Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Giovanni Re
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Decorations |
Career information
C.B.6 (G.M. C.O.): from July 1943? to August 1943?C.B.1 (G.M. C.O.): from August 1943? to September 1943?
Commands listed for Giovanni Re
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB 6 () | G.M. | Jul 1943 | Aug 1943 | |
| CB 1 () | G.M. | Aug 1943 | Sep 1943 |
Ships hit by Giovanni Re
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Giovanni Re
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | CB 6 () | 2 Aug 1943 | 0610 | Sevastopol | 4 Aug 1943 | 1900 | Sevastopol | 172 | Antisubmarine patrol with CB 1 off Crimean coast. Uneventful. Sighted only German aircraft. | |
| CB 1 () | 7 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1500 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 6. | |||
| CB 1 () | 7 Aug 1943 | 0500 | Sevastopol | 7 Aug 1943 | 1500 | Yalta | Passage Sevastopol-Yalta with CB 6. | |||
| 2. | CB 1 () | 7 Aug 1943 | 1800 | Yalta | 10 Aug 1943 | 1230 | Sevastopol | 248 | Hydrophone patrol off Yalta with CB 6. | |
| 3. | CB 1 () | 16 Aug 1943 | 0600 | Sevastopol | 18 Aug 1943 | 1445 | Sevastopol | A/S patrol between (a) 44°15'N, 33°45'E (b) 44°00N, 33°45'E (c) 44°15'N, 34°15'E (d) 44°15'N, 34°45'E. Only sailing orders have survived. | ||
| 4. | CB 1 () | 22 Aug 1943 | 0510 | Sevastopol | 23 Aug 1943 | 2230 | Sevastopol | Patrolled between 45°00'N and 45°30'N, and between 32°00'E and 32°30'E. | ||
| 23 Aug 1943 | 0300 | 45° 12'N, 32° 30'E (0) Approximately. | At 0300 hours, a torpedo missed CB 1. It was probably fired by the same submarine (SC-203) attacked and sunk by CB 4 a half hour later. In 1949, the wreck of SC-203 was located. Her no. 1 and no. 4 tubes were found empty and speculation was made that she fired them at CB 1. | |||||||
| 23 Aug 1943 | 0326 0328 (e) | (0) 35 miles west of Eupatoria or near Luft Quadrat 2681. | At 0326 hours, CB 1 fired two torpedoes at a Soviet submarine. The torpedoes deviated from their course and missed. The target was probably SC-203 (Captain 3rd rank Vladimir Innokentyevich Nemchinov) who would be sunk three days later by CB 4. | |||||||
| 5. | CB 1 () | 30 Aug 1943 | 0645 | Sevastopol | 1 Sep 1943 | 1545 | Sevastopol | Patrolled in Evapatoria Bay. | ||
| CB 1 () | 9 Sep 1943 | Yalta | 9 Sep 1943 | Yalta | Seized at Yalta. | |||||
| 6. | CB 1 () | 15 Sep 1943 | Yalta or Sevastopol (DEU)? | 16 Sep 1943 | 0045 | Yalta | Participated in Operation MAINTLAND. | |||
| 15 Sep 1943 | 2145 (e) | (0) South of Cape Sarych. | At 2145 hours, three enemy vessels were sighted at a range of about 1,000 meters, steering west, speed 6-7 knots. One was a barge or very flat vessel, about 20 metres in length without any superstructure and believed to be carrying ammunition. Four men in rubber suits could be observed on board. The other two vessels seemed to be escorting gunboats. CB 1 fired a single torpedo at a very close range aimed at the barge. It was claimed sunk but the proximity of the explosion of the midget's own torpedo damaged her, causing the breakdown of the engine and a leak aft. Both the gunboats made off, dropping a few depth charges. Apparently the purpose of the Soviet operation was to land agents behind enemy lines. | |||||||
10 entries. 9 total patrol entries (6 marked as war patrols) and 3 events.