Italian submarines in World War Two

Italian Commanders

Raul Galletti

Born	27 Dec 1907		Buenos Aires
Died	9 Feb 1987	(79)	Brindisi

Ranks

		T.V.	Tenente di Vascello
		C.C.	Capitano di Corvetta

Decorations

		Ufficiale dell'ordine della Corona d'Italia
3 Oct 1941		Medaglia d'argento al valore militare
27 Jun 1942		Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare
25 Jan 1943		Medaglia d'argento al valore militare
11 Mar 1943		Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare
11 Mar 1943		Medaglia d'argento al valore militare
11 Mar 1947		Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare

Career information

SIRENA (T.V. C.O.): from 03.02.1940 to 27.10.1940.
H.1 (T.V. C.O.): from 30.08.1941 to 01.02.1942?
ACCIAIO (T.V. C.O.): from 04.02.1942 to 03.05.1942.
ANTONIO SCIESA (T.V. C.O.): from 04.05.1942 to 13.11.1942 (sunk, survived).
Promoted C.C. ca. February 1943.
DELFINO (C.C. resp.): from 08.02.1943 to 28.02.1943 (repairs at Taranto).
GIOVANNI DA PROCIDA (C.C. resp.): from 06.03.1943 to 17.07.1943 (not operational at Taranto)
TITO SPERI (C.C. resp.): from 07.03.1943 to 28.06.1943 (in reserve at Taranto).
ATROPO (C.C. C.O.): from 03.05.1943 to 20.05.1943.
TITO SPERI C.C. resp.): from 02.07.1943 to 17.07.1943 (in reserve at Taranto).

Commands listed for Raul Galletti

Submarine	Type	Rank	From	To
Sirena (SI)	Coastal / Sea going	T.V.	3 Feb 1940	27 Oct 1940
H 1 (H1, P.56)	Coastal	T.V.	30 Aug 1941	1 Feb 1942
Acciaio (AC)	Coastal / Sea going	T.V.	4 Feb 1942	3 May 1942
Antonio Sciesa (SC)	Ocean going	T.V.	4 May 1942	12 Nov 1942
Delfino (DL)	Ocean going	C.C.	8 Feb 1943	28 Feb 1943
Atropo (AT, N.51)	Minelaying	C.C.	3 May 1943	20 May 1943
Tito Speri (TS)	Ocean going	C.C.	7 Mar 1943	28 Jun 1943
Giovanni da Procida (DP)	Ocean going	C.C.	6 Mar 1943	17 Jul 1943
Tito Speri (TS)	Ocean going	C.C.	2 Jul 1943	17 Jul 1943

Ships hit by Raul Galletti

No ships hit by this Commander.

War patrols listed for Raul Galletti

	Submarine	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
	Sirena (SI)	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.	Sirena (SI)	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.

	Sirena (SI)	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.

	Sirena (SI)	1 Jul 1940	0518	Crotone	1 Jul 1940	1655	Taranto	110	Passage Crotone-Taranto.

	Sirena (SI)	15 Aug 1940	0807	Taranto	15 Aug 1940	1822	Taranto	41,5	Exercises.

	Sirena (SI)	17 Aug 1940	0738	Taranto	17 Aug 1940	1800	Taranto	50,7	Exercises.

	Sirena (SI)	19 Aug 1940	0734	Taranto	19 Aug 1940	1915	Taranto	81	Exercises.

	Sirena (SI)	21 Aug 1940	1321	Taranto	21 Aug 1940	1600	Taranto	3	Exercises.

2.	Sirena (SI)	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.

	Sirena (SI)	23 Oct 1940	1300	Taranto	23 Oct 1940	1635	Taranto	18,7	Trials.

	Sirena (SI)	24 Oct 1940	1300	Taranto	24 Oct 1940	1655	Taranto	23,5	Exercises.

	Sirena (SI)	26 Oct 1940	1300	Taranto	26 Oct 1940	1725	Taranto	26,8	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	3 Sep 1941	0850	La Spezia	3 Sep 1941	1710	La Spezia	33,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Sep 1941	0838	La Spezia	5 Sep 1941	1318	La Spezia	24,5	Exercises with H.4 and H.6, escorted by the auxiliaries Capodistria and Torre Annunziata.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	7 Sep 1941	0940	La Spezia	7 Sep 1941	1845	La Spezia	38	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	9 Sep 1941	0842	La Spezia	9 Sep 1941	1710	La Spezia	27	Exercises with H.4, escorted by the auxiliaries Capodistria and Santantioco.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	12 Sep 1941	0900	La Spezia	12 Sep 1941	1512	La Spezia	29	Exercises.

