Carlo Gandolfo
| Ranks
Decorations| 7 Nov 1942 | | Medaglia d'argento al valore militare | | 23 May 1944 | | Croce di guerra al valore militare | | 24 Dec 1944 | | Medaglia di bronzo al valore militare | | 24 Jan 1946 | | Croce di guerra al valore militare |
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Career information
TRICHECO (T.V. C.O.): from 21.03.1941 to 15.11.1941.
Commands listed for Carlo Gandolfo
| Submarine |
Type |
Rank |
From |
To |
| Tricheco (TR) | Ocean going | T.V. | 21 Mar 1941 | 15 Nov 1941 |
Ships hit by Carlo Gandolfo
No ships hit by this Commander.
War patrols listed for Carlo Gandolfo
| | Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 23 Mar 1941 | 0935 | Naples | 23 Mar 1941 | 1745 | Naples | 29 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 26 Mar 1941 | 1352 | Naples | 26 Mar 1941 | 1747 | Naples | 32 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 29 Mar 1941 | 0910 | Naples | 29 Mar 1941 | 1945 | Naples | 70 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 5 Apr 1941 | 0846 | Naples | 5 Apr 1941 | 1545 | Naples | 69 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 7 Apr 1941 | 0855 | Naples | 7 Apr 1941 | 1700 | Naples | 41 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 10 Apr 1941 | 0720 | Naples | 10 Apr 1941 | 1800 | Naples | 62,5 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 12 Apr 1941 | 0810 | Naples | 12 Apr 1941 | 1610 | Naples | 44 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 14 Apr 1941 | 0825 | Naples | 14 Apr 1941 | 1500 | Naples | 31,5 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 19 Apr 1941 | 0820 | Naples | 19 Apr 1941 | 1550 | Naples | 46,5 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 21 Apr 1941 | 1045 | Naples | 21 Apr 1941 | 1720 | Naples | 40 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 23 Apr 1941 | 1213 | Naples | 23 Apr 1941 | 1848 | Naples | 45 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 26 Apr 1941 | 0816 | Naples | 26 Apr 1941 | 1240 | Naples | 35 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 28 Apr 1941 | 1215 | Naples | 30 Apr 1941 | 0848 | Taranto | 488 | Passage Naples-Taranto. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 6 May 1941 | 0735 | Taranto | 6 May 1941 | 1715 | Taranto | 75 | Exercises. |
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| 1. | Tricheco (TR) | 7 May 1941 | 2110 | Taranto | 8 May 1941 | 1000 | Taranto | 93 | Defensive patrol (hydrophone watch) in Gulf of Taranto. Uneventful. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 9 May 1941 | 1032 | Taranto | 10 May 1941 | 1450 | Augusta | 317,5 | Passage Augusta-Taranto. |
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| 2. | Tricheco (TR) | 13 May 1941 | 2130 | Augusta | 29 May 1941 | 0816 | Messina | 1576 | Patrolled north of Sollum between 31°50'N and 32°20'N, and between 25°20'E and 26°00'E. Uneventful except for H.E. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 22 Jun 1941 | 0820 | Messina | 22 Jun 1941 | 1210 | Messina | 26 | Trials escorted by MAS 524 and Castiglia. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 28 Jun 1941 | 0820 | Messina | 28 Jun 1941 | 1540 | Messina | 40,5 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 9 Jul 1941 | 0800 | Messina | 9 Jul 1941 | 0900 | Messina | 6 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 11 Jul 1941 | 1240 | Messina | 11 Jul 1941 | 1750 | Messina | 38 | Exercises |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 15 Jul 1941 | 0805 | Messina | 15 Jul 1941 | 1600 | Messina | 158,5 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 28 Jul 1941 | 0845 | Messina | 28 Jul 1941 | 1235 | Messina | 18 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 6 Aug 1941 | 1050 | Messina | 6 Aug 1941 | 1723 | Messina | 43 | Exercises escorted by the auxiliary Castiglia. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 7 Aug 1941 | 0843 | Messina | 7 Aug 1941 | 1840 | Messina | 61 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliary Castiglia. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 8 Aug 1941 | 0910 | Messina | 8 Aug 1941 | 1638 | Messina | 44,5 | Exercises. |
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| 3. | Tricheco (TR) | 13 Aug 1941 | 1218 | Messina | 15 Aug 1941 | 1248 | Messina | 353,1 | Patrolled east of Malta, within 10 miles from 35°46'N, 16°04'E on the meridian. Uneventful. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 19 Aug 1941 | 0830 | Messina | 19 Aug 1941 | 1805 | Messina | 59 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 20 Aug 1941 | 0705 | Messina | 20 Aug 1941 | 1720 | Messina | 60 | Exercises. |
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| 4. | Tricheco (TR) | 23 Aug 1941 | 0748 | Messina | 27 Aug 1941 | 1834 | Messina | 628,9 | Patrolled between Pantelleria and Malta, within 10 miles from 36°46'N, 12°52'E on a SE-NW axis. Uneventful. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 2 Sep 1941 | 0900 | Messina | 2 Sep 1941 | 1100 | Messina | 18 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 19 Sep 1941 | 0809 | Messina | 19 Sep 1941 | 1545 | Messina | 55 | Exercises escorted by the auxiliary Marzano. |
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| 5. | Tricheco (TR) | 22 Sep 1941 | 2215 | Messina | 7 Oct 1941 | 1900 | Augusta | 1713 | Patrolled 60 miles north of Ras Amer. No ship sighted during this patrol. |
| | | 7 Oct 1941 | 0855
0700 (e) | 36° 45'N, 15° 34'E | An aircraft identified as a Blenheim bomber (it was actually Maryland B.S.762 of 69 Squadron piloted by Sergeant G.W. Bates) was observed arriving from the northwest. Tricheco put up an accurate antiaircraft fire at a range of 1,500 metres and the aircraft attempted to strafe her without success. At 0936 hours, before an attack could be renewed, the submarine dived. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 22 Oct 1941 | 0745 | Augusta | 22 Oct 1941 | 1106 | Augusta | 17,3 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 28 Oct 1941 | 0822 | Augusta | 28 Oct 1941 | 1210 | Augusta | 24,2 | Exercises escorted by the auxiliary minesweeper 204. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 7 Nov 1941 | 0818 | Augusta | 7 Nov 1941 | 1210 | Augusta | 19,2 | Exercises. |
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| Tricheco (TR) | 18 Nov 1941 | 0830 | Augusta | 18 Nov 1941 | 1115 | Augusta | 10,1 | Exercises. |
37 entries. 37 total patrol entries (5 marked as war patrols) and 1 events.
