Italian submarines in World War Two
CB 20
CB 20
| Type | Midget | |
| Class | CB (42) | |
| Laid down | Caproni-Taliedo, Milan | |
| Launched | ||
| Commissioned | ||
| End service | ||
| Stricken | ||
| Loss date | ||
| Loss position | ||
| History | Captured by the German when still under construction. Transferred to the Italian Socialist Republic on completion in late 1943. Captured by Yuguslav partisans at Pola. Served in the Yuguslav navy until 1957. Donated to a museum in 1959 | |
| Fate | ||
Commands
| Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.T.V. Antonio Galante | Jan 1945 | Feb 1945 |
Ships hit
No ships hit by this submarine.Patrols and events
| Commander | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 1944 | Date? | Trieste | 31 Aug 1944 | Date? | Trieste | At the end of August 1944 in Trieste. | ||||
| 1 | Galante, Antonio | 29 Jan 1945 | 1800 | Pola (Val di Figo) | 1 Feb 1945 | 0710 | Pola | Sailed with CB 6 for a patrol in the Premuda-Skarda area. Recalled on 31st January on account of Operation KOGGE. | ||
| 30 Jan 1945 | 1100 | (0) 5 miles west of Premuda. | At 1100 hours, a large fishing vessel was seen. CB 20 was then located by HASTIG [ASDIC] and had to dive to 65 meters to escape. | |||||||
| 31 Jan 1945 | 0600 | (0) North of Premuda. | At 0600 hours, two MTBs were sighted on course 030°. Later, steamers were also sighted on a northerly course. | |||||||
| Galante, Antonio | 9 Feb 1945 | Pola | 9 Feb 1945 | Trieste | 300 | Passage Pola-Trieste with convoy 289, the German minesweeper R-8 and the tug Bravo 3. | ||||
| 23 Mar 1945 | Trieste? | 23 Mar 1945 | Trieste? | Under repairs.Taken over by the Yugoslav Navy. Now at the Zagreb Museum. | ||||||
5 entries. 4 total patrol entries (1 marked as war patrols) and 2 events.