3.	H 1 (H1, P.56)	12 Sep 1941	1615	La Spezia	15 Sep 1941	0825	La Spezia	273	Patrolled with Colonna and H.6 in Gulf of Genoa, on a line 6 miles 017°-197° from 44°14'N, 08°59'E, following a report of a British naval force from Gibraltar. Uneventful.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	19 Sep 1941	0850	La Spezia	19 Sep 1941	1710	La Spezia	27,5	Exercises with Da Procida and H.6 escorted by the auxiliaries S. Antioco, Capodistria, Crotone and Rimini.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	25 Sep 1941	0745	La Spezia	25 Sep 1941	1630	La Spezia	34	Exercises with with the tug Favignana, MAS 505 and MAS 571.

4.	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Sep 1941	1830	La Spezia	29 Sep 1941	0850	Santa Margherita Ligure	248,5	Patrolled with Da Procida, Beilul, H.4 and H.6 in Gulf of Genoa, on a line miles 6 miles 153°-333° from 44°11'N, 08°56'E, in anticipation of an enemy force from Gibraltar. Uneventful except for sighting antiaircraft fire from the direction of Genoa.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	30 Sep 1941	18300720	Santa Margherita Ligure	30 Sep 1941	1228	La Spezia	39	Passage Santa Margherita Ligure-La Spezia.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	30 Sep 1941	0720	Santa Margherita Ligure	30 Sep 1941	1228	La Spezia	39	Passage Santa Margherita Ligure-La Spezia.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	2 Oct 1941	0720	La Spezia	2 Oct 1941	1430	La Spezia	43	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	8 Oct 1941	1825	La Spezia	9 Oct 1941	0023	La Spezia	43	Exercises with H.4 and H.6, escorted by the auxiliary Taormina.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	14 Oct 1941	1145	La Spezia	14 Oct 1941	1742	La Spezia	26	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	18 Oct 1941	1230	La Spezia	18 Oct 1941	1415	La Spezia	12	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	19 Oct 1941	1846	La Spezia	19 Oct 1941	2016	La Spezia	9,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Oct 1941	0855	La Spezia	21 Oct 1941	1653	La Spezia	28	Exercises with the submarine H.4 escorted by the auxiliary Capodistria.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	23 Oct 1941	0725	La Spezia	23 Oct 1941	1440	La Spezia	26	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	24 Oct 1941	0750	La Spezia	24 Oct 1941	1148	La Spezia	22,5	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Capodistria and Torre Annunziata.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	31 Oct 1941	0905	La Spezia	31 Oct 1941	1050	La Spezia	11	Exercises with the submarine H.4 escorted by the auxiliaries Capodistria and Crotone.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	14 Nov 1941	0858	La Spezia	14 Nov 1941	1427	La Spezia	24	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Nov 1941	0812	La Spezia	15 Nov 1941	1538	La Spezia	33	Exercises with the submarine Acciaio, escorted by the destroyer Premuda and MAS 570.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	21 Nov 1941	1200	La Spezia	21 Nov 1941	1845	La Spezia	35	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	25 Nov 1941	0830	La Spezia	25 Nov 1941	1242	La Spezia	18	Exercises with the submarines H.6, Colonna and Cobalto, escorted by the torpedo boat La Masa and MAS 510.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	26 Nov 1941	0830	La Spezia	26 Nov 1941	1340	La Spezia	20	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	28 Nov 1941	1244	La Spezia	28 Nov 1941	1539	La Spezia	25,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	29 Nov 1941	0857	La Spezia	29 Nov 1941	1626	La Spezia	24,5	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	2 Dec 1941	0850	La Spezia	2 Dec 1941	1650	La Spezia	31	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Capodistria and two MAS boats.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	3 Dec 1941	0930	La Spezia	3 Dec 1941	1630	La Spezia		Exercises with the submarine H.4, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Capodistria, MAS 510 and MAS 525.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	5 Dec 1941	0854	La Spezia	5 Dec 1941	1520	La Spezia	19	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Favignana, MAS 510 and MAS 525.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	19 Dec 1941	0840	La Spezia	19 Dec 1941	1350	La Spezia	25	Exercises with the submarines Malachite and Da Procida, escorted by the auxiliaries Porto Sdobba, Crotone and Capodistria, MAS 507 and MAS 510.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	27 Dec 1941	0845	La Spezia	27 Dec 1941	1326	La Spezia	25	Exercises with the submarine Platino, escorted by the auxiliaries Capodistria and Crotone.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	30 Dec 1941	0848	La Spezia	30 Dec 1941	1042	La Spezia	11,5	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Favignana.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	2 Jan 1942	0827	La Spezia	2 Jan 1942	1258	La Spezia	25,5	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Capodistria.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	11 Jan 1942	0820	La Spezia	11 Jan 1942	1155	La Spezia	21	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	15 Jan 1942	0852	La Spezia	15 Jan 1942	1540	La Spezia	23	Exercises.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	28 Jan 1942	0825	La Spezia	28 Jan 1942	1318	La Spezia	20	Exercises with the submarine H.6, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Capodistria.

