Allied Warships

IT Alagi

Submarine of the Adua class

NavyThe Italian Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassAdua 
Pennant 
Built byCantieri Riuniti de l'Anreitico (Montfalcone, Italy) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Apr 1936 
Launched15 Nov 1936 
Commissioned6 Mar 1937 
End service 
History

 

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Notable events involving Alagi include:


29 Feb 1944
HMS Caledon (Capt. R.F. Nichols, RN) conducted AA gunnery exercises off Alexandria.

These were followed by A/S exercises with the submarine Alagi (T.V.(Lt.) S. Puccini). The Alagi also made a practice attack on HMS Caledon.

Finally HMS Caledon conducted RIX (rangefinding and inclination) exercises with the escort destroyers HMS Catterick (Lt. D.P. Willan, DSC, RN) and HMS Haydon (Lt. R.G.R. Clay, RN) on completion of which they all returned to harbour. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/119059

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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