Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Giuseppe Bianchini
| Born | 10 Jan 1907 | Palermo | |
| Died | 3 Feb 1981 | (74) | Rome |
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Career information
ARADAM (C.C. C.O.): from 17.12.1939 to 29.07.1941.Commands listed for Giuseppe Bianchini
| Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aradam (AR) | Coastal / Sea going | C.C. | 17 Dec 1939 | 29 Jul 1941 |
Ships hit by Giuseppe Bianchini
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Giuseppe Bianchini
| Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aradam (AR) | 9 Jun 1940 | 1652 | Cagliari | 14 Jun 1940 | 1523 | Cagliari | 390,5 | Sailed to form a patrol line (S2) on the Cape Teulada meridian: Axum - 15 miles south of the Cape. Turchese - 35 miles south of the Cape. Adua - 55 miles south of the Cape. Aradam - 75 miles south of the Cape. | |
| 2. | Aradam (AR) | 20 Jun 1940 | 1836 | Cagliari | 28 Jun 1940 | 0805 | Cagliari | 847 | Patrolled between Cape Croisette and Cape Creus (Spain) in 42°40'N, 04°40'E. | |
| 23 Jun 1940 | 0912 | 42° 40'N, 4° 25'E | At 0912 hours, a warship with two or three funnels was sighted at a distance of 1,500 metres travelling at high speed. A torpedo (533mm) was fired from a bow tube. It missed. | |||||||
| 3. | Aradam (AR) | 3 Jul 1940 | 1423 | Cagliari | 6 Jul 1940 | 0945 | Cagliari | 249 | Sailed with Turchese and patrolled off Cagliari in 38°14'N, 07°40'E. On 4th July, she heard hydrophone noises, which may have been caused by the French battlecruiser Strasbourg, on her way to Toulon after the bombardment of Mers El Kebir. | |
| 4. | Aradam (AR) | 16 Jul 1940 | 0028 | Cagliari | 16 Jul 1940 | 0617 | Cagliari | 47 | Sailed for patrol on a line 10 miles from 38°05'N, 08°20'E to intercept a battleship squadron, on a barrage line with Alagi, to intercept a battleship squadron, but recalled quickly. | |
| 5. | Aradam (AR) | 22 Jul 1940 | 1608 | Cagliari | 9 Aug 1940 | 1430 | La Maddalena | 2118,5 | Sailed with Alagi for patrol on 36°00'N parallel between 02°10'W and 03°20'W, east of Gibraltar, 17 miles east of Alboran then off Cape Falcon. Witnessed an Italian (or French?) air raid on Gibraltar at 2250 hours on 28th July. Sighted only Spanish vessels. | |
| Aradam (AR) | 20 Aug 1940 | 1100 | La Maddalena | 21 Aug 1940 | 1435 | Naples | 253,8 | Passage La Maddalena-Taranto. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 8 Oct 1940 | 0851 | Naples | 8 Oct 1940 | 1710 | Naples | 47,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 11 Oct 1940 | 0935 | Naples | 11 Oct 1940 | 1702 | Naples | 44,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 13 Oct 1940 | 1000 | Naples | 13 Oct 1940 | 1130 | Naples | From 1000 to 1130 hours, while moored in harbour, there was an accidental fire on board the submarine. There were no casualties. | |||
| Aradam (AR) | 1 Nov 1940 | 0837 | Naples | 1 Nov 1940 | 1730 | Naples | 47 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 5 Nov 1940 | 0742 | Naples | 5 Nov 1940 | 1701 | Naples | 48 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 7 Nov 1940 | 0402 | Naples | 8 Nov 1940 | 1238 | Cagliari | 349 | Passage Naples-Cagliari. | ||
| 6. | Aradam (AR) | 9 Nov 1940 | 1836 | Cagliari | 12 Nov 1940 | 2312 | Cagliari | 421 | Sailed to form a patrol line with Alagi, Axum, Diaspro and Medusa, 315° - La Galite - 80 miles, north of Cape Bougaroni, on a line 120 miles west of that point. Uneventful. | |
| 7. | Aradam (AR) | 15 Nov 1940 | 1846 | Cagliari | 19 Nov 1940 | 1645 | Cagliari | 364,5 | Sailed for patrol North of Cape Bougaroni, in 38°10'N, between 07°20'E and 07°40'E, on a barrage line with Diaspro. the bad weather and defects to the port diesel prevented the submarine from reaching the area in time. Heard hydrophone noises but sighted nothing. | |
| 8. | Aradam (AR) | 26 Nov 1940 | 0137 | Cagliari | 2 Dec 1940 | 1733 | Cagliari | 576 | Sailed with Diaspro for patrol in 37°40'N, 08°00'E on a line 10 miles south from this point, off Cape de Fer and Cape Bougaroni on a line with Axum, Diaspro and Alagi. On the night of the 27th, she was ordered to 37°20'N, 06°00'E. Uneventful, except for the bad weather (Force 8). | |
