Italian submarines in World War Two

FR 112 (ex-Saphir)
FR 112

Type	Minelaying
Class	Saphir (37)
Laid down	25 May 1926	Arsenal de Toulon (Toulon, France)
Launched	20 Dec 1928
Commissioned	6 Jan 1943
End service
Stricken
Loss date
Loss position
History	French submarine Saphir. Captured by the Italians while disarmed at Bizerta on 8th December 1942. Taken to Naples but not found worth repairing. Scuttled by the Germans at Naples on 15th September 1943.
Fate

Commands

Commander	Date from	Date to	Command notes
T.G.N. Luigi Nunziata	21 Apr 1943	21 Apr 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. Was to have been transformed into a pontoon to carry stores.

	Pedrotti, Francesco	31 Dec 1942	1100	Bizerta	31 Dec 1942	1100	Bizerta		Taken over by the Italian crew. The submarine was in operating condition.

	Pedrotti, Francesco	1 Jan 1943		Bizerta	1 Jan 1943		Bizerta		Trials.

	Pedrotti, Francesco	2 Jan 1943	0700	Bizerta	2 Jan 1943	1100	Bizerta		Trials. There was a fire on board and the submarine had to return to base.

	Pedrotti, Francesco	6 Jan 1943	1310	Bizerta	8 Jan 1943	0030	Palermo	215	Passage Bizerta-Palermo with submarine ex-Phoque and the German transport *Ruhr, escorted by torpedo boats Groppo* and Animoso.

	Pedrotti, Francesco	11 Jan 1943	0830	Palermo	12 Jan 1943	1130	Naples	180	Passage Palermo-Naples with ex-Phoque, towed by the tugs Luni and Ursus.

	Nunziata, Luigi	21 Apr 1943		Naples	21 Apr 1943		Naples		Repairs in Naples. Was supposed to be adapted to be a pontoon, but paid off due to lack of spare parts.

7 entries. 7 total patrol entries (0 marked as war patrols) and 0 events.

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