	H 1 (H1, P.56)	31 Jan 1942	0837	La Spezia	31 Jan 1942	1505	Genoa	50	Passage La Spezia-Genoa for refit.

	Acciaio (AC)	4 Feb 1942	0855	La Spezia	4 Feb 1942	1736	La Spezia	60,5	Exercises with electric G7e torpedoes, escorted by the auxiliary Crotone.

	Acciaio (AC)	6 Feb 1942	1030	La Spezia	6 Feb 1942	1730	La Spezia	2	Gyrocompass trials.

	Acciaio (AC)	7 Feb 1942	0907	La Spezia	7 Feb 1942	1553	La Spezia	10,5	Silent running trials.

	Acciaio (AC)	9 Feb 1942	0900	La Spezia	9 Feb 1942	1618	La Spezia	50,2	Diving trials to a depth of 80 metres and machine-gun firing exercises.

	Acciaio (AC)	16 Feb 1942	0900	La Spezia	16 Feb 1942	1745	La Spezia	12,5	Exercises.

	Acciaio (AC)	19 Feb 1942	0848	La Spezia	19 Feb 1942	1200	La Spezia	5,5	Exercises with the submarines Ambra and Rismondo, escorted by the auxiliaries Crotone and Porto Sdobba.

	Acciaio (AC)	20 Feb 1942	0820	La Spezia	20 Feb 1942	1437	La Spezia	20,7	Gunfire exercises.

	Acciaio (AC)	2 Mar 1942	0753	La Spezia	2 Mar 1942	1700	La Spezia	40,8	Exercises firing torpedoes by day. Escorted by the torpedo boat La Masa and the auxiliaries Crotone, Torre Annunziata and Santantioco.

	Acciaio (AC)	11 Mar 1942	1835	La Spezia	12 Mar 1942	0135	La Spezia	35	Exercises firing torpedoes by night with the torpedo boat Carini.

	Acciaio (AC)	12 Mar 1942	0740	La Spezia	12 Mar 1942	1137	La Spezia	35	Search for torpedoes.

	Acciaio (AC)	14 Mar 1942	0945	La Spezia	16 Mar 1942	1755	Augusta	710,2	Passage La Spezia-Augusta. Uneventful.

5.	Acciaio (AC)	26 Mar 1942	1854	Augusta	12 Apr 1942	0815	Augusta	1751	Escorted out by the minesweeper Maria Capo Colonne for a patrol north of Libya, between 33°55'N and 34°05'N, and between 22°50'E and 23°50'E. On 8th April, ordered to Grids 7610 and 7636 (60 miles to the west of her initial area), but her patrol was cut short due to serious engine defects which required two months of repairs.
		27 Mar 1942	0845		At 0845 hours, an aircraft was seen and the submarine dived.
		27 Mar 1942	1320		At 1320 hours, a vessel was sighted at a distance of 7,000 metres. The submarine maneuvered to attack on the surface, but then sighted an aircraft at a distance of 4,000 metres. It proved to be Italian and the vessel was later identified as a hospital ship.
		30 Mar 1942	0420		At 0420 hours, a Catalina aircraft was sighted at a distance of 300 metres, flying at an altitude of 300-400 metres and steering 110° and the submarine crash-dived.

