Italian submarines in World War Two

Italian Commanders

Francesco Gallinaro

Born	27 Nov 1914		Gaeta
Died	26 May 2016	(101)	Gaeta

Ranks

		G.M.	Guardiamarina
		S.T.V.	Sottotenente di Vascello

Decorations

16 Nov 1942

Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare

Career information

JANTINA (G.M. Navigation Officer): from 12.09.1937 to November 1940+.
C.B.6 (S.T.V. C.O.): from 10.05.1941 to October 1942.

Commands listed for Francesco Gallinaro

Submarine	Type	Rank	From	To
CB 6 ()		S.T.V.	10 May 1941	Oct 1942

Ships hit by Francesco Gallinaro

No ships hit by this Commander.

War patrols listed for Francesco Gallinaro

	Submarine	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
	CB 6 ()	10 May 1941		La Spezia	10 May 1941		La Spezia		Commissioned.

	CB 6 ()	30 May 1941		La Spezia	30 May 1941		La Spezia		Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	15 Jun 1941		La Spezia	15 Jun 1941		La Spezia		Joined MARICOSOM.

	CB 6 ()	25 Jun 1941	1550	La Spezia	25 Jun 1941	1735	La Spezia		Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	26 Jun 1941	0840	La Spezia	26 Jun 1941	1210	La Spezia	21	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	27 Jun 1941	1445	La Spezia	27 Jun 1941	1730	La Spezia	15,5	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	30 Jun 1941	0945	La Spezia	30 Jun 1941	1435	La Spezia	30,6	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	9 Jul 1941	0840	La Spezia	9 Jul 1941	1740	La Spezia	27	Exercises.

1.	CB 6 ()	11 Jul 1941	1505	La Spezia	15 Jul 1941	1210	La Spezia	318	Defensive patrol.

	CB 6 ()	1 Aug 1941	0830	La Spezia	1 Aug 1941	1135	La Spezia	10,4	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	2 Aug 1941	0800	La Spezia	2 Aug 1941	1830	La Spezia	6	Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat La Masa.

	CB 6 ()	14 Aug 1941	1020	La Spezia	14 Aug 1941	1840	La Spezia	9	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	15 Aug 1941	1555	La Spezia	16 Aug 1941	1315	La Spezia	34	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	16 Aug 1941	0850	La Spezia	16 Aug 1941	1340	La Spezia	26,5	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	19 Aug 1941	1320	La Spezia	19 Aug 1941	2145	La Spezia	2,8	Exercises. Then moved to Naples by train.

	CB 6 ()	24 Aug 1941	1240	Naples	24 Aug 1941	1300	Naples	2	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	25 Aug 1941	1900	Naples	25 Aug 1941	1920	Naples	0,1	Diving exercises.

	CB 6 ()	26 Aug 1941	0550	Naples	26 Aug 1941	1320	Salerno	45	Passage Naples-Salerno.

	CB 6 ()	20 Sep 1941	0930	Salerno	20 Sep 1941	1030	Salerno	1,5	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	23 Sep 1941	1545	Salerno	23 Sep 1941	1715	Salerno	7,5	Exercises.

2.	CB 6 ()	25 Sep 1941	1800	Salerno	26 Sep 1941	0915	Salerno	80	Antisubmarine patrol off Salerno near Cape D'Orso. Uneventful.

3.	CB 6 ()	7 Oct 1941	1605	Salerno	9 Oct 1941	0945	Salerno	138	Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.

4.	CB 6 ()	25 Oct 1941	1800	Salerno	26 Oct 1941	0835	Salerno	75,5	Surface antisubmarine patrol with CB 5. Uneventful.

	CB 6 ()	17 Nov 1941	0915	Salerno	17 Nov 1941	1730	Salerno		Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	21 Nov 1941	0830	Salerno	21 Nov 1941	1435	Salerno		Exercises.

5.	CB 6 ()	23 Nov 1941	1800	Salerno	24 Nov 1941	0915	Salerno	75	Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.

	CB 6 ()	25 Nov 1941	0830	Salerno	25 Nov 1941	1230	Salerno		Exercises, escorted by the motorboats A.S.65 and A.S.83.

	CB 6 ()	27 Nov 1941	0850	Salerno	27 Nov 1941	1400	Salerno		Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	28 Nov 1941	0925	Salerno	28 Nov 1941	1230	Salerno		Exercises.

6.	CB 6 ()	15 Dec 1941	1630	Salerno	16 Dec 1941	1130	Salerno	102	Antisubmarine patrol. Uneventful.

	CB 6 ()	19 Dec 1941	1010	Salerno	19 Dec 1941	1616	Salerno	40	Passage Salerno-Naples.

	CB 6 ()	21 Dec 1941	0825	Naples	21 Dec 1941	1420	Salerno	40	Passage Naples-Salerno.

