Italian submarines in World War Two
Ex-French Calypso
Calypso
| Type | Coastal | |
| Class | Circé (38) | |
| Laid down | 7 Feb 1924 | Schneider |
| Launched | 15 Jan 1926 | |
| Commissioned | Jun 1929 | |
| End service | ||
| Stricken | ||
| Loss date | 30 Jan 1943 | |
| Loss position | 37° 09'N, 9° 49'E | |
| History | Sank in Ferryville harbour (Tunisia) following damage from an air raid. | |
| Fate | ||
Commands
| Commander | Date from | Date to | Command notes |
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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. | ||||||||
| 30 Jan 1943 | Bizerta | 30 Jan 1943 | 2100 | Sunk | Sunk in an air raid. | |||||
| 30 Jan 1943 | 2130 | (0) Ferryville harbour. | At 1430 hours, the Italian freighter Noto (3,168 GRT, built 1938) carrying ammunition was hit by a bomb and set afire during an Allied air raid on Bizerta. At 2100 hours, Noto blew up. The explosion fatally damaged the ex-French submarine Calypso (now under Italian colours) and she sank at 2130 hours. | |||||||
2 entries. 2 total patrol entries (0 marked as war patrols) and 1 events.