Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Guido Coscia
Capitano di Corvetta
| Born | 12 Aug 1908 | Forenza (Potenza) |
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Career information
SANTORRE DI SANTAROSA (T.V. resp.): from 09.06.1940 to 13.06.1940.MALACHITE (T.V. resp.): from 12.08.1940 to 26.08.1940 (refit at Pola).
Promoted to C.C. on ?
SANTORRE DI SANTAROSA (C.C. C.O.): from 30.08.1940 to 18.12.1940.
SALPA (C.C. C.O.): from 04.01.1941 to 28.04.1941. From 25.01.1943, served as First Officer of battleship DUILIO.
Commands listed for Guido Coscia
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | Ocean going | T.V. | 9 Jun 1940 | 13 Jun 1940 |
| Malachite (MH) | Coastal / Sea going | T.V. | 12 Aug 1940 | 26 Aug 1940 |
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | Ocean going | C.C. | 30 Aug 1940 | 18 Dec 1940 |
| Salpa (SP) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 4 Jan 1941 | 28 Apr 1941 |
Ships hit by Guido Coscia
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Guido Coscia
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 9 Jun 1940 | Trapani | 13 Jun 1940 | Trapani | Change in command. | |||||
| Malachite (MH) | 12 Aug 1940 | Pola | 26 Aug 1940 | Pola | Refit in Pola. Change in command. | |||||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 7 Sep 1940 | 0800 | Messina | 7 Sep 1940 | 1900 | Messina | 68,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 11 Sep 1940 | 0610 | Messina | 11 Sep 1940 | 1100 | Messina | 35 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 12 Sep 1940 | 0610 | Messina | 12 Sep 1940 | 1535 | Messina | 72,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 20 Sep 1940 | 1800 | Messina | 21 Sep 1940 | 1035 | Trapani | 180 | Passage Messina-Trapani. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 26 Sep 1940 | 0800 | Trapani | 26 Sep 1940 | 1220 | Trapani | 24 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 28 Sep 1940 | 0859 | Trapani | 28 Sep 1940 | 1230 | Trapani | 16,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 3 Oct 1940 | 0800 | Trapani | 3 Oct 1940 | 1055 | Trapani | 19 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 5 Oct 1940 | 0820 | Trapani | 5 Oct 1940 | 1200 | Trapani | 15 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 8 Oct 1940 | 1355 | Trapani | 9 Oct 1940 | 0702 | Messina | 184 | Passage Trapani-Messina. | ||
| 1. | Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 13 Oct 1940 | 0200 | Messina | 24 Oct 1940 | 0852 | Messina | 1317 | Patrolled between 34°10'N and 34°45'N, and between 23°20'E and 24°10'E. | |
| 14 Oct 1940 | 0014 | 37° 46'N, 17° 35'E | An enemy submarine was observed steering 270°. This was almost certainly HMS Triad. Santorre Di Santarosa fired a single torpedo from a bow tube at short range, but missed. The enemy submarine replied with a torpedo, which also missed. In a little more than 24 hours, HMS Triad would encounter a second Italian submarine, Enrico Toti, with fatal consequences. | |||||||
| 2. | Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 8 Nov 1940 | 1903 | Messina | 9 Nov 1940 | 1037 | Augusta | 122,5 | Sailed for patrol off Malta in 35°25'N, 15°45'E, but collided with sailing vessel Giuseppe e Maria (V.104) and had to turn back. | |
| 9 Nov 1940 | 0311 | (0) 176° - Murro Light - 5.7 miles. | Santorre Di Santarosa collided with the motor sailing vessel Giuseppe e Maria (V.104, 93 tons) which sank. The submarine was damaged and had to turn back after picking up ten survivors. | |||||||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 6 Dec 1940 | 0830 | Augusta | 6 Dec 1940 | 1135 | Augusta | 10 | Exercises. | ||
| Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 11 Dec 1940 | 0705 | Augusta | 11 Dec 1940 | 1403 | Messina | 73,3 | Passage Augusta-Messina. | ||
| 3. | Salpa (SP) | 26 Jan 1941 | 1400 | Augusta | 27 Jan 1941 | 0907 | Augusta | 124 | Hydrophone Watch off Augusta. Uneventful except for H.E. | |
| 4. | Salpa (SP) | 31 Jan 1941 | 1710 | Augusta | 5 Feb 1941 | 1250 | Augusta | 585 | Sailed for patrol off Cyrenaica. Damaged by A/S craft, but turned back due to defects. | |
| 3 Feb 1941 | 0200 | 35° 50'N, 18° 48'E | At 0200 hours, three enemy destroyers were sighted and they hunted the submarine until 1600 hours. | |||||||
| 5. | Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 1 Feb 1941 | 1507 | Trapani | 5 Feb 1941 | 1205 | Trapani | 495 | Patrolled west of Malta within 15 miles from 35°55'N, 13°35 E on a SE-NW axis. Uneventful except for distant explosions coming from the direction of Malta. | |
| Salpa (SP) | 5 Feb 1941 | 0744 | Augusta | 6 Feb 1941 | 1426 | Messina | 585 | Passage Augusta-Messina [mileage is from 31st January]. | ||
| 6. | Santorre Di Santarosa (SN) | 8 Feb 1941 | 2125 | Trapani | 11 Feb 1941 | 1611 | Trapani | 389 | Patrolled west of Malta within 15 miles from 35°55'N, 13°35'E on a SE-NW axis. Uneventful. | |
| Salpa (SP) | 10 Feb 1941 | 0950 | Messina | 11 Feb 1941 | 1515 | Taranto | 270 | Passage Messina-Taranto. Repairs until 20th March 1941. | ||
| 10 Feb 1941 | 1815 1752 (e) | (0) 278° - Punta Stilo - 5.5 miles. | At 1815 hours, two torpedo wakes were sighted on the starboard side. Salpa put the helm hard to port to avoid them. This attack was made by the submarine HMS Rover (Lieutenant. Commander H.A.L. Marsham, RN). She had sighted a submarine of the PERLA class at a distance of 8,000 yards and, at 1752 hours, fired five torpedoes from a distance of 1,500 yards (a sixth misfired and Marsham believed it was the one that should have hit). At 2300 hours, Salpa encountered a convoy (the Germans Arta, Heraklea and Maritza, all empty, on transfer from Bari to Messina) escprted by the destroyer Baleno and signalled the presence of the enemy submarine. | |||||||
| Salpa (SP) | 14 Feb 1941 | 0245 | Taranto | 14 Feb 1941 | 1220 | Taranto | Trials. | |||
| Salpa (SP) | 24 Mar 1941 | 1128 | Taranto | 24 Mar 1941 | 1816 | Taranto | 36 | Exercises. | ||
| 7. | Salpa (SP) | 31 Mar 1941 | 1645 | Taranto | 14 Apr 1941 | 1545 | Taranto | 1413,5 | Patrolled off Albanian coast in 41°50'N, 18°25'E on a SE-NW axis, off Cape Krio. Sighted MAS boats and heard H.E. | |
| 8. | Salpa (SP) | 25 Apr 1941 | 1837 | Taranto | 26 Apr 1941 | 1105 | Taranto | 88 | Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
| 9. | Salpa (SP) | 27 Apr 1941 | 2110 | Taranto | 28 Apr 1941 | 1048 | Taranto | 95 | Hydrophone Watch in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. | |
26 entries. 26 total patrol entries (9 marked as war patrols) and 4 events.