FR 113 (ex-Requin)
FR 113

Type	Ocean going
Class	Requin (36)
Laid down	14 Jun 1922	Arsenal de Cherbourg (Cherbourg, France)
Launched	19 Jul 1924
Commissioned	20 Jan 1943
End service
Stricken
Loss date	9 Sep 1943
Loss position	44° 24'N, 8° 55'E
History	French submarine Requin. Captured by the Italians while disarmed at Bizerta on 8th December 1942. Scuttled on 9th September 1943. Later raised by the Germans and broken up.
Fate

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
T.V. Giovanni Celeste	17 Jan 1943	22 Jan 1943
T.V. Giandaniele Asquini	18 Jun 1943	13 Jul 1943
T.V. Carlo Girola	13 Jul 1943	24 Jul 1943

Ships hit

No ships hit by this submarine.

Patrols and events

	Commander	Date	Time	Port	Arr. date	Arr. time	Arr. port	Miles	Description
				Bizerta			Bizerta		Captured by the Germans at Bizerta in December 1942. Allocated to Italian Navy.
	Celeste, Giovanni	18 Jan 1943		Ferryville (Bizerta)	18 Jan 1943		Ferryville (Bizerta)		Trials interrupted by defects.
		18 Jan 1943	2200	(0) At Ferryville.	At 2200 hours, the submarine crew witnessed a heavy air raid which caused fires very near her, but FR.113 was unscathed.
	Celeste, Giovanni	19 Jan 1943		Ferryville (Bizerta)	19 Jan 1943		Ferryville (Bizerta)		Successful trials in the lake of Bizerta.
	Celeste, Giovanni	20 Jan 1943	0657	Ferryville (Bizerta)	22 Jan 1943	0340	Naples	328	Passage Bizerta-Naples with Espadon, escorted by the torpedo boat Cascino (who towed Requin part of the way) and later by the torpedo boats Animoso and Ardito. On 8th February 1943, she was assigned to the La Spezia command.
	Celeste, Giovanni	20 Feb 1943		Naples	20 Feb 1943		Naples		The submarine was in Naples when an air raid by the USAAF caused slight damage. Two ratings were killed.
		20 Feb 1943		(0) Naples harbour.	During the day, the harbour came under heavy air attack from the USAAF. The submarine ex-French Requin (later renamed FR.113) was slightly damaged from splinters and had two ratings killed (Mario Cali and Guerrino Fabbi).
		11 Jun 1943	1445	Naples	11 Jun 1943	1800	Naples	14	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	19 Jun 1943	1515	Naples	19 Jun 1943	1715	Naples	10,8	Trials.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	22 Jun 1943	1320	Naples	22 Jun 1943	1740	Naples	26,5	Trials.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	26 Jun 1943	0850	Naples	26 Jun 1943	1620	Naples	39	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	30 Jun 1943	0900	Naples	30 Jun 1943	1420	Naples	31	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	2 Jul 1943	0725	Naples	2 Jul 1943	1140	Naples	10	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	6 Jul 1943	0740	Naples	6 Jul 1943	1130	Naples	21	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	8 Jul 1943	0750	Naples	8 Jul 1943	1150	Naples	30	Exercises.
	Asquini, Giandaniele	10 Jul 1943	0850	Naples	10 Jul 1943	1335	Naples	31	Exercises.
		10 Aug 1943		Castellamare di Stabbia	10 Aug 1943		Castellamare di Stabbia		At Castellamare di Stabbia.
		10 Aug 1943	0100	(0) At Castellamare di Stabbia.	At 0100 hours, the submarine base at Castellamare di Stabbia (outside Naples) came under shelling from the light cruisers HMS Aurora, HMS Penelope, HMS Sirius and HMS Dido and four destroyers. FR.113 was hit aft and damaged, so were the light cruiser Giulio Germanico, the corvettes Libellula, Farfalla, Cicala and Grillo.
		5 Sep 1943	0304	Castellammare di Stabia	6 Sep 1943	0115	Civitavecchia		Passage Castellammare di Stabia-Civitavecchia.
		6 Sep 1943	0520	Civitavecchia	6 Sep 1943	1840	Livorno		Passage Civitavecchia-Livorno.
		7 Sep 1943	0515	Livorno	7 Sep 1943	1540	Genoa		Passage Livorno-Genoa.
		9 Sep 1943		Genoa	9 Sep 1943		Scuttled		Scuttled by Italians. Later refloated by the Germans and broken up. They referred to her as of Yugoslav BAJAMONTI class.

19 entries. 19 total patrol entries (0 marked as war patrols) and 3 events.

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