Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines


Fiona Shell

TypeOiling hulk
CountryBritish British
Built1915GRT2,444

Date of attack20 Sep 1941Time0030-0110
FateSunk by submarine Scirè (C.C. Junio Valerio Borghese)
Position of attack36° 08'N, 5° 21'W
Complement (1 dead, no survivors)
Convoy
Notes Sunk by the Vesco/Zozzoli team (human torpedo) with only one casualty, a Spanish stoker. The two Italian frogmen reached the shore and were released after being briefly detained by the Spanish police.

Position of attack

Ships hit by Italian submarines