	Acciaio (AC)	28 Apr 1942	1525	Augusta	28 Apr 1942	1835	Augusta	7	Trials.

	Acciaio (AC)	30 Apr 1942		Augusta	30 Apr 1942		Augusta	7	The Prince of Piedmont, who in 1946, as Umberto II, would become the last King of Italy [his reign would last only a month], visited the submarine base at Augusta and boarded Acciaio to review her crew.

	Acciaio (AC)	2 May 1942	0810	Augusta	2 May 1942	1130	Augusta	14,1	Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Diversi.

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	4 Jun 1942	0820	Taranto	4 Jun 1942	1450	Taranto	47,2	Trials.

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	6 Jun 1942	0830	Taranto	6 Jun 1942	1322	Taranto	28	Trials.

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	11 Jun 1942	0845	Taranto	11 Jun 1942	1637	Taranto	36,2	Trials.

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	23 Jun 1942	0735	Taranto	23 Jun 1942	1835	Taranto	72,7	Trials.

6.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	29 Jun 1942	1120	Taranto	3 Jul 1942	0415	Ras Hilal	634,3	Supply mission to Derna (68 tons: 64 tons of German petrol and 4 tons of foodstuff). As she arrived off this port, was ordered to Ras Hilal . Arrived with a defective air compressor and was assisted by Bragadino to recharge her compressors.
		30 Jun 1942	0515	37° 29'N, 18° 49'E	Six unknown aircraft were observed at a distance of 5,000 metres and the submarine dived. Five minutes later three explosions were heard but the submarine escaped unscathed.
		2 Jul 1942	0330	(0) 5 miles from Derna.	The submarine had bottomed in 47 meters, while attempts were made to carry out repairs of a compressor, when a short-circuit caused a fire. It was quickly extinguished thanks to the prompt intervention of the engineer Francesco Lamotta.

7.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	4 Jul 1942	1615	Ras Hilal	4 Jul 1942	1745	Ras Hilal		At Ras Hilal. Surprise visit by the Duce.
		4 Jul 1942	1615-1745	(0) Ras el Hilal.	The Duce made an impromptu visit of the submarine and was met with enthusiasm. He thanked the submariners for their sacrifice.

8.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	6 Jul 1942	2015	Ras Hilal	9 Jul 1942	1530	Taranto	1097	Return trip from supply mission to Ras Hilal. Uneventful.

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	22 Jul 1942	0830	Taranto	22 Jul 1942	1430	Taranto	36,7	Exercises.

9.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	24 Jul 1942	1425	Taranto	28 Jul 1942	0915	Tobruk	606,6	Supply mission to Tobruk (71.6 tons: 64.6 tons of petrol for MAS and 7 tons of foodstuff). Uneventful. Only partly unloaded at Tobruk and was ordered to sail in the evening and return the next morning.
		26 Jul 1942	2100C (e)	(e) 34° 10'N, 22° 20'E	The submarine had just surfaced when a RAF aircraft sighted her and reported her position as 34°17' N, 22°20' E, course 150°, 12 knots. Sciesa did not notice the aircraft. The submarine HMS Thorn was informed by Senior Officer 1st Submarine Flotilla's signal of 2125C/26 but did not manage to intercept her.

10.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	28 Jul 1942	1800	Tobruk	29 Jul 1942	0955	Tobruk		Sortie to submerge outside the harbour.

11.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	29 Jul 1942	1857	Tobruk	3 Aug 1942	1445	Taranto	1421	Return trip from supply mission to Tobruk. Uneventful [mileage is for round trip].

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	16 Aug 1942	1340	Taranto	16 Aug 1942	1743	Taranto	13	Trials.

12.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	19 Aug 1942	1445	Taranto	22 Aug 1942	0945	Benghazi		Supply mission to Benghazi (73 tons: 63 tons of German ammunition and 10 tons of foodstuff).
		21 Aug 1942	1920	34° 20'N, 19° 18'E (0) NW of Benghazi.	An enemy submarine was sighted and Antonio Sciesa made a signal reporting the encounter. However, no British submarine operated in the area.

13.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	22 Aug 1942	1905	Benghazi	26 Aug 1942	1315	Taranto	955	Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi. Uneventful. Heard only H.E [mileage is for round trip].

	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	28 Sep 1942	0852	Taranto	28 Sep 1942	1710	Taranto	44	Exercises.