| 26 Nov 1940 | 0648 | (0) Off Cape de Fer. | At 0648 hours, a destroyer of the JAVELIN class was sighted at a distance of 1,000 metres, steering 080°, 20 knots. Aradam dived and took avoiding action, as she was not ready to fire her torpedoes. | |||||||
| Aradam (AR) | 13 Dec 1940 | 1331 | Cagliari | 13 Dec 1940 | 1715 | Cagliari | 226 | Exercises. | ||
| 9. | Aradam (AR) | 7 Jan 1941 | 1830 | Cagliari | 12 Jan 1941 | 1920 | Cagliari | 645 | Patrolled off Sardinia, on a line 20 miles from 37°30'N, 09°50'E. | |
| 9 Jan 1941 | 1727 | (0) North of Tunis. | At 1727 hours, Aradam was at a depth of 30 metres when she was bombed or depth charged. She escaped damage. Then, from 1741 to 1801 hours, she was hunted by three enemy vessels but went deep to 115 meters to extricate herself. From 1830 to 1900 hours, noises were heard and interpreted as a large enemy force on an easterly course. Aradam did not carry out an attack as is implied in the Seekriegsleitung diaries. | |||||||
| Aradam (AR) | 20 Jan 1941 | 1310 | Cagliari | 20 Jan 1941 | 1500 | Cagliari | 9 | Trials, escorted by MAS 502. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 21 Jan 1941 | 0810 | Cagliari | 21 Jan 1941 | 1130 | Cagliari | 15 | Trials. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 24 Jan 1941 | 0815 | Cagliari | 24 Jan 1941 | 1020 | Cagliari | Exercises. | |||
| Aradam (AR) | 26 Jan 1941 | 1312 | Cagliari | 26 Jan 1941 | 1930 | Cagliari | 26,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 29 Jan 1941 | 0814 | Cagliari | 29 Jan 1941 | 1136 | Cagliari | 26 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 2 Feb 1941 | 1451 | Cagliari | 3 Feb 1941 | 2010 | Naples | 264 | Passage Cagliari-Naples. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 28 Feb 1941 | 0909 | Naples | 28 Feb 1941 | 1647 | Naples | 27 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 3 Mar 1941 | 0714 | Naples | 4 Mar 1941 | 1432 | Cagliari | 265,5 | Passage Naples-Cagliari. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 24 Mar 1941 | 0810 | Cagliari | 24 Mar 1941 | 1340 | Cagliari | 42 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 25 Mar 1941 | 0719 | Cagliari | 26 Mar 1941 | 1730 | Messina | 336 | Passage Cagliari-Messina. | ||
| 10. | Aradam (AR) | 27 Mar 1941 | 1056 | Messina | 12 Apr 1941 | 1300 | Messina | 1735 | Patrolled in Eastern Mediterranean, off Ras Aamer, on an axis NE/SW from 33°00'N, 25°40'E. Heard only hydrophone effect. Bianchini went on to become the leader of the 12th MAS flotilla which operated in Lake Ladoga. | |
| 27 Mar 1941 | 1530 | (0) Approximately east of Catania. | At 1530 hours, a German bomber, flying in formation, dropped a large bomb. It fell one mile ahead of Aradam. | |||||||
| Aradam (AR) | 14 Apr 1941 | 1758 | Messina | 15 Apr 1941 | 1436 | Naples | 224 | Passage Messina-Naples for extensive refit. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 5 Jul 1941 | 0920 | Naples | 5 Jul 1941 | 1646 | Naples | 29,4 | Trials. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 12 Jul 1941 | 0853 | Naples | 12 Jul 1941 | 1754 | Naples | 30 | Trials. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 13 Jul 1941 | 0911 | Naples | 13 Jul 1941 | 1940 | Naples | 24 | Gyrocompass tests. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 15 Jul 1941 | 0831 | Naples | 15 Jul 1941 | 1915 | Naples | 53,5 | Trials. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 18 Jul 1941 | 0730 | Naples | 18 Jul 1941 | 1900 | Naples | 34,5 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 19 Jul 1941 | 2008 | Naples | 20 Jul 1941 | 0120 | Naples | 29 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 22 Jul 1941 | 0837 | Naples | 22 Jul 1941 | 1710 | Naples | 65 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 25 Jul 1941 | 0705 | Naples | 25 Jul 1941 | 1622 | Naples | 19 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 27 Jul 1941 | 1510 | Naples | 28 Jul 1941 | 0058 | Naples | 35,2 | Exercises. | ||
| Aradam (AR) | 29 Jul 1941 | 0720 | Naples | 29 Jul 1941 | 1522 | Naples | 43,3 | Exercises. | ||
39 entries. 39 total patrol entries (10 marked as war patrols) and 4 events.