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 18 Mar 1943 | 1130 | Naples | 18 Mar 1943 | 1430 | Naples | 16,5 | Trials. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 26 Mar 1943 | 1425 | Naples | 26 Mar 1943 | 1705 | Pozzuoli | 13,2 | Passage Naples-Pozzuoli. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 5 Apr 1943 | 0538 | Pozzuoli | 6 Apr 1943 | 0840 | La Maddalena | 204 | Passage Pozzuoli-La Maddalena. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 13 Apr 1943 | 0720 | La Maddalena | 13 Apr 1943 | 1130 | La Maddalena | 7 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 20 Apr 1943 | 0710 | La Maddalena | 20 Apr 1943 | 1132 | La Maddalena | 8 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 24 Apr 1943 | 1230 | La Maddalena | 24 Apr 1943 | 1350 | Mezzo Schifo | 2,8 | Passage La Maddalena-Mezzo Schifo. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 27 Apr 1943 | 0715 | Mezzo Schifo | 27 Apr 1943 | 1140 | Porto Palma | 8,2 | Passage Mezzo Schifo-Porto Palma. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 10 May 1943 | 0715 | Porto Palma | 10 May 1943 | 1140 | La Maddalena | 8,5 | Passage Porto Palma-La Maddalena. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 14 May 1943 | 0715 | La Maddalena | 14 May 1943 | 1140 | Mezzo Schifo | 2,5 | Passage La Maddalena-Mezzo Schifo. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 15 May 1943 | 0047 | La Maddalena | 19 May 1943 | 0604 | Taranto | 668 | Passage La Maddalena-Taranto. Uneventful. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 29 May 1943 | 0550 | Taranto | 29 May 1943 | 1000 | Taranto | 15,5 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 6 Jun 1943 | 0800 | Taranto | 6 Jun 1943 | 1135 | Taranto | 18 | Trials and exercises. | ||
20 | Savarese, Vittorio | 7 Jun 1943 | 2033 | Taranto | 12 Jun 1943 | 1520 | Portolago (Leros) | 905,8 | Storing trip Taranto-Leros (3.6 tons: 2.8 tons of ammunition, 0.8 ton of light weapons). Uneventful. | |
Savarese, Vittorio | 17 Jun 1943 | 0800 | Portolago (Leros) | 17 Jun 1943 | 1024 | Portolago (Leros) | 7 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 23 Jun 1943 | 0806 | Portolago (Leros) | 23 Jun 1943 | 1030 | Portolago (Leros) | 8,5 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 14 Jul 1943 | 0756 | Portolago (Leros) | 14 Jul 1943 | 1002 | Portolago (Leros) | 6,3 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 19 Jul 1943 | 0810 | Portolago (Leros) | 19 Jul 1943 | 1035 | Portolago (Leros) | 7,1 | Exercises. | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 26 Jul 1943 | 0800 | Portolago (Leros) | 26 Jul 1943 | 1049 | Portolago (Leros) | 10,3 | Exercises. | ||
21 | Savarese, Vittorio | 3 Aug 1943 | 1300 | Leros | 20 Aug 1943 | 0930 | Naples | 1624 | Passage Leros-Taranto including a patrol off Cyrenaica, between 34°00'N and the African coast, and between 24°00'E and 26°00'E, on a patrol line with Galatea. She was then ordered to proceed to Naples instead around Sicily through Point A (35°20'N, 16°00'E), Point B (35°20'N, 14°00'E) and Point C (36°46'N, 12°20'E). | |
13 Aug 1943 | 2145 | 35° 19'N, 14° 49'E | At 2145 hours, a hospital ship was sighted at a range of 8,000 metres. She had not been announced. | |||||||
14 Aug 1943 | 2010 | 35° 20'N, 14° 06'E | At 2010 hours, an unidentified vessel was sighted at a range of 10,000 metres. Sirena dived. | |||||||
14 Aug 1943 | 2128 | 35° 25'N, 13° 57'E | At 2128 hours, a small fast torpedo-boat was sighted at 8,000 metres. Sirena dived. | |||||||
15 Aug 1943 | 1840 | 36° 16'N, 12° 51'E | At 1840 hours, two MTBs were sighted at 3-4,000 metres. Sirena dived to 70 metres. | |||||||
16 Aug 1943 | 0407-0412 | 36° 38'N, 12° 15'E | At 0407 hours, a destroyer was sighted at 10,000 metres. The submarine closed but at 0412 hours, the vessel turned toward her. Sirena dived and later identified her as a corvette. | |||||||
16 Aug 1943 | 2310 | (0) 0° - Punta Tracino (Pantelleria) - 4 miles. | At 2310 hours, a patrol vessel was sighted at a range of 6,000 metres. Sirena dived. | |||||||
Savarese, Vittorio | 21 Aug 1943 | 2335 | Naples | 23 Aug 1943 | 2141 | Portoferraio | Passage Naples-Porto Ferraio. | |||
22 Aug 1943 | 2330 | 41° 06'N, 11° 37'E (0) Approximately. | At 2330 hours, a flare was dropped by an unseen aircraft about 100 metres astern the submarine. Sirena dived. | |||||||
23 Aug 1943 | 0940 | 42° 14'N, 9° 40'E | At 0940 hours, an enemy torpedo bomber was sighted at a distance of 4,000 metres. Sirena dived. | |||||||
Savarese, Vittorio | 24 Aug 1943 | 2050 | Portoferraio | 25 Aug 1943 | 0750 | La Spezia | 401 | Passage Portoferraio-La Spezia on the surface at 9 knots through (1) 42°57'N, 10°10'E (2) 43°25'N, 09°44'E [mileage is from 21st August] | ||
Savarese, Vittorio | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | 9 Sep 1943 | La Spezia | Scuttled after armistice. |
136 entries. 123 total patrol entries (21 marked as war patrols) and 27 events.