14.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	1 Oct 1942	1330	Taranto	5 Oct 1942	0810	Benghazi		Supply mission to Benghazi (71.9 tons: 51.5 tons of Italian ammunition, 11.6 tons of foodstuff, 8.6 tons of valuables).
		3 Oct 1942	1839	34° 57'N, 17° 38'E	A periscope was observed at a distance of 400-500 metres and the Italian submarine turned away immediately. No British submarine operated in the vicinity.

15.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	5 Oct 1942	1730	Benghazi	8 Oct 1942	1500	Taranto	1072	Return trip from supply mission to Benghazi [mileage is for round trip].
		6 Oct 1942	2118 2212 (e)	34° 41'N, 19° 21'E (e) 34° 58'N, 19° 21'E (0) 328° - Tolmeita - 146 miles.	An enemy submarine was initially sighted at 2109 hours at a distance of 4,200-4,500 metres. This was HMS Rorqual (Lt. Cdr. Lennox William Napier, RN), who made a challenge at 2114 hours. Lennox hesitated to attack as the submarine might have been HMS Parthian. At 2118 hours, Antonio Sciesa fired a single torpedo (533mm, W.260 type) at about 800 metres, an explosion was heard giving a running range of 1,200 metres and the enemy submarine was claimed sunk. In fact, HMS Rorqual was unscathed but had also heard the explosion at 2124 hours, turned away and dived.

16.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	30 Oct 1942	1845	Taranto	31 Oct 1942	0500	Taranto	94,5	Supply mission to Benghazi with 84 tons of stores (ammunition and surgical material) but aborted due to defects to the port diesel engine, which forced her to return.

17.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	3 Nov 1942	1100	Taranto	6 Nov 1942	0800	Tobruk	667,5	Supply mission to Tobruk (85.8 tons: 84.8 tons of ammunition and one ton of surgical material). Damaged at 1521/6 November 1942, by USAAF bombers (three bomb hits). Twenty-three killed, thirty-three survivors (including fourteen wounded).
		4 Nov 1942	0900		Three unknown aircraft were observed at a distance of 5,000 metres and the submarine dived.
		5 Nov 1942	1430	(0) About 80 miles north of Ras Hilal.	Three unknown aircraft were observed at a distance of 3,000 metres and the submarine dived.
		6 Nov 1942	1521	(0) Tobruk harbour.	The submarine was anchored in Tobruk harbour when the USAAF raided the town. She was hit by three bombs and had twenty-three killed and fourteen wounded. The submarine had not yet unloaded her full cargo and about 100 cases of ammunition remained on board. Galletti was on land at the time of the attack; he was slightly wounded and rendered temporarily deaf by a bomb, which fell only three metres from him.

18.	Antonio Sciesa (SC)	12 Nov 1942		Tobruk	12 Nov 1942		Scuttled		Scuttled off Tobruk in 32°04.6'N, 23°59.2'E to avoid capture as she was unable to sail.
		12 Nov 1942		32° 04'N, 23° 59'E (0) Tobruk harbour.	Antonio Sciesa was unable to sail due to the bombing damage. The submarine had to be scuttled to avoid falling into enemy hands, as the Axis forces were withdrawing through Cyrenaica after the battle of El Alamein. Her wreck was found by British forces on 13th November.

	Delfino (DL)	8 Feb 1943		Taranto	28 Feb 1943		Taranto		Repairs in Taranto. Change in command.

	Giovanni da Procida (DP)	6 Mar 1943		Taranto	17 Jul 1943		Taranto		In Taranto. Change in command. Not operational until Armistice.

	Tito Speri (TS)	7 Mar 1943		Taranto	28 Jun 1943		Taranto		In reserve at Taranto.

	Atropo (AT, N.51)	18 May 1943	1215	Taranto	18 May 1943	1755	Taranto	23	Exercises.

	Atropo (AT, N.51)	19 May 1943	1250	Taranto	19 May 1943	1822	Taranto	22	Exercises [with the auxiliary Claretta?]

	Atropo (AT, N.51)	20 May 1943	0740	Taranto	20 May 1943	1145	Taranto	24	Exercises.

	Tito Speri (TS)	2 Jul 1943		Taranto	17 Jul 1943		Taranto		In reserve at Taranto.

101 entries. 92 total patrol entries (18 marked as war patrols) and 22 events.

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