	CB 6 ()	14 Jan 1942	0945	Salerno	14 Jan 1942	1500	Naples	40	Passage Salerno-Naples.

	CB 6 ()	7 Mar 1942	Date???	Naples	9 Mar 1942		La Spezia		Transported to La Spezia (by train?).

	CB 6 ()	5 May 1942		Galatz	7 May 1942	1945	Costanza		Passage Galatz-Costanza.

	CB 6 ()	22 May 1942	0945	Costanza	22 May 1942	1400	Costanza		Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	9 Jun 1942	0030	Costanza	11 Jun 1942	1030	Yalta	298,5	Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 4 and CB 5.
		11 Jun 1942	0130		At 0130 hours, a Soviet MTB was sighted at 700 metres, steering 270°. Possibly one of three MO-cutters escorting the steamer *Belostok* (2,034 GRT, built 1933) to Sevastopol. No action was taken as the boat very quickly disappeared at high speed.

7.	CB 2 ()	12 Jun 1942	1425	Yalta	14 Jun 1942	0930	Yalta	144	Patrolled south of Sevastopol, on the meridian of Cape Sarych, 30 miles from the cape, then at dawn of the 13th 182° - Cape Chersonese - 22 miles. Uneventful.

	CB 6 ()	13 Jun 1942		Yalta	13 Jun 1942		Yalta	16	Exercises.

	CB 6 ()	14 Jun 1942		Yalta	14 Jun 1942		Yalta	15	Exercises.

8.	CB 6 ()	18 Jun 1942	2000	Yalta	19 Jun 1942	0700	Yalta	36	Patrolled south of Yalta. uneventful. Heard only H.E.

9.	CB 6 ()	19 Jun 1942	1710	Yalta	21 Jun 1942	1000	Yalta	130	Patrolled south of Sevastopol and southwest of Cape Sarych. Uneventful. Probably sighted by Soviet submarine S-31 at 1400 hours on the 20th in 43°54.6'N, 34°14.5'E.

	CB 6 ()	28 Jun 1942	1415	Yalta	30 Jun 1942	1945	Balcic		Passage Yalta-Balcic in rough weather.

	CB 6 ()	1 Jul 1942	0900	Balcic	1 Jul 1942	2215	Costanza	303	Passage Balcic-Costanza.

	CB 6 ()	15 Aug 1942	1215	Costanza	18 Aug 1942	0130	Costanza	230	Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 2 and CB 3, but all returned because of heavy seas and defects.

	CB 6 ()	29 Aug 1942	1830	Costanza	30 Aug 1942	1335	Sulina	171	Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 1. Uneventful.

10.	CB 6 ()	31 Aug 1942	1230	Sulina	2 Sep 1942	1230	Sulina		Patrolled north of Sulina between (a) 45°51'30'N, 30°24'E (b) 45°43.5'N, 30°33.5'E (C) 45°34.5'N, 30°18'E (D) 45°42'15'N, 30°09'E. Uneventful.

	CB 6 ()	4 Sep 1942	1400	Sulina	5 Sep 1942	0720	Costanza	315	Passage Sulina-Costanza with CB 1 [mileage from 29th August].
		4 Sep 1942	1800		At 1800 hours, a Rumanian convoy was sighted and exchanged recognition signals.

	CB 6 ()	13 Sep 1942	1835	Costanza	14 Sep 1942	1330	Sulina		Passage Costanza-Sulina with CB 1 and CB 4. Uneventful.

11.	CB 6 ()	16 Sep 1942	1900	Sulina	17 Sep 1942	0725	Sulina		Sailed toward the north with CB 1 and CB 4 and a Rumanian convoy (also reported as convoy of German F-lighters) but the bad weather forced them back at 0100 hours on the 17th.

12.	CB 6 ()	19 Sep 1942	1810	Sulina	20 Sep 1942	1630	Otschakov		Passage Sulina-Otschakov with CB 1 and CB 4 and a convoy. Uneventful.

13.	CB 6 ()	25 Sep 1942	1215	Otschakov	26 Sep 1942	1650	Ak Metchet		Passage Otschakov-Ak Metchet with CB 1 and CB 4 and a convoy, CB 6 was towed by the lighter F-342 for part of the trip.

14.	CB 6 ()	28 Sep 1942	1000	Ak Metchet	28 Sep 1942	1830	Skadowsk		Passage Ak Metchet-Skadowsk with CB 1 and CB 4. Uneventful.

15.	CB 6 ()	15 Oct 1942	0900	Skadowsk	15 Oct 1942	1805	Ak Metchet		Passage Skadowsk-Ak Metchet with CB 1 and CB 4 and a convoy. Uneventful.

16.	CB 6 ()	15 Oct 1942	2100	Ak Metchet	16 Oct 1942	1500	Sevastopol	608,85	Passage Ak Metchet-Sevastopol. Uneventful.

55 entries. 55 total patrol entries (16 marked as war patrols) and 2 events.

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