Hi Platon Alexiades! Thanks a lot for your replies (one of wich referring to the single torpedo fired by HMS Ultor against the Italian T/B Lince on 28 August 1943).Could you be so kind as to provide me with the title of books which contain detailed operational reports regarding the missions carried out by British submarines and commandos along the eastern coast of Calabria (the toe of Italy'
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Can anyone be so kind as to provide me with information about experimental mini-torpedoes used by British Commandos to carry special two-party operations during WW2? “Special Commando” by Rex Woods, published by William Kimber, London, deals about the wartime adventures of Lt-Col Robert Wilson, DSO and Bar. When Robert Wilson, then a Second-Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, volunteered for the
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On 28 August 1943 the Italian torpedo boat Lince was torpedoed at Point Alice, Ionian coast of Calabria (Southern Italy), by the British U-class submarine Ultor. The vessel had gone aground on the sand and shingle beach. According to Peter Dornan’s book “Diving stations. The story of Captain George Hunt & the Ultor” one torpedo was released and raced towards the target but official documents
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