Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines

Type	Cargo ship
Country	Greek
Built	1904	GRT	3,111

Date of attack	16 Jan 1941	Time	0020+
Fate	Sunk by submarine Luigi Torelli (C.F. Primo Longobardo)
Position of attack	52° 33'N, 24° 13'W
Complement	29 (3 dead and 26 survivors)
Convoy	OB 272
Notes	At 2351 hours, Torelli fired a torpedo (450mm, W 200 type) from a stern tube at 500 metres at a steamer. She took avoiding action and the torpedo missed. This was the Greek *Nicolaos Filinis* (3,111 GRT, built 1904), also dispersed from convoy O.B.272. At 0021 hours on 16th January, a second torpedo (533mm, S.I. type) was fired, this time from a bow tube, at 400 metres. It hit just ahead of the bridge. She was not sinking quickly, so Torelli pumped 27 100mm rounds into her to finish her off. Three were killed and twenty-six were later rescued. At 1000 hours, the submarine submerged to reload the five tubes.